Sandhill Cranes Journey a long way, as has YOUR Northern California Regional Land Trust!
Winter Notes from your Executive Director
Seasonal Changes
I could easily lose track of time with Winter’s business of appointments and deadlines, yet I'm repeatedly called back to nature’s seasonal changes when I hear the Sandhill Cranes overhead. As I walk in my backyard preparing for the weekly chores. When I’m spending quality neighborhood time with friends or our pets, walking to the car from the office – the cranes keep reminding me that I’m here.
A picture of Sandhill Cranes!
Let’s talk about Water!
Despite today’s warm sunshine, I would welcome a bit more rain and chill to come before Winter turns fully into Spring. Along with a large portion of our community, I’m eagerly watching local canals, “creek” channels, and creeks adjust to the flows of this moment, and turning my focus toward policy and legislative engagement; California’s land and water conservation meetings occur just before the turn of the season.
Pictured: Hamlin Creek March 2025
Celebrating Acquisitions Impact
Protecting private lands forever will never become routine for me, and I recognize it’s shared accomplishment to the communities renewed commitment to protecting 30 % of our lands and oceans by 2030. The NCRLT mission guides us to work with local agencies and individuals in protecting lands we love.
NCRLT staff, Cynthia Graves Perrine (Executive Director) and Ben Gelderloos (Acquisitions Coordinator) proudly hold up a sign marking Kittyhawk Orchards as a new NCRLT conservation easement!
Christian’s Cranes and Love Your Land
For our major fundraiser of 2025 – 2026, we hosted a live muralist for The Harvest Dinner, commissioning a local artist to partner for support of our work in a one-of-a-kind project. Christian’s Cranes, both the work of art itself, a two-stretched-canvas-acrylic painting, as well as the process of watching the piece fledge, take flight in shared special places, prepare for lift-off, and ultimately find a permanent home in support of protecting working and wild lands forever, has exceeded my expectations. I hope you will join me in continuing to do so for the Land we Love!
Your generous contribution during our Love Your Land Trust campaign, including the silent auction and our membership renewal launch, goes towards raising funds for NCRLT's management of Deer Creek Preserve and increasing NCRLT's momentum for coordinating acquisition of recreation lands.
Christian Garcia used spray paint as the primary medium to make this beautiful piece!
Photo credit: Michelle Camy
Exciting upcoming events!
We have some big events coming up soon!
Join the flock as we Lift Off on March 13th into our Special Reception at LaRocca Tasting Room and our 2026 Love YOUR Land Silent Auction! 5pm! Grab a glass of wine, mingle, and throw your hat in the ring for some quality items from local businesses. We’ll see you there!
Bidding is open from the reception to our Open House on March 23rd.
Christian's piece will stay perched at LaRocca Tasting Room during the month of March. If you miss getting a peak at the reception, visit the Tasting Room this month during normal business hours! See it at the reception? Go see it again before it flies away!
222 West 2nd St. in Downtown Chico:
Thur & Fri 4-8pm, Sat 1-8pm, Sun 12-5pm
Make it stand out
Attend our Open House on the 23rd of March, 4:30-6:30pm, at the NCRLT Office, 30 Independence Circle, Suite 100, Chico. Visit with leadership, staff, and our land trust community and see our expanded office space here in Philadelphia Square. We will have light appetizers and local beverages available.
Tickets are free, registration is required, same day registration is available upon arrival the day of the event!
