LANDS PRESERVED

3,282 ACRES OF OPEN SPACES, FARMLANDS, TRAILHEADS & WETLANDS

Placer Land Trust has preserved approximately 4,628 acres of land in Placer County. This land is protected from development and harmful land uses through the acquisition of conservation and agricultural easements or fee title ownership by Placer Land Trust or qualified nonprofit organizations and public agencies.

The following properties (grouped by watershed, roughly from north to south) have been protected by Placer Land Trust, working with willing landowners interested in seeing their land preserved in perpetuity.

YUBA RIVER watershed

• Cisco Grove Gould Park, 16 acres, Cisco Grove (2004)

BEAR RIVER watershed

• Shutamul Bear River Preserve, 40 acres, Auburn (2006)
• Liberty Ranch Big Hill Preserve, 321 acres, Big Hill (2007)
• Garden Bar Preserve, 912 acres, Lincoln (2007)
• Kirk Ranch, 281 acres, Sheridan (2007)

COON CREEK watershed

• Warren Preserve, 27 acres, Auburn (2007)
• Taylor Ranch Preserve, 321 acres, Auburn (2007)
• Kotomyan Big Hill Preserve, 160 acres, Auburn (2007)
• Doty Ravine Ranch, 427 acres, Lincoln (2005)
• Swainson's Grassland Preserve, 469 acres, Lincoln (2005)

AUBURN RAVINE watershed

• Auburn School Park Preserve, 4 acres, Auburn (2004)
• Labadie Farm, 30 acres, Newcastle (1991)
• Columbia Wetlands Preserve, 11 acres, Newcastle (1991)

PLEASANT GROVE / CURRY CREEK watershed

• Reason Farms Environmental Preserve, 227 acres, Roseville (2005)
• Toad Hill Ranch, 1,000 acres, Roseville (2006)

AMERICAN RIVER watershed

• Siller Preserve, 94 acres, Gold Run (2007)
• Nichols Preserve, 135 acres, Gold Run (2004)
• Codfish Falls Trail Preserve, 30 acres, Weimar (1999)
• Canyon View Preserve, 50 acres, Bowman (2003)
• Stagecoach Preserve, 10 acres, Auburn (1999/2007)
• Bettencourt Preserve, 71 acres, Auburn (2003)

To read about current PLT land protection projects, click here.

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