April 18 – Plein Air Art and Photography Outing at Laursen Bear River Preserve 

When: Saturday, April 18th, 2026, 8am-12pm   Join us for a morning of art in the outdoors!  Placer Artists Tour and Placer Land Trust are partnering for this plein air and photography outing. This will be a self-guided stroll through the oak woodlands and granite outcroppings or seek out wildflowers in sprawling meadows to sketch, paint, and photograph the beauty that catches your eye.  Your artistic Read more…

*Full* March 8 – Spring Bird Stroll

Whether you are a beginning or expert birder, you are invited to join us as we saunter along the banks of the Lone Star Canal and wend slowly through blue oak grassland, looking and listening for year-round residents and migrating songbirds. Our trained docents will help you look and listen for various songbirds and we’ll practice basic birding identification skills and will get to know the common residents of the diverse habitat of this beautiful preserve.