Landowners
Protecting the land and the life it supports starts with the landowner. The American River Conservancy operates within a free-market system to acquire land from willing sellers at fair market value. ARC is also able to accept donations of land or conservation easements when the project fits within the Conservancy's conservation vision. ARC has worked with over 50 landowners to willingly preserve over 11,600 acres since 1989.
Protecting the land can be a long process that involves piecing together funding from multiple sources. ARC relies on the patience and generosity of these landowner-partners to complete its mission. The reasons for protecting land are many - but the common thread that unites all of the landowners we work with are: a love of the land; a sense of being part of something bigger than themselves; a desire to preserve their treasures - land and water - and share them with all of us; and an awareness of the dependence on the land and the need to take care of it.
If you or someone you know would like to sell or donate land within the American River Conservancy's Service Area, please contact Elena DeLacy or Alan Ehrgott at (530) 295-2190. You can also view a summary of Conservation Options available to landowners. ARC's Conservation Staff will evaluate your property's resource values to decide if it is a good fit for current funding opportunities and if it meets criteria determined by the Conservation Vision and Action Plan.
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 Martin Heatlie "knew at once that this was a special place." Wildman Hill is certainly a place to behold - the land's diverse habitats include riparian, chaparral and mixed conifer-oak woodland.
Rainbow trout reside in the quarter-mile stretch of the South Fork American River that runs through the property.
Describing his decision to sell the 233-acre property to the American River Conservancy, Heatlie said that, although the sale was at "a much lower price than what we could have sold it for, I am thrilled to have done this, I know my mother, aunt and grandfather would be pleased." |
 Rod Williams loves working on the land. Donating a Conservation Easement to the American River Conservancy over his 92-acre working ranch was an easy decision to make.
"I really love this piece of land and I would
hate to see ten houses on it," Williams said.
The ranch is home to Scottish Highland cattle, Barbados sheep and the occasional alpaca and donkey. There's also plenty of wildlife - waterfowl, songbirds, bobcat, fox, deer and many raptors abound on the diverse habitat that is supported by the Williams Conservation Easement. |
