Anyone who knows Lynnette Batt knows she’s a force to be reckoned with! Don’t let her small size fool you, she knows how to get things DONE! Lynnette joined the Placer Land Trust team as our first Conservation Director back in 2017.
Newly completed project protects more river frontage, recreation opportunities, watershed, and wildlife habitat
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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!
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…
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…