NORTH DELTA CONSERVANCY

What they do

NOTE 1-EGG RESCUE PROGRAM- ORGANIZES LOCAL FARMERS and VOLUNTEERS to COLLECT ABANDONED WATERFOWL EGGS. THE EGGS ARE TAKEN to AN INCUBATION SITE. NORTH DELTA CONSERVANCY HAS SUCCESSFULLY INCUBATED, RAISED, BANDED and RELEASED NEARLY 8,000 WILD DUCKS BACK INTO THE PACIFIC FLYWAY. NOTE 2-EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH- EDUCATE STUDENTS BY PUBLISHING AN INFORMATIONAL COLORING BOOK GEARD TOWARD THE YOUNG. INFORM THE ADULTS of THE SACRAMENTO RIVER DELTA REGION BY PUBLISHING A PERIODIC NEWSLETTER. THE PUBLICATIONS DEVELOP A CONNECTION WITH and INFORM THE COMMUNITY of THE EFFORTS to BALANCE THE NEEDS of THE COMMUNITY and THE NEED for CONSERVATION. EACH YEAR AN ESSAY CONTEST is HELD and SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED to STUDENTS AT DELTA HIGH SCHOOL. NOTE 3-HABITAT CONSERVATION- NORTH DELTA CONSERVANCY HAS SIGNED HABITAT CONSERVATION LEASES ON APPROXIMATELY 162 ACRES of PRIVATE PORPERTY VOLUNTARILY TAKEN OUT of PRODUCTION BY LAND OWNERS for HABITAT PURPOSES. THE OWNERS ARE PAID 100-125 PER ACRE to FLOOD AT LEAST 5