Tim Persson Elected to Land Trust Board of Trustees
The Land Trust of Napa County is pleased to announce that Tim Persson has recently joined its Board of Trustees. Tim is the Chairman and CEO of Hess Persson Estates, a second-generation family-owned and operated wine business based in Napa Valley. The wineries and vineyards that Hess Persson Estates own are all certified sustainable. Under ... Read more
Napa Land Trust Acquires 547 Acres of Land Along Two Creeks
The Land Trust is pleased to announce the successful protection of 547 acres of ecologically significant land lying between Pope Creek and Putah Creek. The property includes frontage on Putah Creek, the largest source of water for Lake Berryessa. These newly acquired acres are almost entirely surrounded by federal land, managed by the Bureau of ... Read more
Napa Land Trust Continues Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Efforts: Linda Falls Project Update
At Napa Land Trust, our mission to protect and steward Napa County’s natural landscapes includes a critical focus on community wildfire protection and improving the health and resilience of our forests. As wildfire seasons grow longer and more intense with climate change, our ongoing fuels reduction and forest restoration efforts are more important than ever. ... Read more
Controlled Burn Helps Reduce Wildfire Risk and Restore Habitat in the Snell Valley
Completing a prescribed burn on Missimer Preserve in June 2021, Land Trust of Napa County hit what you might call a wildfire risk mitigation and habitat restoration jackpot. Arranging all of the proper approvals, submitting all of the right paperwork and then, ultimately, getting weather ideally suited for a controlled burn that went off safely ... Read more
Napa Land Trust Continues Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Efforts: Linda Falls Project Update
At Napa Land Trust, our mission to protect and steward Napa County’s natural landscapes includes a critical focus on community wildfire protection and improving the health and resilience of our forests. As wildfire seasons grow longer and more intense with climate change, our ongoing fuels reduction and forest restoration efforts are more important than ever. ... Read more
Conservation Easement Protects Pacific Union College Forest
Pacific Union College (PUC), the Land Trust of Napa County (LTNC), and CAL FIRE are pleased to announce the permanent protection of 246 acres of priority forest land in Angwin, California. Working together, the partners closed a conservation easement (CE) on land owned by PUC. The forest will continue to belong to the college, but ... Read more
Land Trust Permanently Protects 1,300 Acres Overlooking Napa Valley
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of the 1,318-acre Mead Ranch near Atlas Peak above Yountville. “We are so thankful to Jane Mead, a long-time supporter of conservation and friend of the Land Trust, for donating this property,” said Doug Parker, CEO of the Land Trust. The property was donated through the estate of ... Read more
ACE Crews Provide Additional Land Stewardship Resources
The American Conservation Experience, otherwise known as ACE, is a non-profit that provides real-world conservation work for young people from all over the United States, lending a hand to conservation-based agencies and organizations who may need assistance with projects such as habitat restoration, trail construction and maintenance, and fuels reduction. Over the past ten years, ... Read more
Rare Botanical Gems of Land Trust's Missimer Snell Valley Wildflower Preserve
Since 2013, LTNC has been actively working to remove invasive species and restore native botanical resources at this stunning Land Trust permanent preserve. Located near Pope Valley, the Missimer Snell Valley Wildflower Preserve is known for its diversity and display of native wildflowers that occur in its regionally significant serpentine prairie habitat. Bay Area botanists ... Read more
Land Trust purchases 512 acres of undeveloped land next to Cedar Roughs Wilderness Area
Land Trust of Napa County is pleased to announce the acquisition of over 500 acres of undeveloped land that will add to an existing Land Trust Preserve. The property will be added to the Land Trust’s Chiles Valley Preserve, now over 1,660 acres. “This property has significant natural values and is in a strategic location ... Read more
