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 2011 Vernal Pool Guided Tours 
Jepson Prairie Preserve
-- Solano County
Mather Field -- Sacramento County
Rancho Seco Howard Ranch -- Sacramento County
Santa Rosa Plateau -- Riverside County
Vina Plains Preserve -- Tehama County
North Table Mountain - Butte County

Vernal pool in western Tehama County. Photo by Carol Witham

Sauntering in any direction, my feet would brush about a 
hundred flowers with every step... as if I were wading in liquid gold

-- John Muir describing the Central Valley of California in the spring of 1868

Howard Ranch preseason tour, March 15, 2008. Photo by Slow.

2010 Vernal Pools Conference 
Vernal Pool Conservation, Research, Progress 
and Problems: Is Recovery Possible?
March 25-26, 2010 - Chico CA
See www.aqualliance.net for additional information.

 Vernal Pool Landscapes 
The proceedings of "The Vernal Pool Complexes of the Northstate - Biology, Conservation and Management" conference held in Chico on 
March 23, 2006 is now available. See www.csuchico.edu/biol/Herb/studies/number14.html for additional info and ordering.

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