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According to the Land Trust Alliance's National Land Trust census, by the end of 2000, local and regional land trusts had conserved 6,449,425 acres — an area twice the size of Connecticut. That's more than triple the 1.9 million acres protected by land trusts as of 1990.
The Feather River Land Trust is a private, non-profit organization founded by residents of the Feather River region.

Our mission: To conserve, restore and manage land in the Feather River region in cooperation with willing landowners for the benefit of current and future generations.

Feather River Land Trust
Why we believe in our mission: Lands in the Feather River region are irreplaceable. The Feather River Watershed, the largest Watershed in the Sierra Nevada, consists of 2.4 million acres and provides water to over 20 million Californians (60% of the state's population). It includes all of Plumas County and portions of Sierra, Lassen and Butte counties.

Equally important, the Feather River region also contains critical wildlife habitat, as well as historic ranches, Maidu cultural sites, scenic open space, and important recreation sites.

The reasons we work to conserve, restore and manage land in the Feather River region are as unique as the individuals who work with us: to preserve a favorite hiking trail, to protect the meadow where a child took his or her first steps, or to keep a working ranch in the family for now and generations to come.

The Feather River Land Trust provides the Feather River region with an organization that landowners can contact when faced with the prospect of having to sell the family ranch or a unique property; an organization that our community can turn to when special land is threatened by development; an organization that is capable of proactively shaping the future of our land — and our relationship to the land — over time.

We realize the need for economic growth in our communities yet we believe that growth should occur in a way that respects our land, our communities and our way of life. We work so that we can ensure that these places and the experiences they engender live on; not only in our memories but in the place that matters most — the land.

Our funding: We're funded by a combination of membership donations and grants; most of our operating funds come from private individuals.

Our partners: Land protection is a complex and expensive endeavor. In order to maximize our ability to conserve land, we've formed creative partnerships with a number of other organizations, including the Sierra Business Council, the California Rangeland Trust, The Nature Conservancy, The Trust for Public Land and other local land trusts.


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