A feature column from the Davis Enterprise (published October 8, 2024) by Yolo County Master Gardener Lorie Hammond, informed by a conversation with Jim Barrett, Board Chair of the Cache Creek Conservancy (CCC). The article provides an accessible introduction to Cache Creek’s watershed, history, and ecology — tracing the creek from Clear Lake through the Capay Valley to the Yolo Bypass. Describes the 135-acre Cache Creek Nature Preserve (CCNP) at County Road 20 in Woodland, managed by the CCC, and its five habitat types (oak savanna, native grassland, riparian forest, wetlands, and a Native American Tending and Gathering Garden).
