PLACER LAND TRUST

WORKING TO PRESERVE PLACER COUNTY'S
VALUABLE OPEN SPACES AND FARMLANDS

FOUNDING & HISTORY

Placer Land Trust was founded in 1991 by Placer County community leaders as a private nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and preserving lands that hold valuable natural, historic, and agricultural resources in Placer County.

At its inception, the organization was called Placer Land Trust & Nature Center, including both the land trust operations as well as the operations of the Placer Nature Center in Christian Valley. In 2002, Placer Land Trust and Placer Nature Center became two separate nonprofit organizations. Placer Land Trust's office is located at 11521 Blocker Drive, Suite 100, Auburn, CA 95603.

Placer Land Trust is a private, nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code (Federal Tax ID Number 68-0223143).

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WHAT WE DO

The mission of Placer Land Trust (PLT) is to work with landowners and conservation partners to permanently preserve natural open spaces and agricultural lands in Placer County for future generations.

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WHO WE ARE

PLT is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, and administered by Executive Director Jeff Darlington. Our Advisory Council helps us be effective in identifying and preserving lands. To date PLT has approximately 500 contributing members, and a smaller group of volunteers that assist with specific areas of operation, including land protection. For more information about PLT people, click here.

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HOW WE WORK

Placer Land Trust is the only local organization operating within the private market system to protect open space by working with willing sellers and donors. We generally protect lands in one of two ways: through fee title acquisition or through conservation or agricultural easements, each of which we can purchase, which we do at fair market prices, or through donations from the landowner.

PLT works with landowners, public agencies, private organizations, and local communities to preserve land. PLT can offer assistance in the form of fundraising, expertise regarding land conservation options, outreach, and program development. PLT offers technical assistance and land conservation expertise to landowners who wish to preserve their land for future generations, realize the tax benefits available to those who donate to a nonprofit, generate cash by the sale of their land or an easement over their land, and/or preserve their land through estate planning and community groups looking to protect a special, threatened open space in their neighborhood. For more information about the methods of land conservation, click here.

Funding is acquired through grants from private and public organizations, individual donations, workplace giving, and business support. PLT also hosts fundraising events such as our annual Placer Harvest Celebration and the Placer Conservator Event and the Disappearing Landscapes Art Exhibit & Sale to raise funds locally. Because PLT is a nonprofit public benefit organization, donations may be tax deductible to the full extent of the law. For information about how you can help PLT, click here.

Preservation of Placer County's natural open spaces and agricultural lands is vital to protecting our quality of life, and Placer Land Trust is a leader in the permanent preservation of Placer County's rural environment. We envision a future in which population growth and development is matched by land preservation, thus creating and maintaining a high quality and balanced environment for future generations.

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LANDS PRESERVED

To date PLT has preserved approximately 4,628 acres of land in Placer County, including natural areas, wildlife habitat, family farms, working ranches, river and canyon lands, public parks, and trailheads. For details about the lands we've preserved, click here. We're currently working on several other land projects (3,000+ acres) that will help preserve Placer County's unique landscape; for more details on our current projects, click here.

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