Scotts Valley nonprofit attends international conservation conference - Press Banner | Scotts Valley, CA

Scotts Valley nonprofit attends international conservation conference - Press Banner | Scotts Valley, CA

There is a seed- and fruit-eating bird native to the Antioquia region of Colombia known as the Antioquia brushfinch, or the Montarito Paisa—with a black-and-white body and an orange mohawk-looking tuft on its head—that is so endangered it was unknown to science for years. Wise Ancestors, a Scotts Valley-based nonprofit, is working with a local biodiversity organization there, called the Instituto Humboldt, and the people of the Paisa Region, to …