California floodplain restoration -

In 2023, restoration began on 150 acres of California floodplain with more than 30,000 native plants; three years later, Swainson’s hawks have nested in Shasta County for the first confirmed time in about 30 years

Swainson’s hawks (All about birds photo) A piece of abandoned farmland in California, once covered with weeds and unwanted grasses, has become home to a rare bird that had not…