Thanks to the generosity of Bill Nickerl, Steve Lund and Ed McSweeney, the Land Trust received fee-title to a 28-acre parcel on Banner Mountain in Nevada City. The donors had gifted a trail easement along the section of Cascade Ditch that runs through the upper part of the property the previous year.

The parcel has mixed conifer woodlands as well as wetland areas on the lower section that combine to make this prime wildlife habitat and a portion of the D.S. Canal runs through a lower section of the property. The Land Trust will conduct a biological inventory and mapping of sensitive areas within the next 18-24 months. Volunteers from Sierra College, Grass Valley Campus, have already begun preliminary work. Once completed, we will use the information to develop the management plan. Until all work is completed, public access will be limited to the existing trail easement along the ditch.