Lance was born and raised in Sacramento County and graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt with a BS in Environmental Science and Management, with an emphasis in Planning and Policy. His education introduced him to land trusts and their unique ability to conserve land and water resources from a grassroots level. His interest and understanding of land trust’s vital role in communities only grew through a California Council of Land Trusts apprenticeship with Mendocino Land Trust. After graduating he served as the Conservation Easement Project Manager for the Northcoast Regional Land Trust in Humboldt County before moving back to the Sacramento Valley to work as a Land Manager with Wildlife Heritage Foundation.
Lance has made it his career goal to protect, maintain, and enhance landscapes and watersheds to promote biodiversity. He is gratified to join Placer Land Trust’s mission of permanently protecting wild open spaces and working lands in perpetuity.
In his spare time, Lance enjoys spending time with his friends and family, outdoor adventures, and wildlife photography.
“Now more than ever, it is important to protect and manage wild and working lands as quality wildlife habitat, water storage, and migration corridors. Land Trusts are an integral part of the puzzle, a conservation bridge between private and public lands.”
