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May 16 + 17 | Lost Sierra Plein Air Festival Artist Reception
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Join us for the 4th annual Lost Sierra Plein Air Festival! The Artist Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held on May 16th at the Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center. Join us on Friday from 6–8pm to enjoy the art and meet the artists!
Can't make it Friday? Head to the Nature Center on Saturday from 9am to 4pm to view the art!
Courtesy of Mark Reynolds

Courtesy of Musica Sierra

May 22 | A Season on the Wind: Concert
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Musica Sierra proudly presents ‘A Season on the Wind’, a cinematic concert based on author, ornithologist and conservationist Kenn Kaufman’s book of the same name, featuring musicians Anthony Albrecht, Simone Slattery, and Majel Connery.
May 24 | Birding by Ear
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Improve your birding-by-ear ID skills with Daniel Edelstein, Consulting Avian Biologist & Birding Guide, who has led birding tours for more than 25 years!
Photo by Kristi Jamason

Nature Journaling Club
Join our new Nature Journaling Club, led by an FRLT volunteer, as we visit each of our five public preserves over the course of a year.
Wednesdays | Yoga with Cindy Noble
Sierra Valley Preserve Nature Center
Join Sierra Valley local Cindy Noble every Wednesday afternoon for a restorative nature-based yoga workshop!
Save the Date!
Registration for these events will open soon.
June 8 | Book Reading and Nature Walk with Tim Hauserman
June 14 | FRLT Nature Journaling Club at Mountain Meadows Reservoir
June 21 | Summer Solstice Yoga Workshop with Clare Churchill
June 28 | Elk in the Sierra Nevada Talk
July 19 | Star Party with Reno Astronomical Society
July 23 | Words and Music
August 9 | Yarrow Tincture and Salve Workshop with Dana Galloway
More coming soon…
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Interested in leading a public event or workshop?
Contact Jenna Holland, Public Programs Manager, at jholland@frlt.org
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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.
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
The Feather River Watershed is home to some of the largest wetlands and montane meadows in California and FRLT is on a mission to conserve them.
What is a Conservation Easement?
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Wildlife and Fire
Sierra Nevada wildlife biologists, Paul Hardy and Ryan Burnett, share the impacts of wildfire on native wildlife species.
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.
May 24 | Birding by Ear with Daniel Edelstein
Join us on the land and improve your birding-by-ear ID skills with Daniel Edelstein!
Yoga with Cindy Noble
Join instructor Cindy Noble for an afternoon of nature-based yoga!
FRLT Nature Journaling Club
Join FRLT's new Nature Journaling Club as we visit each of FRLT's five public preserves!