Monthly Giving Circle
It makes conservation easier
Did you know? Monthly giving gives FRLT a dependable pool of funds, so we can move ahead to conserve special places like the Pearce Family Ranch.
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Sign up by June 8, and we'll invite you to our Monthly Giving Luncheon on Spanish Creek on June 15.
You'll be in great company. Leslie Larson and Michael Bennett have been monthly givers since 2005. Monthly giving helps makes conserving special places possible. Won't you join?
Monthly giving: easy, efficient, dependable. Sign up now.
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Students Dedicate Leonhardt Ranch
Quincy Jr./Sr. High School Celebrates New Learning Landscape  | | Quincy Jr./Sr. High School dedicate their new Leonhardt Ranch Learning Landscape. |
"Lately, we've been hearing a lot of bad things about what might happen with the schools next year. But right now, you're sitting on hope...This is a good thing that's happening." With those words, student leader Luis Rubalcava Cunan opened the dedication ceremony for Quincy Jr/Sr High School's newly conserved outdoor classroom, the Leonhardt Ranch Learning Landscape.*  | |
"You're Sitting on Hope" - QHS Student Leader Luis Rubalcava-Cunan
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The 42-acre ranch, just across the street from Quincy Jr./Sr. High School, provides a unique, living classroom for students to dig-in to hands-on learning and taking care of the land throughout their school years. As Luis says, "You know how educational it is to learn in the outdoors. This is an absolutely great thing." We're working with Luis and the QHS Leadership Class on a stewardship and operations plan for the property. Plans include: - Student-led restoration projects
- An historic-style barn
- Continuing sustainable cattle grazing
- An educational farm
FRLT's Learning Landscapes program is working to conserve outdoor classrooms next to all fourteen schools in the Feather River Watershed. This past year, with support from the Stewardship Council, Plumas Bank, the Stein Family and other local donors, we've been working with Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, local contractors and suppliers, and students to install signs, trails, and seating areas on outdoor classrooms at 10 schools throughout the watershed. Greenville Jr/Sr High dedicated their outdoor classroom on May 7, and the Chester schools will dedicate theirs on June 8. *Thank you to the Leonhardt Family, the Edwards Family, the CalTrans Environmental Enhancement Mitigation Program, and the Williams Family for making the purchase and educational access on an additional 4-acre easement possible. |
Sierra Valley Barbeque: You're Invited
May 19 on FRLT's Maddalena Property
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Paddling the Wetlands at FRLT's Maddalena Property. Photo by Shannon Morrow.
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The Feather River Land Trust and Plumas Audubon invite you for a day of fun and exploration on FRLT's Maddalena Property in Sierra Valley. Saturday May 19, 8:00am - 1:00pm. Here's the line-up:- Canoe, kayak, or SUP - guided groups heading out all morning
- 8:00am - Bird walks with David Arsenault and Bob Battagin
- 9:00 - 2nd round of bird walks if needed
- 10:00 - Wildflower identification with Nancy & Bill Harnach
- 10:00 - Birding car-pool driving loop around Sierra Valley with Scott & Amber Edwards
- 12:00 - Barbecue at the corral (Master burger flipper Mike Yost)
- 12:30pm - Welcome to Feather River Land Trust's Maddalena Property. Learn about wetland conservation efforts with FRLT, Plumas Audubon and The Nature Conservancy
NOTE: The water is low and the vegetation is high - EXCELLENT habitat for nesting birds. Executive Director Paul Hardy saw 35 species at the Maddalena last night. Sooo...to protect our nesting feathered friends, we request that all boating be done with our volunteer guides. They'll guide you through on a wonderful wildlife safari! * Paddle * Meet new people * See an incredible array of migratory birds * Eat! * Beer tasting with UnderCover AleWorks * Stay as long as you like *
$5 donation suggested for lunch. BYOC (Bring your own chair).
Please join us. It's going to be a great day. Directions here.
P.S. Do you have your Sierra Valley Birder's Guidebook yet? Get yours now. We'll also have them at the event.
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Greenville High Students Restore Meadow
Learning Landscapes Gets Students Outside, Active, and Learning
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GHS Students planted 400 willows on their Learning Landscape outdoor classroom. Photo by Nils Lunder.
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Earlier this month, FRLT's Learning Landscapes program teamed up with Greenville High School students to restore meadowlands on their outdoor classroom. Students from Travis Rubke's natural resources classes planted over 400 cuttings of native riparian plants (willow, red twig dogwood, poplar, alder and big leaf maple). We hope the plantings will become a hedgerow that will provide habitat complexity to the meadow. See the photos here.
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GHS students kick back after a good day's work. Photo by Nils Lunder.
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The students used a waterjet stinger that was loaned to us by the Plumas National Forest to bore holes into the meadow. This device uses water pressure to create deep holes that enable students to insert the cuttings up to 4 feet into the soil. Big gratitude to PNF's Engine 20 for providing water pressure for the planting day.
Restoration projects like this are happening on Learning Landscapes properties throughout the watershed. A generous gift from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and PG&E's 5 Star Restoration Program is supporting teacher training and support for student-led restoration projects.
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Volunteers: Our Go-To Team
Taking Care of the Land with Brawn, Brains, Grit and Heart  | |
Just try to back off this team of dedicated volunteers. We dare you. Just try.
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Earlier this month, a team of 18 volunteers got gritty and did a lot of good on the newly conserved Leonhardt Ranch Learning Landscape. They cleaned up miles of tubing and old equipment on the garden site, hauled hundreds of pounds of old metal and debris, and dismantled an old shed to make way for the soon-to-be built educational barn. Frank and Helen Davis fed the hungry crew with pizzas. Thank you, Go-To Team!
See the pictures here.
FRLT's Volunteer Go-To Team takes on its next challenge Friday, May 18 at the Maddalena Property.
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Interns Dig In to Learning and Stewardship
FRLT partners with Feather River College Environmental Studies
 This Spring we've had the pleasure of working with four interns from Feather River College's Environmental Studies program: Delainey McFarland, Jesse "Brown Bear" Hernandez, Kelly Goldberg, and Ricky Hayworth. FRC Instructor Darrel Jury led the team. They worked with FRLT Stewardship Director Gabe Miller to work on marking an historic trail and forest management at the Heart K Ranch, removing invasive weeds and helping to clean-up the Leonhardt Ranch Learning Landscape, and infrastructure repair and maintenance at the Maddalena Property.  In the process, the students were able to meet with members of the Genesee Maidu community as well as the Greenville Rancheria fire crew to learn about Traditional Ecology, fire ecology, and fuels reduction. We're grateful for the students' practical help and their dedication to caring for lands in the Feather River country. |
This Donation Warms our Heart (K)
Big Gratitude to Feather River Stove Works  | |
Feather River Stove Works donated a fireplace insert to the Heart K House. We're grateful!
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This winter, FRLT members Bill Battagin and Jeff Hahn installed a new fireplace insert to make the Heart K house toasty, efficient, and safe.
Bill, owner of Feather River Stove Works donated the insert, and he and Jeff donated their time and expertise to install it.
Thank you, Bill and Jeff!
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Get outside: Events on the Land
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About Feather River Land Trust With your help, the Feather River Land Trust is working to conserve the most strategically important lands in the Feather River region, and to steward their ecological and cultural values for current and future generations.
P.O. Box 1826
Quincy, California 95971
Feather River Land Trust
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