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Bailey North Fork Preserve Expanded
Newly completed project protects more river frontage, recreation opportunities, watershed, and wildlife habitat
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Fire & Fuels Reduction
Placer Land Trust carefully selects treatments to help reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire on our properties and in our communities. Here you’ll find answers to commonly asked questions about our approach to fire and fuels management.
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Ecological Audit
The Ecological Audit is a series of rapid, field-based surveys that Placer Land Trust will conduct across lands that we own every few years. It measures several different metrics that together serve as general indicators of ecological health.
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Nature-Led Restoration
Placer Land Trust land stewards seek to use natural process-based restoration techniques to restore wetland and upland habitat — such as teaming with beavers at Doty Ravine Preserve — at a fraction of the cost of a traditional, labor-intensive restoration projects.
2021 Annual Report
Rich Ferreira: Farming in a Changing Climate
Placer Land Trust Board member Rich Ferreira has been growing and selling Placer County mandarins since 1975 when he bought his 17-acre ranch near Lincoln. He started with 100 Satsuma mandarin orange trees and today, Side Hill Citrus has grown to 48 acres and over 3,000 trees. In 1989 his Read more…
Past Events
December 11 – Hike at Harvego Bear River Preserve
Fall is a beautiful time to be outdoors, and we’ve resumed our docent led hikes! For this hike, our docents will show you the sites of our beautiful Harvego Bear River Preserve.
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Wonders Autumn 2021
In this issue:Partnering with our Land Trust neighborsSupporter Spotlight: Phil and Kathy WeberWelcoming Our New Board MembersPartnering on Auburn Shaded Fuel Break at Canyon View Preserve …and more!
2021 Annual Report
Partnering on Auburn Shaded Fuel Break at Canyon View Preserve
If you have been out to Canyon View Preserve lately, you may have noticed some tree and brush work happening. This work is part of the Auburn Shaded Fuel Break project, a fuels reduction effort managed by the Placer County Resource Conservation District (RCD) in cooperation with the Auburn Fire Read more…
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Achini Bandara Joins Board of Directors
We are delighted to welcome Achini Bandara as the newest member of our Board of Directors! Achini serves as Development Director for Sierra Nevada Journeys, a nonprofit based in Northern Nevada and California that delivers outdoor, science-based education programs for youth. Prior to her career in education and environmental advocacy, Achini held Read more…
2021 Annual Report
Bidding Big for Conservation — What a Success!
The “30 Years of Conservation Auction” is a wrap, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results! Whether you sponsored the auction, contributed auction items, bid on auction items, and/or invested directly in land conservation, we are SO grateful for your support! You helped us raise over $76,000, which will Read more…