News Release
8/30/2010
Join Placer Land Trust for the 2nd Annual Great Sierra River Cleanup on September 25th from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy coordinates this annual event. Last year 30 Placer Land Trust volunteers helped to remove 904 pounds of trash and 60 pounds of recycling ... Read More »
8/23/2010
The Rickey family is making history every day on their 165 acre ranch in Granite Bay. Aaron and Stephanie Rickey's children are the seventh generation to grow up on this historic ranch. A diversified family farm, the Rickeys grow Zinfandel, Barbera, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon wine grapes as well ... Read More »
6/1/2010
Bruin Ranch ~ 2,300 acres along 3 miles of the Bear River
We can save it now ~ as a public park and nature preserve for all to enjoy.
Or we can watch as it gets developed for several hundred landowners to enjoy behind lock and key.
The choice is clear.
Working with ... Read More »
5/22/2010
On Saturday, May 15th Placer Land Trust honored Andy and Shana Laursen at the 2010 Placer COnservator Award Ceremony & Dinner. The Auburn Valley Golf Club provided and excellent view of Bruin Ranch, and 13 artists provided work created there for a preview of what will be shown at ... Read More »
5/21/2010
As you may know, Placer Land Trust is working to purchase the 2,300 acre Bruin Ranch along the Bear River north of Auburn. If we are successful we plan to develop a trail system connecting this property with Hidden Falls Regional Park through lands that we have already preserved in the Big ... Read More »
5/17/2010
The Bear River needs our help, and there's no better time to support Placer Land Trust!
Donations made to Placer Land Trust's Bear River Capital Campaign through May 31 will be matched dollar-for-dollar through a challenge grant. So if you donate, your donation will be doubled!
Emigrant Trails Greenway Trust of ... Read More »
5/9/2010
Inspired by his recent visit to Bruin Ranch for a bird watching tour, Marty Strauss, the local author of Ice to Fire and The Tail of the Golden Whale, has generously announced that he will donate $5 of all book sales made between now and June 30th.
Marty Strauss lives in Auburn, CA, ... Read More »
3/31/2010
a half-day technical symposium on the Bear-Yuba watershed and the oak
woodland foothills of the Sierra
Nevada
presented by the Bear-Yuba Partnership
The waterways, oak woodlands, and ranches in the Nevada,
Placer, and Yuba County foothills provide critical wildlife habitat and
migration connectivity, scenic open space, and convey vital water from Sierra
Nevada snowmelt to the people and agricultural lands ... Read More »
3/30/2010
Sonja Hamilton will be showing the paintings she did at Placer Land Trust's Bruin Ranch Plein Air Days in April at a North Auburn art studio tour on Saturday, May 8th from 10 am to 5 pm. The tour features 9 North Auburn artists all showing work in their ... Read More »
3/5/2010
Studies reveal vernal pool habitat loss in the Central Valley
New studies show that 135,000 acres of the Central Valley’s vernal pool habitat—about 13%—has been lost to agriculture and urbanization during the last three decades.
Placer Land Trust today released the findings of three vernal pool studies conducted by scientists at ... Read More »
12/2/2009
PLT works with Pioneering Family to Protect Oest Ranch
Placer Land Trust is proud to announce the permanent protection of 350 acres of rangelands in the American River Canyon near Lake Clementine
PLT worked with Daryl Oest and his family to put an agricultural conservation easement on the Oest Ranch - Lake Clementine ... Read More »
12/1/2009
5,000 Acres Preserved!
In November 2009, PLT worked with Daryl Oest and his family to put an agricultural conservation easement on the Oest Ranch - Lake Clementine Preserve.
With the completion of this project, Placer Land Trust is proud to announce that our grand total of protected lands in Placer County is ... Read More »
11/9/2009
Bear-Yuba Partnership to be announced Nov. 11
Strategic Conservation Initiative for the Foothills
Placer Land Trust, Nevada County Land Trust, and the Trust for Public Land are announcing the formation of the Bear-Yuba Partnership, a collaborative effort to strategically protect the most important lands in the foothills of the Bear and ... Read More »
11/4/2009
Placer Land Trust will be sponsoring an open house event at Otow Orchards, of Granite Bay, on November 14th from 1 - 3pm.
Helen, Chris and Tosh are pleased to be able to thank their customers and the Granite Bay community for their continued support. You are invited to join us for refreshments, ... Read More »
11/3/2009
Canyon View Restoration Day!
