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Living in the San Joaquin Valley?

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  1. Don’t use squirrel and rat poisons/baits, while being a very painful way for the animal to die, it is also eaten by riparian brush rabbits, killing them (Williams, 1998). Instead, let the creatures be or if you must, use a rat trap to rid of rats or cages to trap squirrels to kill or relocate the unwanted animal (How to Start Poisoning Squirrels and Setting Professional Baits?, 2017). Help to fight for making these kinds of baits illegal at a county or state level by speaking at local meetings or call your supervisors and representatives.

  2. If you live near Caswell National Park or San Joaquin Preservation Land, consider donating or working with land management agencies to acquire some of your private property in an effort to expand the natural habitat of the riparian brush rabbit

  3. Fence off or keep on eye on domestic animals like cats and dogs to ensure they do not kill the rabbits (Williams, 1998).

  4. If you farm, considered sustainable farming techniques like crop rotation, polycultural cropping, and/or no-till to limit the amount of soil erosion and need to move to new locations, a process which is destroying the riparian forest (What is Sustainable Agriculture?, 2017).

  5. Visit local wildlife refuges and state parks like Caswell Memorial State Park in the Central Valley. Vote with your wallet and show the county that the people valued land that is protected and supporting endangered species. Support budget plans to increase funding for these parks and the agency which manage them.

  6. Fight for the reduction of concrete and instead floodplain revitalization since when cities are filled with concrete, water is not able to drain in the dirt and instead collects on the surface, causing more devastating floods and property damage (Konrad, 2016).    

Living Elsewhere?

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  1. Visit and support Caswell Memorial State Park and the surrounding San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge, tell your friends about these areas and get them to come visit. Donate to these parks if you can’t make it.

  2. Support ongoing efforts to increase the yearly flow in the San Joaquin River by donating to groups like river partners (Major Stretch Of San Joaquin River To Flow Year-Round In Effort To Restore Salmon, 2016).

  3. Support local salmon fisheries by purchasing from them, giving them a clear message how you want the river to be taken care of, additionally this supports agriculture since the soil relies on the nutrients provided by the salmon who die while spawning (Alley, Dettman, Li, Moyle, 1977). 

  4. If you live near a feeder to the San Joaquin River, ensure that river is taken care of and participate in                                  restoration days if they are provided for those sections of river. Additionally in those sections are dammed,                                speak up to your city or county councils about it, asking for it to be removed. Click here to sign up for a                                         San Joaquin river restoration day!

  5. Buy produce from sustainability grown farms that focus on limiting soil erosion with tactics like no-tile,                                           crop rotation, and organic farming practices, vote with your wallet. Farms like Bowles Farming company is a                               good examples of what to look for

Here's How To Help!

What can you do to save the riparian brush rabbit?

(Hansen, 2012)

(Hansen, 2011)

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