Northern Sierra Partnership

07/03/2020

We have some good news to share!

The purchase of almost 3,000 acres, including Frog Lake, was funded in large part with donations from Silicon Valley technology leaders.

10/26/2018

Check out our local partner's post on our current campaign!

Framed by towering glacier-carved cliffs rising dramatically from its shoreline, Frog Lake holds its own among the Northern Sierra’s most rugged and picturesque alpine lakes. Despite its close proximity to Truckee, however, few have seen it up close. Set at 7,600 feet between Castle Peak...

06/14/2018

There's a wolf in our backyard!

"Wildlife biologists tracked the 2-year-old wolf...within 1½-miles of the Boreal Mountain ski area, off Interstate 80 at Donner Summit, making her the first wild gray wolf confirmed in Nevada County in at least a century."

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11/17/2017

10/18/2017

Heard about the Sierra Valley Conservation Partnership Project? Our partners the Feather River Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy in California have teamed up to conserve working ranches in Sierra Valley!

Feather River Land Trust is currently accepting applications from landowners in Sierra Valley interested in conserving their working ranches. The ...

09/25/2017

Lower Carpenter Valley was featured on NBC's Today Show! Check it out!

For more than 100 years, a meadow in California has been locked behind a gate and virtually untouched. In this week’s Sunday Closer, NBC’s Harry Smith steps inside the “secret garden” before it opens to the public.

09/20/2017

Have you heard the news?! We completed our campaign and permanently protected Lower Carpenter Valley! Truckee Donner Land Trust's fall tours are fully booked, but this should get you excited about exploring the valley come springtime:

"A few miles north of Donner Lake as the crow flies, behind a subdivision, a jeep trail heading toward the Sierra Crest plunges into a dense forest of pines and firs. Threading granite boulders that were stranded 10,000 years ago by melting glaciers, the trail leads to an expanse of golden grasses and a slow winding creek. Migrating birds flit through willows, and the primordial calls of sandhill cranes crack the stillness."

The last steps to the summit of Castle Peak, the 9,103-foot conical mountain in Tahoe National Forest not far from Donner Pass, involve a short scramble over a series of volcanic crags. You emerge on a small perch overlooking the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, some of California's greatest rec...

06/30/2017

The eight-spotted skimmer earned its name due to the eight markings on its wings.
Photo credit: Nate Kohler

06/29/2017

Belding's ground squirrels are largely social animals with a mainly herbivorous diet.
Photo credit: Jill Mateo

06/28/2017

The snowshoe hare gets its name from the size of its unusually large feet.
Photo credit: Eric Sorenson

06/28/2017

Unlike the eastern chipmunk, the long-eared chipmunk is known for its lean and slender body.
Photo credit: Connor Long

06/26/2017

The golden trout is the state fish of California.
Photo credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife