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Tejon Ranch Conservancy Staff Get Certified for Wilderness First Aid

June 01, 2010

Recently, staff members of the Tejon Ranch Conservancy earned certification in Wilderness First Aid to better serve the public who they host on the ranch on backcountry hikes and explorations.

El Tejon School Career Day

June 01, 2010

On April 16, 2010 fifty students from the El Tejon School in Lebec, visited Tejon Ranch Old Headquarters and joined Conservancy staff to learn about the educational choices that enable environmentalists to work in conservation-based fields.

Hunting for Vasek’s clarkia with Kern County CNPS

May 09, 2010

On Saturday, the Conservancy hosted the Kern County CNPS look for Vasek’s clarkia at these known locations and to document its current status.  We found Vasek’s clarkia in good numbers at all of the known locations, and documented a couple of new populations in the vicinity.  Read more..

The Audubon Center at Debs Park’s Arroyo Green Team Hosted by Tejon Ranch Conservancy

April 17, 2010

The Audubon Center at Debs Park’s Arroyo Green Team was hosted by the Tejon Ranch Conservancy on a trip to the General Beale Adobe and surrounding Ranchlands on the Antelope Valley side of Tejon Ranch .

On the trip, the Green Team had the opportunity to interact with the scientists with the Tejon Ranch Conservancy and learn about their conservation work.  The group explored two different habitats on the ranch (desert grasslands and shrublands).  They experienced bird-banding first hand and had a close look at a red-winged blackbird and a yellow-rumped warbler. They also conducted a plant study, called a “transect,” to learn about the diversity and abundance of wildflowers on that part of the Ranch. Read more

The Conservancy sponsors community hikes each month from March to November. Contact Lauren di Scipio, Public Access Coordinator More »

Find out what species are known to occur on Tejon Ranch. More »