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NOTE: As with most websites - This entire site is under continuous construction and revision.

Audubon Kern River Preserve members support all of the outreach aspects of the preserve from the website, newsletter, e-newsletters, festivals, work days, outreach activities, nature explorations, monthly educational events, school visits, and much more. Won't you please consider becoming a member and considering the preserve in your will?

Basic Info Land Protection Land Stewardship Volunteering News Room Newsletter Outreach Festivals Nature Flora Fauna Research

Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo

BASIC INFORMATION

Home Page

How to Help Preserve the Preserve

Planned Giving - Bequests, Annuities, and other Long Term Gifts to the Kern River Preserve

Do We Appeal to You???

About Audubon Kern River Preserve

History of the Kern River Preserve

21st Century Accomplishments

Schedule of Kern River Preserve Sponsored Nature Events

Visitor and Travel Information Page

Achievements

Kern River Preserve Self-guided Nature Trail

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

Land Protection

Kelso Creek Sanctuary

Audubon Allen Wildlife Sanctuary

Sprague Ranch Purchase - March 2005

Bakersfield Californian - Robert Price opinion - Sprague Ranch

Alexander Ranch purchase adds important riverfront acreage

Cyrus Canyon

Alexander-Vig-Heflin Ranch purchase adds important riverfront acreage

Kelso Creek/Piute Mountain

Audubon Brightstar Wilderness Addition

Land Stewardship

Conservation Projects

Open Top Vent and Marker Pipes Kill Birds

Audubon Kern River Preserve death pipes (pdf flyer)

Southern Sierra Research Station Discusses Bird_Death_Pipes.pdf

Monofilament Hurts: Help Wildlife and People sponsored by Audubon California

Monofilament Hurts Birds

Weldon Solar Project Comments

Kern River Valley Invasive Species Information

Giant Cane, Arundo donax

Perennial Pepperweed, Lepidium latifolium

Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria

Salt Cedar, Tamarix ramossisima

Kern River Preserve Habitat Restoration

Restoration Sites

Bartolas Site Restoration

Bob Powers Gateway Preserve Restoration

Colt Pasture Restoration

Mill Field Restoration

Slough Channel Restoration

Southern Pacific Pond Turtle Project on the Kern River Preserve

Southern Pacific Pond Turtle Hatches

Volunteering

Kern Valley Pride Day

2001_Hawk_Trail_Crew.pdf

News Room

TNC transfers Kern River Preserve to Audubon California

Kelso Creek Sanctuary - Audubon protects rare desert riparian habitat

Alexander Ranch purchase adds important riverfront acreage

Cyrus Canyon - Audubon California protects rare endemic wildflower

Kern County, America's birdiest inland county 2007!

Cowboy Cleanup at the Sprague Ranch

Global Climate Change and the Kern River Preserve

Kern County 2008, America's birdiest inland county!

Audubon's 10th Anniversary on the Kern River Preserve

Monthly event - Ranching History with Walter Mecham

Alexander-Vig-Heflin Ranch purchase adds important riverfront acreage

Student Conservation Association Cleans Up

Audubon California protects Kelso Creek Watershed

Reed Tollefson wins Sierra Business Council 2009 Vision 2020 Award.

Birding Prodigies: Liam Huber and Ross Schaefer

Kern County, America's birdiest inland county!

2010 Fay Fire burns part of the Kern River Preserve

Volunteer Workday - May 2010

Tollefson & Axelson co-host Liberty Ship Natural History Cruise

South Fork Kern River Cuts a New Course

Volunteer Workday - Audubon Kern River Preserve

Volunteer Workday - Repairing Flood Damage

Introduction to Birding for the Great Backyard Bird Count

Audubon Brightstar Wilderness Addition

Introduction to Birding

Volunteer Workday - Audubon Kern River Preserve

Introduction to Kern River Valley Wildflowers

Wallace Middle School visit - Audubon Kern River Preserve

2011 Volunteer Activities

Preserve Manager writes about Invasive Salt Cedar

Preserve Manager Speaks at Kerncrest Audubon Society

Volunteer Work Party - Audubon Kern River Preserve

Desert Migration Corridors Protected - Audubon Kern River Preserve

Introduction to Geology

AUDUBON Kern River PRESERVE MEMBERS

Newsletters

Newsletters

Winter 2011 - Floods of 2010

Spring 2010 - More Alexander Ranch Protected - Finally

Spring 2009 - Kelso Creek

Fall 2008 - Parker Ranch

Spring 2008 - Spring Nature Festival

Fall 2007 - Vulture Voyeurs

Spring 2007 - Spring... Nature... Earth... ahhh....

