Become a Business Partner

Local businesses that appreciate our work conserving the region’s magnificent open spaces, working ranches and farms, parks and preserves, and biodiversity can help by joining our Business Partners Program.

Our business partners consist of local businesses who believe in NCRLT’s mission, and who show their support by contributing $500 or more a year (including in-kind services, donations, event sponsorship, etc.), providing NCRLT with the reliable annual funding and support we need to pursue and complete large-scale projects like the Rancho Llano Seco Project and Ishi Wilderness Augmentation Project.

Support Levels:

$500 or more. Contributors of $500 or more annually receive special recognition for their generous support including, recognition on our web site, and a profile in one of our semiannual newsletters mailed to our supporters. We hope you will join us!

With urbanization ever increasing in our Tri-County region, preservation of cultural, ecological, agricultural and aesthetic values is more important than ever. With the support of local businesses like yours, we can protect and preserve those areas close to our hearts forever. Your partnership can help keep our Tri-County region a special place to live, work or visit for future generations.

Current NCRLT Business Partners

The Foor Foundation was organized for the purpose of educating the people of California.  Its aims are to provide education in the area of zero population growth and related environmental issues.  Specifially, the Foor Foundation intends to educate the people of California on issues of over-use of natural resources, excessive pollution, lack of waste disposal, and related affects on the human population.

 

As partners in Land Stewardship, PG&E is in close cooperation with the Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council to permanently protect more than 140,000 acres of watershed lands associated with their hydroelectric system and the 655-acre Carizzo Plains in San Luis Obispo County.  The Stewardship Council also administers a grant-making program to fund organizations that connect California's youth with the outdoors. For more information, visit http://www.pge.com/about/environment/pge/stewardship/index.shtml.

 

Harvest Accounting & Management Systems, (Harvest AMS) Specializes in the needs of Northern California nonprofits and small businesses and has assisted hundreds of organizations in implementing best practices for fiscal management.  Harvest AMS's mission is to strengthen the financial health of organizations by increasing their understanding and use of financial data to facilitate growth and long-term financial and organizational sustainability. Vada Bouffard, founder and owner of Harvest AMS, has over 30 years experience working with various industries in the areas of accounting and business management. For more information contact Vada at (530) 872-9177, vada@harvestams.com or www.harvestams.com

 

Tempra Board, Resource Development Consultant, has more than 10 years of successful experience in resource development and specializes in grant proposal writing, publication design, and donor development for environmental and conservation organizations, arts groups, and health and human service agencies.  Her services include: grant proposal research, writing and submission to private foundations, corporations and public (State and Federal) funding sources.  She also offers donor development and outreach, including newsletter design, brochures, annual reports, direct mail, and major donor solicitation materials.  Lastly, she creates and implements comprehensive fundraising development plans and campaigns.  For more information contact Tempra at: (530) 342-0583, tempra@tempraboard.com or www.tempraboard.com.

 

For more than a decade Western Nut Company has provided the professional link between almond and walnut growers and a wide range of buyers throughout the world.  Western Nut Company has build a solid reputation in the industry through their uncompromised commitment to quality control in every phase of production and handling.  Western Nut Company's sorting, sizing and grading procedures provide a level of consistency and buyer confidence that is rare in an era when volume is the primary objective for many suppliers in the almond and walnut industries.  Whether you're a grower seeking a reliable and experienced partner to prepare and bring your crop to market, or a consumer searching for a provider whose primary goals are quality, consistency and client satisfaction, then look no further.  For more information, contact Western Nut Company at (530) 893-2320 or wnc@westernnut.com.

 

Ridge GeoTech LLC is a woman-owned, small business that provides geospatial consulting services for on-site training,education and project assistance, with a focus on AcrGIS Desktop Products.  For more information, visit www.ridgegeotech.com or email info@ridgegeotech.com.

 

3CORE is a private, non-profit corporation that works as the economic development planning and coordinating agency for the Tri-County region, composed of Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties and the nine member cities located therein.  We will help you secure your next small business loan.  For more information, visit www.3coreedc.org.

 

Since 1979, Eagle Security Systems has been Northern California's premier choice for professional commercial and residential burglar alarm systems.  Our customers choose Eagle Security Systems because they know our business is security equipment...but our service is our promise.  Our clients recognize the value we provide; prompt, courteous, professionally trained staff united with superiour quality products.  Customer satisfaction is our main priority.  All customer concerns are addressed promptly and professionally.  For more information, visit www.eaglesecurity.com.

 

Over the years, agriculture on Llano Seco Rancho has included raising cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, as well as farming barley, rice, safflower, alfalfa hay, corn, oats, sunflowers, almonds, walnuts, vineseeds, beans and wheat.  Since 2005, we have practiced organic farming and ranching in order to provide a tastier, healthier product for our customers and reduce the environmental impact on the land.  Llano Seco Organic Pork is the culmination of our goals to provide the most delicious organic product for our customers while caring for the people, animals and the land here on the ranch.  For more information, visit www.llanoseco.com.

 

Whether you're just starting your agribusiness or you've spent decades building it, whether you're expanding your operation or preparing to pass it to the next generation, Northern California Farm Credit can help you get where you're going.  At Farm Credit we believe that agricultural financing is a full time job, so we've given our undivided attention since we began doing business in 1916.  Northern California Farm Credit is part of the Farm Credit System which is the largest provider of Agricultural credit in America.  And as a network of locally managed banking offices, we have a unique understanding of your business challenges and opportunities. For more information, visit www.norcalfc.com.

 

Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards is a local Chico vineyard winery.  They grow their own CCOF certified organic grapes from which the wines are made.  They specialize in Italian and some French varieties of handcrafted wine, made in small batches.  Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards pride themselves in always famring responsibly for your health.  For more information, visit www.bertagnawine.com.

 

The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.  We achieve this mission through the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff, with the help of our many partners and by using a non-confrontational, collaborative approach and staying true to our unique core values.  For more information, visit www.nature.org.

 

Matson and Isom Certified Public Accountants have earned an excellent reputation for applying specialized problem-solving skills to a diverse range of clients.  We have been fine-tuning these skills since 1955.  This experience ensures that your tax planning, financial reporting, and management needs, no matter how unique or challenging, are handled effectively and efficiently.  Our dedicated professionals are committed to quality service.  For more information, visit www.matson-isom.com.

 

In 1979, Ken Grossman began building a small brewery in the town of Chico, California.  His goal: to brew exceptional ales and lagers.  Today, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is considered the premier craft brewery in the United States.  And the beer?  Critics proclaim it "Among the best brewed anywhere in the world."   The elegant Sierra Nevada Taproom and Restaurant has become a destination in its own right.  With mouthwatering lunch and dinner menus, an impressive dining room, and a large outdoor patio, it offers distinctive, contemporary cuisine as well as the brewery's entire line of premium ales and lagers.  For more information, visit www.sierranevada.com