 More about us >>  A conservation easement is a way for a landowner to permanently protect the conservation values of his or her land while continuing to own it. It is a legal agreement between a landowner ("grantor") and a land trust ("grantee") that permanently limits development. Conservation easements are tailor made to meet the needs of an individual landowner and can cover an entire parcel or portions of a property. Tax benefits and/or financial compensation are often available for grantors of conservation easements. Learn More >>  |
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R&R Ranch is located in southeastern Tehama County and is surrounded by TNC’s Dye Creek Preserve to the south and DFG’s Tehama Wildlife Area to the north, west and east. The landscape is dissected dramatically by Long Gulch and has rocky outcroppings, a clearwater creek, pristine springs and diverse oak woodlands. The conservation values protected under the easement include without limitation, unplowed grasslands, blue oak woodlands, wetlands, natural stream courses and waterways, unfragmented open space, corridors for the unimpaired passage of wildlife, natural communities that provide habitat for native wildlife species, including the Tehama deer herd (which is the largest migratory deer herd in California), raptors, waterfowl, and many species of common and rare plants and animals. 
The Red Bank Project represents an opportunity to purchase two conservation easements on two immediately adjacent ranch properties west of Red Bluff in Tehama County that would protect over 7,000 acres of working rangeland and farmland, including approximately 4,275 contiguous acres of blue oak woodland.