Save Lake Almanor Grebes Fundraiser
Help us protect Western and Clark's Grebes at Lake Almanor
January 2025: Exciting News!
In 2010, Audubon California was awarded a grant to help protect breeding Clark's and Western grebes at their important breeding lakes in Northern California. Plumas, Altacal, and Redbud Audubon chapters partnered with Audubon California to implement this monitoring effort. Funding for the Grebe Monitoring Project ended in 2019.
In 2020, PAS fundraised over $6,000 to keep the Grebe Project afloat. For that, we would like to thank people like you, our community and our membership, for the much-needed support.
In 2021, the million-acre Dixie Fire forced many of us to evacuate and halted all operations at PAS, including the Grebe Project. The Dixie Fire burned Lake Almanor's western shoreline, causing the grebe colony to collapse.
Now... for the good news! PAS is extremely excited to announce that, as of 2023, we have secured funding from the Kure-Stuyvesant Trustee Council to bring new life to the Grebe Project. With this funding, PAS has been able to resurrect the beloved and long-awaited annual Grebe Festival, continue monitoring grebe populations at Lake Almanor, and begin an innovative pilot study to address the complex issue of how lake users, reservoir managers, and downstream water users impact nesting Western and Clark's Grebes. The results of our monitoring efforts are currently being compiled into a fifteen-year report. This funding is secured through 2026.
Grebe colony and census surveys are conducted each year at Lake Almanor, June through late September. In past years, Plumas Audubon Society conducted intensive monitoring efforts at Eagle Lake, Antelope Lake, and Lake Davis. The data collected during these monitoring efforts provides insight into their nesting habitat and reproductive challenges that is critical to informing our efforts to improve their breeding success. In addition to monitoring on the lakes, we have conducted numerous outreach and education activities near the lakes. We have installed protective signs at strategic locations around lakes in areas where Aechmophorus grebes are known to breed. These signs alert lake users about the grebes and their nesting areas.
Will you help us continue monitoring and advocating for grebes at these critical Northern California lakes?
To continue monitoring nesting grebes at Antelope Lake, Lake Davis, Eagle Lake, and Lake Almanor, Plumas Audubon Society has set a fundraising goal of $15,000. We believe we can reach this goal with the help of our community members like you.
In 2010, Audubon California was awarded a grant to help protect breeding Clark's and Western grebes at their important breeding lakes in Northern California. Plumas, Altacal, and Redbud Audubon chapters partnered with Audubon California to implement this monitoring effort. Funding for the Grebe Monitoring Project ended in 2019.
In 2020, PAS fundraised over $6,000 to keep the Grebe Project afloat. For that, we would like to thank people like you, our community and our membership, for the much-needed support.
In 2021, the million-acre Dixie Fire forced many of us to evacuate and halted all operations at PAS, including the Grebe Project. The Dixie Fire burned Lake Almanor's western shoreline, causing the grebe colony to collapse.
Now... for the good news! PAS is extremely excited to announce that, as of 2023, we have secured funding from the Kure-Stuyvesant Trustee Council to bring new life to the Grebe Project. With this funding, PAS has been able to resurrect the beloved and long-awaited annual Grebe Festival, continue monitoring grebe populations at Lake Almanor, and begin an innovative pilot study to address the complex issue of how lake users, reservoir managers, and downstream water users impact nesting Western and Clark's Grebes. The results of our monitoring efforts are currently being compiled into a fifteen-year report. This funding is secured through 2026.
Grebe colony and census surveys are conducted each year at Lake Almanor, June through late September. In past years, Plumas Audubon Society conducted intensive monitoring efforts at Eagle Lake, Antelope Lake, and Lake Davis. The data collected during these monitoring efforts provides insight into their nesting habitat and reproductive challenges that is critical to informing our efforts to improve their breeding success. In addition to monitoring on the lakes, we have conducted numerous outreach and education activities near the lakes. We have installed protective signs at strategic locations around lakes in areas where Aechmophorus grebes are known to breed. These signs alert lake users about the grebes and their nesting areas.
Will you help us continue monitoring and advocating for grebes at these critical Northern California lakes?
To continue monitoring nesting grebes at Antelope Lake, Lake Davis, Eagle Lake, and Lake Almanor, Plumas Audubon Society has set a fundraising goal of $15,000. We believe we can reach this goal with the help of our community members like you.
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