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  • Audubon's 10th Anniversary on the Kern River Preserve

  • Volunteer Workdays

    • Cowboy Cleanup at the Sprague Ranch

    • Kern County Fire Department Helps Audubon and Fish & Game with Invasive Weeds

  • Kern Valley Pride Day

    • Kern Valley Pride Day 2003

    • Kern Valley Pride Day 2006

  • Do We APPEAL to YOU?

  • How to Help

  • Biographies

    • N. John Schmitt - Artist

    • Keith Hansen - Artist 

• About Kern River Preserve

  • Maps and Directions to the Kern River Preserve      

  • Kern River Preserve Self-guided Nature Trail

  • Kern River Preserve Self-guided Nature Trail Guide (pdf format)

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• KRP in the News

  • Sprague Ranch

  • Alexander Ranch Purchase - Strategic Riverfront Acreage now part of the preserve

  • Kenn Kaufman finds Kern River Preserve a favorite spot for Butterflies - Audubon Magazine

    Los Angeles Times

    • Fishing is fine along the Kern River

    • Sierra Nevada Attractions

    • Photo Gallery

    • 2008 KRV Spring Festival Announcement

    Bakersfield Californian

    • Quick, before it gets hot — check out these nature escapes

    • Vultures Arrive Just in Time

    • Robert Price - Opinion piece on Sprague Ranch purchase

    Kern Valley Sun

    • Turkey vultures flock to 13th annual festival

    • Visitors flock to Hummingbird Festival

    USA Today

    • Ten Great Places to Experience Spring on the Wing

  • Achievements

    • Kern Valley Pride Day

    • Kern County WINS inland bird diversity contest 4 years in a row

    • Kern County, America's birdiest inland county!

• Research

  • Southwestern Pond Turtle Project on the Kern River Preserve

  • Kern River Valley Invasive Species Information

  • Climate Change and the Kern River Preserve

  • Grinnell Resurvey - UC Berkeley Summer 2008

• KRP_e-newsletters

  • February 2009 KRP E-newsletter

  • December 2008 KRP E-newsletter

  • September 2008 KRP E-newsletter

  • August 2007 KRP E-newsletter

  • June 2006 KRP E-newsletter

• Newsletters - most in pdf format.

  • Spring 2009 - Kelso Creek

  • Fall 2008 - Parker Ranch

  • Spring 2008 - 14th Annual Spring Nature Festival

  • Autumn 2007 - Vulture Voyeurs

  • Spring 2007 - Spring Nature Festival

  • Fall 2006 - Cyrus Canyon Protected with Partners

  • Winter/Spring 2006 - Alexander Ranch Acquisition

    • 2006 Spring Nature Festival Schedule

  • Fall 2005- Habitat Diversity Explodes as Kern River Preserve Doubles in Size

  • Winter/Spring 2005 - Resources Legacy Fund Grant for Land Protection

  • Summer/Fall 2004 - An Old Friend Returns

  • Winter/Spring 2004 Reflections from a Friend

  • Summer/Fall 2003 - In Awe of the Holy Ones

  • Winter/Spring 2003 - Aliens invade the Kern River!

  • Summer 2002 "8th Annual Vulture Fest Set to Soar" (pdf)

  • Friends of the Kern River Preserve Summer 2002 Newsletter (html)    

  • Spring 2002 "Kern Valley Festival of the Bioregions" :Allen Wildlife Sanctuary"

  • Summer '01 "Hummingbird Celebration features banding & latest research"    

  • Spring '01 "New Season Anticipates Spring Nature Festival"

  • Fall/Winter '00-'01 "Interest Soars at 6th Annual Kern River Turkey Vulture Festival"

  • 3rd Qtr '98 "Birdwatching is not for the Birds"

  • 2nd Qtr '98 "South Fork Kern River Willow Flycatchers to benefit from 3.8 million" 

  • 1st Qtr '98 "Whitecap Foundation Makes Waves with $72,000 Grant"

  • Nov '97 "Old Seasons, New Stories"

  • Sep, '97 "Audubon-California's Newest Project - The Kern River Preserve"

