Lynch Canyon Bay Area Ridge Trail Napa And Solano County Hike

Lynch Canyon Bay Area Ridge Trail Napa and Solano County hike. View of Napa, Vallejo, Benicia, Crockett, Rodeo, Marin County, San Francisco, Sonoma County

You're Invited! Sunday Supper October 7th 2018

Sunday Supper

October 7th, 2018

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Joyful Ranch

8212 Pleasants Valley Road

Vacaville CA 95688

For more information, contact Michelle at 707-709-9022 or michelle@solanolandtrust.org

Jepson Prairie Wildflowers

April visit to Jepson Prairie with Ariana to see vernal pool organisms and wildflowers.

Acorn Woodpeckers At Work

Environmental Volunteer Bob Dodge explains the antics of the sassy Acorn Woodpecker.

Lynch Canyon Expansion

Chris Abess, Race Director for the Lynch Canyon Trail Run, explains the Solano Land Trust Expansion Campaign and how you can donate.

LINK TO DONATE on MOBILECAUSE FOR LYNCH CANYON EXPANSION CAMPAIGN: https://app.mobilecause.com/form/pLRHNA

SOLANO LAND TRUST: http://solanolandtrust.org

LYNCH CANYON TRAIL RUN: http://www.lynchcanyontrailrun.org

Red-Tailed Hawk Release

The best part of our work — the successful release of a bird back to the wild — only results from the efforts of a small army of dedicated volunteers. Over 2,500 birds pass through our doors every year, and we need your financial support to get them flying again!

Rush Ranch Open Space Solano Land Trust

Rush Ranch Open Space Solano Land trust

Help Us Reach Our Goal To Expand The Lynch Canyon Open Space Park By 150 Acres!

Together, we have the rare opportunity to expand Lynch Canyon by almost 150 acres. But – we need your help!

We have until July 1 to raise $100,000 to expand the trail system, habitat for wildlife and to keep the rolling hills between Fairfield and Vallejo just that, rolling hills – FOREVER.

Please help us by making a donation, or better yet, by becoming a fundraiser. Your donation and any money you raise will be matched, dollar for dollar, by an anonymous donor who has pledged $50,000.

Help us make sure that next year’s trail run will include new trails on this expanded Lynch Canyon.

For more information visit: https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/TRAILRUN

Citizen Science Friday

June 8 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

|Recurring Event (See all) Free

Get involved in science on our lands! Solano Land Trust staff will teach you all you need to know.

REGISTRATION: Pre-registration required two or more days in advance. Contact Jasmine at jasmine@solanolandtrust.org or 707-709-9028. Meeting place provided upon registration.

WHAT TO BE PREPARED FOR: (1) This is an outdoor experience involving physical exertion. There is usually no shade. Be prepared to be moving outdoors for approximately four hours. Depending on the citizen science goals for the day, you may be hiking, doing physical work, and/or recording observations about plants and animals. You may be using hand tools like clippers; lifting, carrying and lowering supplies; bending over, squatting and kneeling on dirt, grasses, and weeds; and sweating. (2) Ages 12 and up who are comfortable with this kind of physical exertion are welcome—those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult and must have a liability waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian. (3) Tools are provided.

WHAT TO BRING: (1) A backpack with plenty of water and snacks. (2) Sturdy work gloves. (3) Eye protection (e.g., sunglasses). (4) Boots or sturdy closed-toe shoes with tread for the rough, steep, and slippery terrain. (5) Long, sturdy pants and layered clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. (6) Protection from the elements—sun (sunscreen, hat, sunglasses), wind, fog, rain. (7) Optional: bug repellent, your favorite gardening tools, and binoculars to enjoy the birds!

Click HERE for more information

Protected Lands: Jepson Prairie

Under wide-open skies, Jepson Prairie Preserve explodes into color during its spring wildflower display. Dry and dormant most of the year, the prairie is transformed by winter rains into a tapestry of stunning colors, and its vernal pools host a rich diversity of rare aquatic life.

Located ten miles south of Dixon, Jepson Prairie is the premier—and one of the few remaining—vernal pool habitats and native bunchgrass prairies in California. Purchased by the Nature Conservancy in 1980, the land was transferred to Solano Land Trust in 1997.

Today, vernal pools are rare. Before European settlement, bunchgrass prairies and vernal pools covered California’s vast Central Valley. In addition to Native American inhabitants, they supported large grazing animals and enormous clouds of migratory birds. As California’s population grew, and the majority of its 13 million acres of grasslands were converted to agriculture, the poor soils at Jepson made it more suitable for livestock grazing. Unlike other vernal pools that were filled and developed, the pools at Jepson still remain.

Vernal pools are temporary bodies of water formed when an impermeable layer of soil prevents groundwater seepage and traps winter rain in shallow pools. Vernal pools host plants and animals during a brief lifecycle that ends when the pools evaporate and the land becomes arid. A vernal pool larger than an acre is called a playa lake. The largest of these lakes within the Jepson Prairie Preserve is the 93-acre Olcott Lake. This ephemeral lake supports numerous threatened and endangered species, including the Delta green ground beetle known only from the 10 square-mile area surrounding the preserve. Other endangered, threatened or rare species include vernal pool fairy shrimp, Conservancy fairy shrimp, vernal pool tadpole shrimp, and California tiger salamander. The preserve also provides critical habitat for 400 species of plants, including 15 rare and endangered species such as Bogg’s Lake hedge-hyssop, dwarf Downingia, Baker’s navarretia, Colusa grass, and Solano grass (a new species discovered in 1959, but not seen since the mid-1990s).