Update: Salter Fund for the Benefit of Animals Grantees Announced
The Nevada County Land Trust has announced the names of the organizations chosen this year to receive grant funding from the Al Salter Fund for the Benefit of Animals. This announcement comes on the fifth anniversary of the gift of his land to the Land Trust on March 5, 2003. Read more...

Linden Lea Ranch Conservation Easement
Last weekend I was treated to a dinner cooked by Anna and Bill Trabucco at their newly-
completed house off Bitney Springs Road. Anna and Bill lease land to rancher Jim Gates of Nevada County Free Range Beef, and were celebrating Jim’s long-awaited new label, recently approved by the US Department of Agriculture and that now adorns his packages of ground beef in BriarPatch’s freezer. Read more...

Two New Conservation Easements Totaling 240 Acres Annouced
Thanks to the vision of two rural Nevada City families, the Nevada County Land Trust closed 2007 by conserving more than 240 acres within the Deer Creek watershed above Lake Wildwood. Al and Lynne Dover, who had previously donated a conservation easement on 15 acres of their Peaceful Valley Ranch, added over 83 acres to their easement. Just downstream, Holger and Tacy Hahn permanently conserved 158 acres on both sides of Deer Creek. Read more...

NCLT Establishes Al Salter Fund for the Benefit of Animals
November 7, 2007 – Nevada County Land Trust (NCLT) has established a grant fund in the approximate amount of six hundred thousand dollars to be used to carry out the wishes expressed by Al Salter in his will, to promote the welfare of animals.
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Hahn and Dover Easements Add 240 Acres
to Land Trust Conservation
December 20, 2007 – Holger and Tacy Hahn donated a conservation easement on their 158 acres on Deer Creek. This conservation easement will protect about 3500 feet of Deer Creek, along with grasslands, blue oak woodlands, and mixed conifer habitat. It is a beautiful property and is near the Trabucco property, giving us a solid foundation for conserving land along the lower part of Deer Creek.
Al and Lynne Dover added just over 83 acres to the 15 acres they've already conserved further upstream on Deer Creek (off Peaceful Valley Road). This conservation eaement will conserve mixed conifer habitat, a portion of Deer Creek, and a small-scale working forest. Read more...

Landowners Rush to Beat a Year-End Tax Deadline
on Conservation Easements
November 28, 2007 – Land trusts across the country are racing to complete conservation easements before the end of the year, when attractive tax benefits are slated to expire. Nevada County Land Trust has three times as many projects as normal for this... Read more. . .

Land Trust Trails Coordinator Haire Wins Lifetime Professional Achievement Award
On May 11, 2007 the Lifetime Professional Achievement Award was granted to Bill Haire at the 22nd California Trails and Greenways Conference. Haire served as the District Resource Officer for what is now the Yuba River Ranger District of the Tahoe National Forest, from 1977, until... Read more. . .

Land Trust Announces New Executive Director
In a move to expand its focus on land conservation, the Nevada County Land Trust (NCLT) Board of Directors have made changes in executive management. Marty Coleman-Hunt has been named Executive Director, and Dan Macon is moving to a newly created position of Director of Conservation Programs. Read more. . .

356 Acre Easement Preserves Timber Lands
The land, located east of North San Juan near Graniteville, will continue to be owned by Scott Roth, a Southern California resident who plans to sustainably manage the property for timber production according to a state-approved timber management plan. Read more. . .

Developer's Lawsuit Threatens Local Beef Ranch
In 2001 the Trabuccos took action to keep their land in productive ranching and farming use forever, donating 300+ acres to a conservation easement with Nevada County Land Trust. Read more. . .

Land Trust Preserves 440-acre Ranch
A 440-acre ranch near the South Yuba River will be preserved under an agricultural conservation easement recorded this month by the Nevada County Land Trust.
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Oak Planting Project Pays Off for Local Businessman
When Jon Hess built his music and electronics store, he faced a requirement familiar to local builders and developers. Read more. . .