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Life in Lincoln
Thank you for Ron & Laura Nabity for this great video. For more information please go to the Life in Lincoln web page.
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Spring is here!
As the days grow longer, and the animals beginning to emerge, I get the sensation that spring is fast approaching. We all recently lost an hour from Daylight Savings and now the spring equinox is set to arrive on March 20th. Here in California, we did not receive much of Read more…
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Flight of the Monarch
During the second week of March, as winter comes to a close in Mexico, locals are bombarded with a flurry of orange and black, exploding from the trees in what is the spring migration of the Monarch butterfly. The Monarch butterfly migration is nothing short of incredible. They are the Read more…
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For the Love of Nature
It is officially that time of year where flowers, chocolates, and valentines dominate the grocery store. If you are like me, you appreciate the representation of the purest emotion, love, but hate the price tag that the month of February attaches to it. So this conundrum begs the question, what Read more…
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The Picnic Dilemma
It’s a beautiful spring day and you decide it is a wonderful opportunity for a picnic with loved ones. You go into the kitchen to prepare the outdoor feast and begin to assemble the materials for sandwiches. You reach into the produce drawer, to pull out the lettuce and tomato, Read more…
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New trails being blazed through North Auburn oak woodland
REI chips in $25,000 to Placer Land Trust trail-building efforts. By: Gus Thomson of the Auburn Journal A new 3-mile section of trail is being blazed in North Auburn’s Taylor Ranch Preserve as part of a Placer Land Trust effort to ultimately link the Bear River to the north with Read more…
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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 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…
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Mt. Biking at Big Hill
I just took my first ever spin on the trail at Big Hill Preserves. (more…)
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Trail running at Harvego – just like when you were a kid!
Placer Land Trust trail runs have begun! (more…)