Sequoia Riverlands Trust, a non-profit land trust, manages more than 17,000 acres in the Carrizo Plain, California’s largest remaining grassland and a hotspot for endangered and threatened species. Since 2015, we have adaptively managed solar mitigation land for several sensitive San Joaquin Valley endemic species including San Joaquin kit fox and giant kangaroo rat. Over the last decade, our long-term wildlife habitat management and monitoring program has had many successes and challenges, including tricolored blackbird nesting habitat restoration, shrub establishment in grassland habitat, and giant kangaroo rat population expansion. We will share the story of our conservation work and the importance of fostering collaboration and connection in strengthening capacity for wildlife and habitat management, with a look forward to future projects.

Camdilla Wirth is a Conservation Biologist with Sequoia Riverlands Trust. She develops, implements, and coordinates long-term biological monitoring programs, restoration projects, and habitat management activities. She has over a decade of experience working with the flora and fauna of the San Joaquin Valley, including San Joaquin kit fox, San Joaquin antelope squirrel, giant kangaroo rat, and burrowing owl. Camdilla holds a Master of Science in Biology from California State University, Northridge.