Sierra Cascade Land Trust Current Census
Over 1 Million Acres Conserved
78% Are Private Land Conservation Easements
77% Are Working Landscapes: Primarily Cattle Ranches
Vegetation Type Is Evenly Split between Forest and Oak Woodland
Land Trusts Hold $41 million in Stewardship and Defense Endowments
19 Land Trusts Have Operated in the Region, More than 80 Years
Each year SCLTC conducts a census of all private land that has been permanently
protected in this region either by a conservation easement held by a land trust, the fee
title ownership of property by a land trust, the acquisition of a property and subsequent
transfer to a public entity in a permanently protected status, or has been protected by
another conservation instrument. The most recent report is here 2018 Conservation Impact Report
Major Collaborative Initiatives
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Stewardship Council/PG&E Land Conveyance
Sierra Nevada Foothills Mapping Project
Sierra CAMP
Sierra Nevada GEOTOURISM
Northern Sierra Partnership
Northern Foothills Partnership
Southern Sierra Partnership
National and Statewide Census
56 million acres permanently protected by 1,700 land trusts across the country
5 million acres are permanently protected in California by 136 land trusts
Robinson Ranch courtesy of Bear Yuba Land Trust
Sceirine Point Ranch
Big Gun, Placer Land Trust