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California’s Cup of Gold: To Pick or Not to Pick
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…
Adventure
Hiking with Kids? Check out Codfish Falls
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…
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PLT Volunteer Rocks It
Have you met hiking docent, Karl Mertz? If you’ve spent any time on Placer Land Trust’s preserves, you may have met our busy volunteer, but even if you haven’t met him on a hike, you’ve very likely benefited from his many volunteer efforts as a geologist. Most people become geologists Read more…
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Community Support Aids in Recovery of Stolen Property
Our Facebook post shared by more than 200 people results in tip to local police! You may have heard that we were recently the victim of a major theft. One of our staff members showed up early in the morning on Friday, June 6, intending to work on a firebreak Read more…
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Volunteer Shares the Gifts of Yoga, Meditation, and Reiki at Taylor Ranch Preserve
When she was growing up in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Trula Daughtery’s mother always told her that “Trula” was short for “True Love.” It’s fitting, then, that Daugherty went on to become not only a meditation and yoga instructor, but also a Master Teacher and Practitioner of Usui and Karuna Reiki, which Read more…
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Love Blooms at Harvego Preserve
Though he was a couple of years older, Andy Herum and his wife, Ashley, attended the same prom– with different dates– and they didn’t manage to bump into each other on the dance floor. Later, they had friends who lived in the same apartment building at the same time, but Read more…
Adventure
PLT Hiking Docent Reminsces about Harvego Preserve
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…
Field Stories
Have You Heard the Buzz about PLT?
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…
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Join us on May 6 for The Big Day of Giving
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…