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Bailey North Fork Preserve Expanded
Newly completed project protects more river frontage, recreation opportunities, watershed, and wildlife habitat
2021 Annual Report
Rich Ferreira: Farming in a Changing Climate
Placer Land Trust Board member Rich Ferreira has been growing and selling Placer County mandarins since 1975 when he bought his 17-acre ranch near Lincoln. He started with 100 Satsuma mandarin orange trees and today, Side Hill Citrus has grown to 48 acres and over 3,000 trees. In 1989 his Read more…
2021 Annual Report
Partnering on Auburn Shaded Fuel Break at Canyon View Preserve
If you have been out to Canyon View Preserve lately, you may have noticed some tree and brush work happening. This work is part of the Auburn Shaded Fuel Break project, a fuels reduction effort managed by the Placer County Resource Conservation District (RCD) in cooperation with the Auburn Fire Read more…
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Achini Bandara Joins Board of Directors
We are delighted to welcome Achini Bandara as the newest member of our Board of Directors! Achini serves as Development Director for Sierra Nevada Journeys, a nonprofit based in Northern Nevada and California that delivers outdoor, science-based education programs for youth. Prior to her career in education and environmental advocacy, Achini held Read more…
2021 Annual Report
Bidding Big for Conservation — What a Success!
The “30 Years of Conservation Auction” is a wrap, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results! Whether you sponsored the auction, contributed auction items, bid on auction items, and/or invested directly in land conservation, we are SO grateful for your support! You helped us raise over $76,000, which will Read more…
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Maggie Tides Joins Board of Directors
We are pleased to welcome Maggie Tides as the newest member of our Board of Directors! Maggie is an attorney with Sher Edling LLP, a law firm specializing in environmental litigation on behalf of public entities across the country. She’s also a talented artist and graphic designer. Maggie lives in Loomis with Read more…
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New staff members join the team
We are excited to welcome two new staff members to Placer Land Trust! Our new Membership Specialist, Elia Rivas, is a Placer native with a background in Environmental Studies and Sociology, combining her love of the natural world with her love of people, and her desire to strengthen the connection Read more…
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Let’s reach 30 for 30!
You may have heard of the “30 by 30” initiative, a goal to protect 30% of U.S. land and ocean by the year 2030. Placer Land Trust has our own campaign with a similar title — 30 for 30! In honor of our 30th anniversary, we have set a goal to reach a total of 30 Sustaining members and 30 Forever Society members by the end of this year.
2021 Annual Report
A Founder’s Story of Our Past, Present, and Future
Three decades ago, David Manhart saw a need to protect land in Placer County. He joined with a group of other concerned citizens to do something about it — and Placer Land Trust was born.
2021 Annual Report
Teaming With Beavers
Picture a flat, dry, dusty grassland with a few scattered trees. Alongside it runs an arrow-straight stream channel. The stream banks are eroded and are falling into the stream. The stream bed itself is a few feet below the top of the bank, and the remains of century-old levees still Read more…