Building place-based community
Join us on the land and meet other nature enthusiasts and conservation-minded folks. From birding to botany, history to living Maidu and Washoe culture, get to know the places you’re helping to protect.
Check out our upcoming events!
December 6 | Plant Dyes and Watercolors with Ivy Guild
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Join Reno-based artist Ivy Guild for a natural dyes workshop. In this workshop, we will discuss the basics of natural dyes, mordants, ethical foraging, and creating watercolors. Participants will forage their own materials on the preserve, draw in the outdoors, and watercolor with botanical pigments. $35/person, limited to 25 participants.
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December 13 | Children's Art Program: Holiday Gift Making
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
With our wonderful crafty guide, Megan Davin, we will make a special craft gift for kids to give to their parents and loved ones. Plus a homemade holiday gift wrapping and card making station! FREE. Children under 6, please come with an adult to help.
Christmas Bird Count with Plumas Audubon Society
Sunday, 12/14: American Valley
Thursday, 12/18: Lake Almanor
Saturday, 12/20: Sierra Valley
Photo by Kristi Jamason
FRLT/Sophia Micheletti
December 13 | Children's Art Program: Holiday Gifts
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
With our wonderful crafty guide, Megan Davin, we will make a special craft gift for kids to give to their parents and loved ones. Plus a homemade holiday gift wrapping and card making station! Children under 6, please come with an adult to help. 10am to 12pm. Free!
December 20 | Holiday Marketplace
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Come check out the work of the Sierra Valley Preserve Plein Air Painting Club and buy local art of the Sierra Valley for the holidays! Also: Holiday photography mini-sessions will be available with Photos by Gracie—get a mini session with a professional photographer at the Preserve for only $25! 10am to 3pm.
FRLT/Jenna Holland
Edward Caldwell Photography
December 21 | Winter Solstice Yoga with Clare Churchill
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Welcome the return of the light with a restorative yoga workshop in the beautiful open space of the Nature Center. Led by Chare Churchill of Clarity Yoga. This workshop is suitable for all levels, focusing on restorative and yin styles. 9am to 11am, space is limited!
January 24 | Hibernation: A talk with Ecophysiologist Hannah Carey
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Ecophysiologist Hannah Carey will share her knowledge of the science behind hibernation, how hibernators team up with their gut microbes to recycle nutrients during the long winter fast, and the insights into human health that may be gained from discoveries in hibernation biology. Doors open at 4pm, talk begins at 4:30pm.
Courtesy of Hannah Carey
Edward Caldwell Photography
Wednesdays | Yoga with a View
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Join Sierra Valley local Cindy Noble every Wednesday afternoon for a restorative nature-based yoga workshop, in the beautiful events space of the Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center!
New Winter Hours: 3:00pm to 4:15pm
FRLT Nature Journaling Club
Led by volunteer Denise Battagin, sketch the seasonal beauty, learn about the landscape, meet and journal with new people across the watershed at all five FRLT public preserves! Perfect for all skill levels and all ages (little ones must have an adult chaperone).
FRLT/Sophia Micheletti
Save the Date!
Registration for these events will open soon.
December 21 | Solstice Yoga with Clare Churchill
January 24 | Hibernation: Talk with Hannah Carey
TBA | Children’s Nature Journaling Club
Interested in leading a public event or workshop?
Contact Jenna Holland, Public Programs Manager, at jholland@frlt.org
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Every gift matched, now until December 31, towards our goal of $200,000!
Learn more about our work
A new Nature Center at the Sierra Valley Preserve
A new Nature Center at the Sierra Valley Preserve is now open, where visitors and locals alike can experience the wonders of Sierra Valley and deepen our understanding of the natural world and our place in it.
Why Meadows Matter
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What is a Conservation Easement?
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2024 Conservation Successes
Take a look back at 2024 with us and celebrate all you helped make possible in the Feather River Watershed.
Stories in Wood: Sierra Valley Barn Art Show
Explore the artwork of three artists, Catherine Mackey, Diane Olivier, and Laurie Wigham, inspired by the craftsmanship of Sierra Valley Barns
Plein Air Painting Club
Join us monthly at the Nature Center for the Plein Air Painting Club with Sarah Horton.
Land Trust Accreditation
Since 2015, FRLT has been a nationally accredited land trust. Now, we're applying for renewal and the public comment period is now open.
Yoga with Cindy Noble
Join instructor Cindy Noble for an afternoon of nature-based yoga!
