Desert Candle       Caulanthus inflat us                                                                     Superior-Cronese Desert Wildlife Management Area

Transition Habitat Conservancy is a grassroots, non-profit organization that focuses on land acquisitions and habitat stewardship in the West Mojave. With the support of the local community, a dedicated board and staff, and successful partnerships with local, state and federal agencies, THC has acquired over 7,000 acres of important habitat and works to improve thousands of additional acres in Southern California.   

Spring Bloom at our Portal Ridge Wildlife Preserve with the Tehachapi Mountains in the distance

Spring Bloom at our Portal Ridge Wildlife Preserve with the Tehachapi Mountains in the distance

Our Vision:  By 2050, we will have protected several areas of ecological significance and wildlife corridors and facilitated the creation of several natural parks in the West Mojave to protect important species and biodiversity. The land we preserved will allow people living in the high desert to continue to enjoy nature, and will enable our children and grandchildren to see for themselves these rich resources.

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Saving Monarchs One Milkweed At A Time
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Got Milkweed? How Transition Habitat Conservancy is improving habitat for Monarchs.

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Pass the Mustard!

Dealing with invasive mustard plants is time consuming, but can reap benefits for native plants. Here's our how-to guide to help you sort it out.

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Transition Habitat Receives Accreditation

Big News! Transition Habitat Conservancy is proud to announce our accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission today. 

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Protecting transition zones with elevational gradients, such as where the desert floor integrates with the mountain slope, may provide climate refugia opportunities for species of the desert. 

Old school trail work with our Preserve Manager and friends. #crosscutsaw and #mcleod work on the edge of the #antelopevalley
Western Screech Owl (Megascops kennicottii) with fresh salamander in its talons. Ahn Spring supports a very diverse spectrum of species in Portal Ridge.
THC’s Stewardship team was out on a hot day installing new signs in our sensitive #deserttortoise areas. Installed one sign and immediately saw a tortoise nearby. How’s that for proper sign placement?
Chaparral yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei). Blooming stalk detail in our Puma Canyon Reserve.
🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏 Earth Day All Day Every Day. All places, all habitats, all ecological systems, and all species are important. They all deserve to be preserved. Respect them and protect them. Photo: Burned area fives years later. A 2013 wildfire in Portal Ridge scorched this land. The Spring time flowers are doing fine. Let’s hope these trees can return one day as well.
Young bobcat in #portalridge. We are working hard to acquire more habitat with accessible springs and space to roam for these animals.
Evening stroll after a good tour of our #westmojave lands with friends from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Walking along the rim of the Barstow Formation
Slow down, be observant, and drive carefully this spring. Desert tortoises are out and about in the Mojave. We encountered these six on one of our properties during our tortoise burrow survey. A hatchling, a juvenile, adult males and females!
Jenna helps log info about mapped #deserttortoise burrows on our conservation lands during our weekend burrow blitz.
Great group for two big days of desert tortoise burrow surveys on our lands in the #mojavedesert Here we are fortunate enough to find a female #deserttortoise basking next to her burrow.
Red-tailed Hawk stopped by for a drink at Ahn Spring. pc: Roy Dunn