More than 400 undeveloped acres in Placer County will become state parks property.
The land, currently owned by the Placer Land Trust, will be donated to California State Parks, which operates the neighboring Auburn State Recreation Area. Along with the donation will come $95,000 to cover management of the 417 acres, said Placer Land Trust executive director Jeff Darlington.
“What’s kind of unique is that we’re not just donating the land to the government with no funding,” he said.
In May 2014, Placer Land Trust teamed up with federal nonprofit Trust for Public Land to acquire the “Big Bend North Fork Preserve” property for $1.4 million. Stretching along 10 miles of the North Fork of the American River, the property was previously owned by Foresthill Land Co., a developer with unrealized plans for housing there.