Trails & Recreation Breaking New Ground! Do we really need more trails in the Sierra Foothills? Anyone who’s joined the throngs of people hiking at Hidden Falls Regional Park or the local state parks on a summer weekend knows the answer is a resounding YES! That’s why we Read more…
THANK YOU SPONSORS & VOLUNTEERS! 2014 Placer Conservator Award Ceremony & Dinner October 23, 2014 Honoring the ASRA Canyon Keepers $1,000 Community Connector Sponsors: AKT Development Corporation Armrod Charitable Foundation $500 Placer Protector Sponsors: Read more…
By the end of the race season, Placer land Trust Board Member, Gregg McKenzie, will have participated in seven triathlons. “Is this interesting?” he asks during a recent chat. “To me it’s just a race.” But to those of us outside the triathlon world, it’s fascinating. Not only does Gregg Read more…
We are delighted for you to meet our new Community Relations Manager, Kara Walker. Kara comes to PLT with more than 15 years of experience in the non-profit sector, mostly working with the YMCA. She has a passion for educating young people on the importance and value of our natural Read more…
So there’s this drought thing happening here in California, and apparently it’s not going away for some time. We at Placer Land Trust know that the land we conserve depends on water—as do the ranchers, growers, and beekeepers who work it. With that in mind, we offer these easy-peasy tips Read more…
Placer Land Trust is pleased to announce the addition of Loomis resident Gina M. Giambruno to its Board of Directors. Gina is a Health Education Instructor II for Kaiser Permanente and will graduate with a Master’s Degree in Public Health in August. For more than a year, Gina worked with Read more…
Remember in elementary school when you had to wait in line for lunch, and there was always that one kid who would try to slip in ahead of everyone by striking up a casual conversation with a friend at the front of the line? Suddenly someone would shout, “No cuts!” Read more…
Some of us here at Placer Land Trust were reminiscing about the days when, as children, we wandered through meadows chasing after butterflies, singing to ladybugs, and letting caterpillars tickle our toes. We’d be all blissed out on sunshine and the sweet scent of wildflowers, until the moment when we Read more…
As a wild and crazy teenager I spent long afternoons soaking up sun on the North Fork of the American River, eating Pringles, sipping Dr. Pepper, and working up the nerve to jump from the Ponderosa Bridge. (Yep, it’s illegal and often painful. Don’t try it, folks!) So imagine my Read more…
