Western Rivers Conservancy conveyed 288 acres of Sacramento River frontage to the Bureau of Land Management Tuesday, conserving rare stands of mature cottonwood, oak, and sycamore forests along nearly a mile of the river, just upstream of Jellys Ferry Bridge. According to the Western Rivers Conservancy, conserving the Jellys Ferry parcel will allow the BLM to restore riparian and side-channel habitats, benefiting Chinook salmon, green sturgeon, winter steelhead, and Pacific lamprey. Western monarch butterflies, which rely on abundant milkweed found on the property, as well as Swainson’s hawk and yellow-billed cuckoo, all stand to benefit from the efforts. WRC’s conveyance of the property to the BLM will also open significant new access to the Sacramento River in an area popular with anglers, hunters, hikers, boaters, birdwatchers, and others.