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Recent Publications
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ACR's annual journal of Conservation Science
The 50th Anniversary Edition |
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Save the date!
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Art of Eating 2013
Sunday, June 2
The Bouverie Preserve
Celebrating Food and Wines from
California's Valleys
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What are we grateful for?
50 years, 5,000 acres and 200,000 students
 This fall marks the beginning of 50th anniversary celebrations at Audubon Canyon Ranch.
Thanks to the foresight of our founders, the commitment of our volunteers, and the generosity of our supporters, over the past five decades Audubon Canyon Ranch has protected 5,000 acres in perpetuity and inspired more than 200,000 students to appreciate nature.
For every one of those gifts, we are grateful. You inspire us.
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Nature Bookstore open after Thanksgiving for holiday shopping
Shop for the experienced or budding nature enthusiast on your gift list while expressing your commitment to preserved wild spaces and nature education....100% of proceeds support ACR's land preservation, nature education and conservation science programs. After shopping, take a rejuvenating crisp fall hike! 
ACR Nature Bookstore
Martin Griffin Preserve
near Stinson Beach
Open
November 26 - December 7
Monday - Friday only
10am - 4pm
December 10 - December 19
Monday - Wednesday only
10am - 4pm
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| Come explore with us
Bouverie Preserve
Guided Nature Walk
Experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve
Saturday, December 1
RSVP: e-mail rsvp@egret.org
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The Trail Cam
 The trail cam at the Modini Ingalls Ecological Preserve in the Mayacamas Mountains takes motion-sensor photos of wildlife passing by. This pic got our science staff especially excited...a black bear!
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| Outside: Fall flowers
Sure, late winter and spring are great times for wildflowers, but look around...there's cool stuff blooming now too.
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male flowers make pollen
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Take coyote brush (or bush), which is a dioecious plant. (A what? 'Dioecious' means it has male and female flowers on completely different plants. Oak trees, on the other hand, are monecious...oaks have male and female flowers on the same plant.)
Male flowers provide pollen; female flowers make seeds. On a coyote brush, the male flowers are the
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female flowers
make seeds
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round-ish ones with the little stamens poking up, while the female flowers have white fluff.
Coyote brush is in the sunflower family, so the seeds have tiny "parachutes" just like dandelions.
Told you it was cool.
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Looking ahead to the next 50 years: support Audubon Canyon Ranch today
A lot can happen in fifity years. Oak woodland-covered hillsides can be razed for housing developments. Bird nesting sites and peaceful landscapes can be replaced with highways. Native habitats can be devastated by invasive weeds. Thankfully, none of that has happened on the properties now owned by Audubon Canyon Ranch, and in fact, the opposite has. With your support, we'll ensure that trend continues.
Since 1962, ACR has  protected wild landscapes, which today total 5,000 acres from the shores of Tomales Bay in Marin County to the wildlands of the Mayacamas Mountains in Sonoma County. On these lands stewarded by ACR, native plants and animals thrive, and scientific studies result in significant gains for wetlands and other ecosystems. And over the Education Program's 42 years history, more than 200,000 students have learned about nature. Please join us in this special moment in the history of Audubon Canyon Ranch as we look to the next 50 years--and beyond--by supporting ACR this season. Together we've made great progress, but there is more work ahead. Please make a donation today. |
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Audubon Canyon Ranch 
415.868.9244 Audubon Canyon Ranch protects nature through land preservation, nature education and conservation science.  
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