News, Events, Resources & Meanderings

Spending lots of quiet time out in nature, waiting for the perfect shot, brings us closer to the creatures that live there. Jan Lightfoot, local photographer, tells us a story of one encounter.

***Next (and last) date is September 15, 2024***

Hands on learning workshops at the Tending and Gathering Garden. Christina Almendariz will be teaching about Tule this summer and fall.

What a perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!

The Nature Preserve was showing off its green as all the plants were coming out of their winter slumber.

Bring your family to the Cache Creek Nature Preserve to celebrate Spring and Easter with an egg hunt.

Take awesome nature and wildlife photos by learning how the pros consider composition, camera settings, wildlife ethics, best times to photograph… and more!

Cache Creek Nature Preserve is a microcosm of Northern California habitats; wetlands, marsh, riparian, oak savannah, and grasslands. The Conservancy is sponsoring a series of walks where we will leisurely explore each of these habitats observing and learning about the birds and other wildlife as we go.

Next Walk is Winter, December 22, 2024

The Biology team here at Cache Creek Nature Preserve submitted their 2023 Wood Duck Nest Box Report recently. This post provides some general information about Wood Ducks and some highlights and raw data for students and citizen scientists to consider.

From prehistoric times to today, the Cache Creek Nature Preserve has played an important part in the great story of California.

Spend quality time at Cache Creek Nature Preserve watching birds and report your findings to help scientists understand and protect birds around the globe.

We’ll make a Game Camera Photo Gallery at some point, but we wanted to share a few from recently and last year in this blog post.