Northern California Regional Land Trust

The Northern California Regional Land Trust (NCRLT) assists Northern California landowners and public agencies in the voluntary protection of land and other natural resources. We help willing landowners protect their land, while also helping them gain the economic benefits of conservation. We carry out our mission by negotiating conservation easements and facilitating land exchanges and land acquisitions.
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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.
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“Keeping working land working and wildland wild for future generations.”

Agricultural Easement Funding Now Available!

Funding for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements is now available from California’s Farmland Conservation Program and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Farmland and Ranchland Protection Program.
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New Business Partner Harvest AMS

Harvest AMS became a Business Partner in February 2008 and specializes in the needs of Northern California nonprofits and small businesses and has assisted hundreds of organizations in implementing best practices for fiscal management. For more information contact Vada at (530) 872-9177, vada@harvestams.com or www.harvestams.com.

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Leininger Camp
In July 2007, NCRLT acquired a 1,080-acre conservation easement on the historic Leininger Camp property along the western perimeter of the Ishi Wilderness Area in eastern Tehama County. The easement contributes to one of The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) largest California conservation projects, the Lassen Foothills Project, which interfaces with our acquisition (the Ishi Wilderness Area is in the heart of the Lassen Foothills Project Area). Specific conservation values of the property include undisturbed grassland, 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, raptors, waterfowl, and many species of common and rare plants and animals.
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