Knoxville, Lake Berryessa

261 acres of oak forests, chaparral and grasslands on the shore of Lake Berryessa. Dr. Dwight and Jan Murray, Dr. Howard Way, Dr. Paul White donated 224 acres of this property in 2003 to the Land Trust. The property was transferred to the Napa County Parks and Open Space District for use as a public park/recreation area. The Land Trust retains a conservation easement.

The Land Trust’s largest conservation easement, the Homestake McLaughlin conservation easement encompasses 6,125 acres in Napa, Lake, and Yolo counties, the vast majority of which will be forever protected as natural open space and managed as an ecological reserve by the UC Davis Natural Reserve System.

8,078 acres of open space and wildlife habitat in the northeast corner of the County. Transferred from the Homestake Mining Company to the California Department of Fish and Game.

273 acres of this Snell Valley Preserve protects some of the most outstanding and rarest native wildflowers in Napa County. An additional 254 acres were donated by Stella Ferandes preserves Snell Peak at the other end of the valley, protecting native chaparral shrublands and wildlife habitat.

12,275 acres of open space and wildlife habitat transferred to the California Department of Fish and Game for the Knoxville Wildlife Area. Assisted purchase from the Laufs family.

Through a series of grants from the Wildlife Conservation Board, the State Coastal Conservancy, and others, The Land Trust has worked with the Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy, the University of California at Davis, and Fish and Game to preserve 1,037 acres on the Quail Ridge Peninsula.

The Land Trust transferred this 738 acres of open space and wildlife habitat to the California Department of Fish and Game as an addition to the Knoxville Wildlife Area.