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…
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…