We’re happy to announce that Southern Cross Preserve has been transferred to US Forest Service ownership, where it will join the rest of the Tahoe National Forest! This beautiful preserve is located on the North Fork American River. The public Euchre Bar Trail runs through the property and provides excellent Read more…
Don’t forget to RSVP — get your free ticket here for the 2020 Virtual Placer Conservator! 2016 Dogface Cabernet Sauvignon (Lone Buffalo Vineyards) The second special jbrand collaboration with Placer Land Trust, inspired by the California Dogface Butterfly (our State Insect) – quite rare due to its limited habitat. This elusive butterfly Read more…
Placer Land Trust has some good news for you to help brighten your 2020! We just permanently protected a 185-acre addition to the Laursen Bear River Preserve located north of Auburn, making the total preserve 546 acres. That means that with the help our members, we have protected more than 11,900 acres Read more…
In this issue: Welcome to Spring Garden Preserve!Meet our New Board President, Christine PieperForever Grateful for Nancy and Tom McMahanThe Placer Conservator Is Going WildCreative Ways to Renew Your Membership…and more!
Placer Land Trust has permanently protected this scenic 192-acre property on the Foresthill Divide to preserve forests, clean water sources, cultural history, and wildlife habitat for generations to come.
Placer Land Trust has just voted in Christine Pieper as Board President! Christine joined the Board of Directors in April 2018 and eagerly took on new leadership roles, becoming Vice President in June 2019, and just one year later, was unanimously voted in as our new Board President, effective July Read more…
Humbled! That’s the best way to describe how Placer Land Trust staff and board members feel after the outpouring of support this Big Day of Giving. Our members, both new and longtime supporters, gave over $178,000 to show our region how much protected natural and agricultural land means to them. We can’t Read more…
In this issue:Conservation Chronicles: Beard Ranch — The Conclusion!Announcing the 2020 Placer Conservator award winner, Sallysue SteinRestoring Doty RavinePlacer Land Trust Members Facebook Group…and more!
Placer Land Trust has permanently protected yet another historic working agricultural landscape in Placer County! Placer Land Trust and landowner Patti Beard have placed an Agricultural Conservation Easement on the 137-acre Beard Ranch in North Auburn, permanently protecting the property for farming and ranching.
For Placer Land Trust, 2019 was the Year of Rivers! This year saw the permanent protection of 408 acres of beautiful, rugged canyon land in the Sierra, through three separate river projects. But the close of 2019 is also the end of a decade, and looking back, we can see Read more…