In 2010 Placer Land Trust purchased nearly 2,000 acres along Bear River now known as Harvego Bear River Preserve. The property, off of Lonestar Road in Auburn, includes a working cattle ranch, woodlands, grasslands, and a spectacular view from Bald Rock Mountain. Harvego is PLT’s biggest purchase to-date. Though one Read more…
The cows, bluebirds, wood ducks, American kestrels, and California Black Rails at Doty Ravine Preserve will have some new buzzing buddies in the grasslands: Honey bees. You may have heard about the plight of the honey bee. Overwork, fungicide, pesticide, single-crop pollination and lack of foraging land are taking a Read more…
Have you heard about the Big Day of Giving? It’s an online giving event hosted by Givelocalnow.org— a chance for local non-profits to raise as much money as possible within 24 hours and receive matching funds from a variety of sponsors. Placer Land Trust is very excited to be a Read more…
If you took an amble through Auburn School Park Preserve last month, you may have noticed some hard-working young women sprucing up the slope in front of the community garden. Girls Scouts Jen Kramer and Allison Kiger, along with a few parents, volunteered to restore the area and help Emma Read more…
PLT Protects American River Land 417 acres protected for pubic recreation, water quality, and wildlife habitat Placer Land Trust has teamed with the Trust for Public Land to protect more land along the North Fork American River: 417 acres across from Sore Finger Point at Big Bend. The property, Read more…
It sounds like something out of a movie. A young man is diagnosed with cancer, and he has only two things to keep him going: his work tending to the land that he loves, and his love for the people who tend the land with him. This was no cinematic Read more…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Do you have a hard time conceptualizing where all this great work is happening? Check out this new interactive map and locate our latest restoration project, volunteer opportunity, or adventure!Our work and interactions with the community can be seen all over Placer County. We encourage you to explore this feature Read more…
The 2013 Placer Conservator Award Ceremony & Dinner honored the young men of Boy Scout Troop 121 in Granite Bay on November 2nd. (more…)
Kotomyan Preserve was our first property to feature a trail. 20 years in the making, this trail meanders through rolling hills, oak woodlands and rock outcroppings. Now we’ve got the trail bug and are working on more than 20 miles of new trails. (more…)
