12/1/2009 In November 2009, PLT worked with Daryl Oest and his family to put an agricultural conservation easement on the Oest Ranch – Lake Clementine Preserve. With the completion of this project, Placer Land Trust is proud to announce that our grand total of protected lands in Placer County is Read more…
11/9/2009 Strategic Conservation Initiative for the Foothills Placer Land Trust, Nevada County Land Trust, and the Trust for Public Land are announcing the formation of the Bear-Yuba Partnership, a collaborative effort to strategically protect the most important lands in the foothills of the Bear and Yuba River watersheds. This landscape-level Read more…
10/5/2009 Placer Land Trust is pleased to announce the election of Gregg McKenzie of Rocklin to its Board of Directors. McKenzie is an independent consultant in restoration, mitigation, environmental permitting and land acquisition. His business, The McKenzie Land Company, is based in Rocklin. McKenzie is also a City of Rocklin 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…
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…