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• Projects

  • Restoration News

  • Habitat Restoration

  • Restoration Resources

  • Invasive Species Information

    • Perennial Pepperweed, Lepidium latifolium

    • Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria

    • Salt Cedar, Tamarix ramossisima

    • Giant Cane, Arundo donax

  • Important Bird Areas   

  • Bird Banding on the Kern River Preserve  

  • New Riverfront Property Protected in 2006

  • Sprague Ranch purchase protects 4400 acres

  • Southwestern Pond Turtle Project

    • Southwestern Pond Turtle Hatches

    • Southwestern Pond Turtle Biology

    • Kern River Research Station Turtle Project

    • Southwestern Pond Turtle Project Photos

      • Turtle Trailer & Staking Out

      • Breaking Ground

      • Digging the Ponds 

      • Trenching Electrical & Water Lines

      • Burying the Anti-predator Wire

      • Contouring the Ponds

      • Pouring Concrete

      • More Construction Photos

      • Framing up & wire walls Up

      • Capturing Turtles

      • Measuring & Recording Turtles

      • Turtles get a temporary new home

      • Gravid female, eggs and hatchlings

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CHECKLISTS

• Plants

  • Flora of the Kern River Preserve

  • Flora of Audubon's Kelso Creek Sanctuary

  • Flora of Audubon's Allen Sanctuary

  • Wildflowers of the Kern River Preserve

• Kern River Preserve Butterfly Checklist

• Kern River Valley Birds Checklist

BIRDING

• Birding on the Kern River Preserve and South Fork Kern River

• Canebrake Ecological Reserve

• Kern County, America's birdiest inland county!

• Bird Banding on the Kern River Preserve and South Fork Kern River

• Education

  • Rivers of Birds

  • San Emigdio Blue - Plebejus emigdionis

  • SOUTH FORK KERN RIVER VALLEY (SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA) RAPID ASSESSMENT SUMMER BIRD COUNT

  • Tricolored Blackbird - Agelaius tricolor

• Hummingbirds

  • Hummingbird Banding Results

  • KRV Hummer Finding Guide

  • Hummingbird ID Guide

  • How Many Hummingbirds?

  • Feeding Hummingbirds

  • Hummingbird Garden 

  Your Comments - some of the comments we have received

• Links

• Schedule of Kern/Tulare Nature Events

• Kern River Valley Nature Festivals

• Spring Nature Festival (formerly Bioregions Festival)                             April/May

  • 2009 Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival Activities

  • 2009 Spring Nature Festival Activities at a Glance

  • 2009 Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival Long Trip Descriptions

  • Festival Bird List

  • Accommodations                                                     

• Amphibian & Reptile Celebration         July

• Hummingbird Celebration                   August

• Vulture Festival                                  Sept/Oct

  • Vulture Facts

  • Turkey Vulture Count

  • Daily Turkey Vulture/Raptor Count Statistics

  • Accommodations         

• Visitors to the Kern River Preserve

  • California State University, Monterey Bay field class visits Kern River Preserve

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• OFF SITE AT www.valleywild.org

• BIRDING

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  • Winter 2006/2007

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  • Summer 2006

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  • Winter 2005/2006

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  • Spring 2005

  • Winter 2004/2005

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  • Fall 2003

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  • Winter 2002- 2003

  • Autumn 2002

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  • Winter 2000/2001

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  • Spring 2000

  • Winter 1999/2000

  • Fall 1999

  • Summer 1999

  • Spring 1999

  • Winter 1998/1999

  • Fall 1998

  • Summer 1998

• Seasonal Notes & Arrival Dates

  • Winter

  • Spring

  • Summer

  • Fall

  • KRV Birds Checklist

  • KRV Birding Guide     

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  • OFF SITE AT www.natureali.org

    Wildlife

    • Flora of the Kern River Preserve

    • Butterflies

    • 2001 Butterfly Count

    • Amphibians and Reptiles

    • Amphibians of the Kern River Valley

    • Checklist of KRP Reptiles

    • Southwestern Pond Turtle

    • Birds

    • Vulture Facts

    • Summer Tanager

    • Willow Flycatcher

    • Yellow-billed Cuckoo

    • Mammals                                             

    • Checklist of Kern River Valley Mammals

    • Rodents                                    

      • Habitats

      • Plants     

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