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Ag initiative outlines recommendations for economic development, infrastructure, land use
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (625+ words) Lon Hatamiya, president and CEO of the Hatamiya Group and economic development consultant for Solano County's Strategic Initiative for Agriculture, speaks at a public forum for the initiative at the county Events Center, Thursday, May 7, 2026. Also pictured, far left, is…...
International Bird Rescue schedules open house
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (259+ words) Trinity Jankauskas, 12, left, and Maddy Williamson, 12, center, introduce themselves to Cleon, a Muscovy duck, held by Maritza Menendez, right, during the open house at the International Bird Rescue in Fairfield, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic) FAIRFIELD " International Bird Rescue…...
Forty-year wait for Goat Island restoration may be nearing an end for Land Trust
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (883+ words) Solano Land Trust Executive Director Nicole Braddock gives a presentation on the nonprofit's efforts to protect agriculture lands and open space at the annual Partners Breakfast at Rush Ranch, Thursday, March 26, 2026. More than three dozen attended. (Todd R. Hansen/Daily Republic)…...
Letter to the Editor: Do what you can to stop bird decline
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (139+ words) The National Audubon Society has just released a very sobering report on the 30% decline on our bird population since 1970. The reasons include pesticide use, habitat loss, climate change and cats. The reality is that local wildlife is in decline. For…...
Theme for 2026 Endangered Species Day announced
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate and spawn in the Feather River near California Department of Water Resources infrastructure and the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville, Butte County, Oct. 28, 2024. (Xavier Mascare'as/California Department of Water Resources) FAIRFIELD " "Celebrating America's Wildlife Comeback…...
Workshop to show how to construct monarch butterfly habitat
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (215+ words) Monarch butterfly sipping nectar from narrow leaf milkweed flowers in 2021. (Ron Vanderhoff/Creative Commons) DIXON " The Solano Resource Conservation District is offering in-person and online workshops to help residents learn how to create monarch butterfly habitats. "Monarch butterfly populations have…...
Two claim Beer-for-a-Butterfly contest
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (369+ words) DAVIS " A lepidopterist and a herpetologist walk into a bar. A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, goes, too. That's exactly what happened on Wednesday when the co-winners of the 2026 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest celebrated with beer and conversation at a Davis bar....
Onetime Solano beetle up for federal species protection
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (557+ words) San Joaquin tiger beetle FAIRFIELD " A speedy hunting beetle, exclusive to the San Joaquin Valley and likely a former Solano County resident, is one of 10 species that was recently identified for possible protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. "I'm…...