Lacey Meadows is one of the finest examples of a highly functioning meadow system in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Elizabeth Carmel / www.TheCarmelGallery.com
Published in the Sierra Sun, December 28, 2011
by Keaven Van Lom, Special to the Sun
“Nonprofits combine in to a partnership designed to preserve the Sierra’s scenery”
Published in The Union, December 26, 2011
by Matthew Renda, Staff Writer
On 12/9/11 the State of California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) granted $5,010,000 towards the purchase of Webber Lake and Lacey Meadows by the Truckee Donner Land Trust and The Trust for Public Land!
This is an historic grant for conservation in the northern Sierra. WCB’s commitment, together with funds already committed to the project by the Northern Sierra Partnership and the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, brings the partners to within $500,000 of the funds needed to preserve this outstanding property at the headwaters of the Little Truckee River.
View the story on KHSL TV - http://bit.ly/usAFup
Read more in “Fishers returned to area in Sierra after 100 years” on sfgate.com - http://bit.ly/urWLgm
Northern Sierra Partnership was honored by the U. S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region on November 30, 2011 with the inaugural Regional Forester’s Honor Award for Partnership of the Year.
Randy Moore (Regional Forester, Region 5), Tom Quinn (Tahoe NF Supervisor), Lucy Blake (NSP President), David Sutton (No. CA & NV Director, Trust for Public Land), Eli Elano (Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tahoe NF) -- ©Ray Mooney, U.S. Forest Service
NSP President Lucy Blake received the award on behalf of the Partnership, accompanied by NSP partner Dave Sutton, Northern California and Nevada Director, the Trust for Public Land.
This grant is an opportunity for you to join our leadership in a year-end gift that will bolster NSP’s limited resources to invest in important conservation opportunities in the magnificent Northern Sierra.
Gifts of $10,000 or more that are made or pledged by January 31, 2012 will be matched by NSP’s Governing Council, chaired by Jim Morgan of the Morgan Family Foundation. All donations to the Northern Sierra Partnership are fully tax deductible.
Help NSP, our partners and the local communities meet our challenge to preserve the large landscapes of the Northern Sierra before it’s too late.
With many thanks,
Lucy Blake
NSP Executive Director
Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation - Helen Mayer Harrison & Newton Harrison at the Nevada Museum of Art
If you’re in the Northern Sierra this season, plan a visit to see the exhibit “Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation” at Reno’s Nevada Museum of Art featuring Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison’s work. The show closes December 4th, 2011.
The Museum is definitely worth the trip, with a number of other compelling exhibits on art and the environment. Plan your visit >
US Forest Service Forest to Faucet interactive map
Our friends at Feather River Land Trust sent over an 11/9/11 U.S. Forest Service press release introducing an innovative new set of maps that provide critical information about the relationship of forests to water quality —the “Forest to Faucents” interactive maps.
Following is a letter from Perry Norris, Director of the Truckee Donner Land Trust (TDLT) about their recent work with The Trust for Public Land to conserve properties in the Little Truckee Watershed, and the fundraising gap they need to close this year in order to be successful.
Help these NSP Partners close the gap and conserve this iconic landscape! >
Webber Lake by ElizabethCarmel.com
October 2011
Dear Friends of the Land Trust,
The Land Trust, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is under contract to acquire 3,000 acres in the Little Truckee River Watershed – Webber Lake and Lacey Meadows.
Lacey Meadows is one of the finest meadow complexes in the Northern Sierra. The high water table and extensive foliage provide nesting habitat for Western willow flycatcher, yellow warbler, and green-winged teal. Mountain yellow-legged frogs have been sighted as well as black bear, bald eagle, mule deer, mountain lion, bobcat, and even more rare, pine martens, and wolverine.
Lacey Meadows retains a large quantity of spring runoff, releasing clean, cold water into the watercourse throughout summer, thus sustaining aquatic habitat. The meadow is spectacular in summer, teeming with camas lilies, asters, shooting stars, elephant heads, and larkspur.
