GARDEN BAR PRESERVE,
LINCOLN

912 ACRES OF OAK WOODLANDS
ON THE BEAR RIVER

The Trust purchased a conservation easement at below market value from the landowner to permanently protect the property.

"In addition to protecting water and air quality, this conservation easement guarantees that one of the largest remaining wilderness areas in western Placer County will be preserved for future generations," said PLT Executive Director Jeff Darlington.

Garden Bar Preserve cannot be reached by public road, and is situated at the northern end of Placer County's largest unfragmented expanse of oak woodlands. The conservation easement will permenantly protect the property's diverse natural and agricultural values, including two miles of Bear River frontage, rolling oak woodlands, and rangeland.

"The variety of animal and plant species on the property is remarkable," said Darlington. "In the Bear River you've got fish, otters, and the rare Northern Pacific pond turtle. The property is an important migration area for the regional blacktail deer herd. The bird life is tremendous. There's even supposed to be a family of flying squirrels on the property."

The conservation easement allows the property to continue to be used for livestock grazing, but forever prohibits development and harmful land uses and activities on the property.

Funding for the conservation easement and ongoing land stewardship was provided by the California Wildlife Foundation (CWF), a philanthropic group that works with partner organizations like Placer Land Trust to protect the state's rich diversity of wildlife species by acquiring, restoring, and managing sufficient habitat to sustain healthy wildlife populations over time.

The mission of PLT's Bear River Watershed Protection Program is to work with willing landowners and other conservation groups in a watershed-based approach to land conservation along the Bear River. The Bear River watershed contains some of the last roadless wilderness in Placer County.

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Placer Land Trust 11521 Blocker Drive, Suite 100 Auburn, CA 95603 (530) 887-9222 info@placerlandtrust.org

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