PLT Honors Joe Medeiros as 2009 Placer Conservator by Kelsey Stavseth Placer Land Trust will present educator and conservationist Joe Medeiros with the 2009 Placer Conservator Award at a fundraising dinner on July 18th at High Hand Nursery in Loomis. The Placer Conservator Award honors extraordinary individuals or organizations that enrich the quality of life in Placer Read more…
7/18/2009 Sierra College Professor Emeritus Joe Medeiros received Placer Land Trust’s prestigious Placer Conservator Award at a dinner in Loomis on Saturday. The Placer Conservator Award honors exceptional individuals who have enriched the quality of life in Placer County through resource conservation. Past recipients include retired Placer County Planning Director Read more…
PLT Promotes Public-Private Partnerships Welcome reception for new County Supervisor generates support By Jeff Darlington Placer Land Trust was pleased to host a reception on February 3rd to welcome newly sworn-in Placer County Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery. Montgomery now represents Placer County District 5, which encompasses the largest land area of any district, stretching from north Auburn Read more…
2/2/2009 Placer Land Trust to restore Stagecoach Preserve stream habitat Placer Land Trust is hosting an Open House at its Stagecoach Preserve in Auburn on Saturday, April 25. For more information about supporting PLT’s work to restore the Stagecoach Preserve, please contact Karrie Thomas at Placer Land Trust, (530) 887-9222 Read more…
10/16/2008 Local cyclist and trails advocate joins nonprofit Board of Directors Placer Land Trust is very pleased to announce the newest member of its Board of Directors, Jim Haagen-Smit. Haagen-Smit is a Newcastle resident who recently retired from a 25-year career as a software engineer for Hewlett Packard in Roseville. Read more…
10/15/2008 Placer Land Trust partners with students to install bird boxes in rural Lincoln LINCOLN, CA – On an unusually cold and windy Sunday morning a group of 5th grade students from Auburn Elementary School and students from Sierra College huddled for warmth at Placer Land Trust’s Doty Ravine Preserve. Read more…
10/15/2008 Accreditation Awarded by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission AUBURN, CA – The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, announced last week that Placer Land Trust has been awarded accredited status, making it the first land trust in the Sierra to receive this distinct Read more…
7/1/2008 ROSEVILLE – Placer Land Trust is pleased to announce that it has permanently preserved 26 acres on Miner’s Ravine at Sierra College Road in Roseville, providing multiple public benefits for current and future generations. The Trust accepted a conservation and flood control easement from the Placer County Flood Control Read more…
Burrowing Owl Sighted on PLT’s Swainson’s Grassland Preserve By Justin Wages Placer Land Trust’s Swainsons Grassland Preserve covers 469 acres of grassland habitat outside Lincoln’s northern border. It is home to a large vernal pool complex, and provides protected habitat for a variety of birds species including Swainson’s Hawk. And now PLT has found rare burrowing owls Read more…
912 acres preserved along Bear River By Jessica Pierce Placer Land Trust is pleased to announce the completion of our largest conservation project to date, the 912-acre Garden Bar Preserve. PLT purchased a conservation easement from the landowner of the Garden Bar Preserve, situated along the Bear River northeast Read more…