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…
Placer Land Trust Preserves 800 acres at Big Hill Two more oak woodland and rangeland properties saved in recent months By Jessica Pierce Placer Land Trust recently protected two properties northeast of Auburn on and around Big Hill, connecting the Bear River and Coon Creek watersheds. In July, PLT purchased 160 acres from Florence Read more…
PLT Expands Stagecoach Preserve Three acres added along creek for restoration, public access By Jessica Pierce In April, Placer Land Trust added three acres to its Stagecoach Preserve, located on the rim of the American River Canyon across Russell Road from the popular Stagecoach Trailhead. PLT purchased just over three acres from the late Dale Read more…
320 Acres of Oak Woodlands Protected PLT acquires Taylor Ranch Preserve on Coon Creek By Jeff Darlington As the ink dries on this newsletter, the ink is also drying on another important piece of paper … the new deed of title to the Taylor Ranch Preserve at Coon Creek. Working in partnership Read more…
PLT Preserves 500 acres of Grasslands Expanded Toad Hill Ranch provides habitat, multiple benefits By Bob Cooley-Gilliom On October 17, PLT acquired a 500-acre conservation easement on the historic Toad Hill Ranch north of Roseville, doubling the protected acreage at the ranch. The 1,000 acres protected by PLT is adjacent to the City of Read more…