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

2004 Spring Nature Festival Schedule of Activities at a Glance

Summer/Fall 2003 - In Awe of the Holy Ones

Winter/Spring 2003 - Aliens invade the Kern River!

Summer/Fall '02 "Turkey Vulture Fest Set to Soar"

Spring '02 "Spring Nature Festival", "Allen Acquisition"

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"

Outreach

Festivals

Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival

Hummingbird Celebration

Kern River Valley Autumn Nature & Vulture Festival

Friends to the Preserve

John Schmitt Festival Artist and Nature Center Taxidermist

Keith Hansen t-shirt artist

Annual Friends of the Kern River Preserve Weekend

Photo Albums of Staff and Guests of the Kern River Preserve

Audubon Kern River Preserve Photo Pages

Bo Criss - Photos - 6 June 2009

Father Daniel Barica - Photos - 3 May 2010

Sandra Wieser - Photos

Nature

Climate of the Kern River Valley

Cultural Resources of the Kern River Valley

Geology of the Kern River Valley

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

Green Your_Holidays.pdf

Flora

Flora of Audubon Properties in the South Fork Valley

A Flora of the Kern River Preserve

Flora of Audubon's Allen Sanctuary

Flora of Audubon's Kelso Creek Sanctuary

Wildflowers

Kelso Creek Monkeyflower

Fauna

Amphibians on the Kern River Preserve

Audubon Kern River Preserve Butterflies

Butterflies of the Kern River Valley by Dan Cooper

Results from 2001-02 North Fork Kern Butterfly Counts

South Fork Valley Butterfly Checklist

Audubon Kern River Preserve Butterfly Puddles

Wildlife in the Kern River Valley

Birds

BASIC INFORMATION

Beginning Bird Identification

Bird Feeding Instructions

Feeding Hummingbirds

BIRD CHECKLISTS

Kern River Valley Birds Checklist

Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival Birds

SEASONAL BIRDING GUIDES

Audubon Kern River Preserve Winter Birding Guide

Audubon Kern River Preserve Spring Bird Arrival Guide

Audubon Kern River Preserve Summer Birding Guide

Audubon Kern River Preserve Fall Birding Guide

MAPS & DIRECTIONS TO BIRDING HOTSPOTS

Canebrake Ecological Reserve

Where to Go Birding in the Kern River Valley

Birding Audubon's Migrant Corner Trail

Birding Audubon's Fay Ranch Road area

Birding Brightstar Wilderness Area

Birding Butterbredt Spring and Canyon

Birding Sequoia NF South Fork Wildlife Area

Birding Sequoia NF Kissack Bay Day Use Area

KRV Hummingbird Finding Guide

BIRDING EVENTS

Schedule of KRV Christmas Bird Counts

Kern River Valley Christmas Bird Count History

SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Summer Tanager

Summer Tanagers on the Kern River

Tricolored Blackbird - May 2008

White-crowned Sparrows in the Kern River Valley and beyond

Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

Facts about Turkey Vultures

Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo

RESEARCH

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

CONTESTS

America's birdiest inland county 2010

Kern County 2008, America's birdiest inland county!

Kern County, America's birdiest inland county in 2007

Education

Native Bird Easter Egg Hunt

Simple Solutions to Help Birds

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

Research

Research on the Kern River Preserve and South Fork Kern River

Bird Banding on the Kern River Preserve

Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Community Watch

Kern River Research Station Turtle Project

About Audubon Kern River Preserve
The Kern River Preserve is managed by Audubon California for the preservation of one of California’s largest contiguous cottonwood-willow riparian forests and the wildlife it supports.
Audubon Kern River Preserve supporters provide financial and volunteer support for Preserve outreach, education, wildlife habitat protection & stewardship.

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