11/19/2010 Placer Land Trust Protects Mark Twain’s Jumping Frog California Red-Legged Frog Habitat Permanently Protected Placer Land Trust recently partnered with Westervelt Ecological Services to permanently protect a 52-acre property known as the Big Gun Preserve, located near Foresthill in the Middle Fork American River watershed, containing the largest Sierra Read more…
11/1/2010 On November 1, 2010 through a critical partnership with Placer Land Trust, the American River Conservancy finalized a deal with willing landowners and conservation partners that has preserved an historic ranch of “National Significance”. The American River Conservancy (ARC) purchased the 272 acre Gold Hill Ranch, site of the Read more…
10/23/2010 Bruin Ranch ~ 2,300 acres along 3 miles of the Bear River We can save it now ~ as a public park and nature preserve for all to enjoy. Or we can watch as it gets developed for several hundred landowners to enjoy behind lock and key. The choice Read more…
9/30/2010 In 2010 High Ranch Nursery and Wildlands Inc. donated over 1,000 trees to Placer Land Trust. All of these native trees are in desperate need of a home on one of our Preserves. We need your help to make sure they survive! You can adopt your tree online at Read more…
9/27/2010 Placer Land Trust had 62 volunteers participate in the 2nd Annual Great Sierra River Cleanup this past Saturday. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy coordinates this annual event. This year we pulled out 44 bags of trash and recyclable materials. In total, we cleaned up almost 4,000 pounds of trash! Volunteers Read more…
9/26/2010 Please enjoy a few of Placer Land Trust’s photos from the 2010 Great Sierra River Cleanup! Photos were taken at two cleanup sites, Miner’s Ravine in Roseville and Taylor Ranch Preserve in Auburn. More pictures can be seen on our facebook page.
5/22/2010 On Saturday, May 15th Placer Land Trust honored Andy and Shana Laursen at the 2010 Placer Conservator Award Ceremony & Dinner. The Auburn Valley Golf Club provided and excellent view of Bruin Ranch, and 13 artists provided work created there for a preview of what will be shown at Read more…
3/31/2010 A half-day technical symposium on the Bear-Yuba watershed and the oak woodland foothills of theSierra Nevada presented by the Bear-Yuba Partnership The waterways, oak woodlands, and ranches in the Nevada, Placer, and Yuba County foothills provide critical wildlife habitat and migration connectivity, scenic open space, and convey vital water Read more…
3/5/2010 Studies reveal vernal pool habitat loss in the Central Valley New studies show that 135,000 acres of the Central Valley’s vernal pool habitat—about 13%—has been lost to agriculture and urbanization during the last three decades. Placer Land Trust today released the findings of three vernal pool studies conducted by Read more…
12/2/2009 Placer Land Trust is proud to announce the permanent protection of 350 acres of rangelands in the American River Canyon near Lake Clementine PLT worked with Daryl Oest and his family to put an agricultural conservation easement on the Oest Ranch – Lake Clementine Preserve at the end of Read more…