Sunday November 15th 9am - 2pm
Please come and join us for a day of restoration at our Canyon View Preserve in Auburn. We will be removing invasive blackberry and broom, spreading native grass seed as well as caging oak seedlings. All efforts are part of PLT's greater vision of a ... Read More »
10/5/2009
Placer Land Trust is pleased to announce the election of Gregg McKenzie of Rocklin to its Board of Directors.
McKenzie is an independent consultant in restoration, mitigation, environmental permitting and land acquisition. His business, The McKenzie Land Company, is based in Rocklin. McKenzie is also a City of Rocklin planning ... Read More »
10/1/2009
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7/18/2009
Sierra College Professor Emeritus Joe Medeiros receivedPlacer Land Trust’s prestigious Placer Conservator Award at a dinner in Loomison Saturday. The Placer Conservator Award honors exceptional individuals whohave enriched the quality of life in PlacerCounty through resourceconservation.
Past recipients include retired Placer County PlanningDirector and current Placer Land Trust board president ... Read More »
4/29/2009
Protected land in the Valley, Foothills, and Sierra showcased in series of free public tours - RSVP Required
Event
Treasured Landscape Walking Tours
Led by naturalists and featuring a light PlacerGROWN meal
Call Placer Land Trust to RSVP - space is limited - (530) 887-9222
Dates
March 28 — Vernal Pools in Lincoln
April 18 — ... Read More »
2/3/2009
Volunteers boost Trust’s stewardship and outreach programs
Placer Land Trust recognized two outstanding individuals for their contributions to the organization during the past year.
Lea Bartels, a student from Germany, was named Placer Land Trust’s Volunteer of the Year for 2008. Lea spent last summer in Placer County, and chose to ... Read More »
2/2/2009
Placer Land Trust to restore Stagecoach Preserve stream habitat
Placer Land Trust is hosting an Open House at its Stagecoach Preserve in Auburn on Saturday, April 25. For more information about supporting PLT's work to restore the Stagecoach Preserve, please contact Karrie Thomas at Placer Land Trust, (530) 887-9222 or karrie@placerlandtrust.org.
Placer ... Read More »
10/16/2008
Local cyclist and trails advocate joins nonprofit Board of Directors
Placer Land Trust is very pleased to announce the newest member of its Board of Directors, Jim Haagen-Smit.
Haagen-Smit is a Newcastle resident who recently retired from a 25-year career as a software engineer for Hewlett Packard in Roseville.
“Enjoying and ... Read More »
10/15/2008
Placer Land Trust partners with students to install bird boxes in rural Lincoln
LINCOLN, CA – On an unusually cold and windy Sunday morning a group of 5th grade students from Auburn Elementary School and students from Sierra College huddled for warmth at Placer Land Trust’s “Doty Ravine Preserve”. ... Read More »
10/15/2008
Accreditation Awarded by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission
AUBURN, CA – The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, announced last week that Placer Land Trust has been awarded accredited status, making it the first land trust in the Sierra to receive this distinct ... Read More »
9/29/2008
California Wildlife Foundation honored for resource protection work
AUBURN, CA –– On Saturday on the banks of Coon Creek, Placer Land Trust presented the prestigious Placer Conservator Award to the California Wildlife Foundation for enriching the quality of life in Placer County through resource conservation.
The California Wildlife Foundation (CWF), based ... Read More »
7/1/2008
ROSEVILLE – Placer Land Trust is pleased to announce that it has permanently preserved 26 acres on Miner’s Ravine at Sierra College Road in Roseville, providing multiple public benefits for current and future generations.
The Trust accepted a conservation and flood control easement from the Placer County Flood Control and ... Read More »
3/1/2008
912 acres of oak woodlands along Bear River permanently preserved
Placer Land Trust is pleased to announce the completion of its largest conservation project to date, the 912-acre Garden Bar Preserve, situated along the Bear River northeast of Garden Bar Road in rural Lincoln.
The Trust purchased a conservation easement ... Read More »
1/1/2008
On New Year’s Eve, Placer Land Trust accepted a donated conservation easement from Auburn resident Leslie Warren, which will permanently preserve the Warren family property from development.
Warren’s property sits along Orr Creek in Christian Valley amid rolling oak woodlands, and contains a spectacular grassy meadow – all providing critical ... Read More »
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