El Dorado Ranch - The First State Wildlife Area in El Dorado County

Описание: We need YOUR help to complete this legacy conservation achievement. Follow this link to donate: https://bit.ly/donate2eldoranch.

Since 2012, American River Conservancy (ARC) has been gradually protecting 7,179-acre El Dorado Ranch to establish the FIRST State Wildlife Area in El Dorado County. Previously slated for extensive residential subdivision, this strategic conservation project is located between existing public lands and two neighboring large ranches, which are also permanently protected by conservation easements. These properties provide critical habitat linkages and preserve wildlife corridors along the mainstem of the Cosumnes River. ARC has acquired over half of the property and the final acquisition phase will capture the remaining 2,997 acres for permanent protection.

Your donations contribute to ARC's final acquisition (Phase 5) of El Dorado Ranch. Beyond the vast grant funding yet to be secured for the land purchase, ARC will incur many expenses that will not be covered by government funds. These inevitable costs include mandatory real estate and legal fees, transaction costs, appraisal, insurance, and staffing for this multi-year project. Every penny of your donation counts, and all your contributions will be judiciously used for ARC's El Dorado Ranch land acquisition and management efforts.

ARC's Plan: When funds has been raised and the property is fully acquired, ARC will transfer the land to the CA Department of Fish & Wildlife, the agency responsible for managing CA Wildlife Areas and Ecological Reserves. The public will access El Dorado Ranch for wildlife-based recreation where black-tailed deer, black bear, wild turkey, gray squirrel, mourning dove, quail, and wild Chinook salmon and steelhead will remain free to flourish. The property will also be managed to preserve El Dorado County’s ranching heritage as a working landscape grazed seasonally by cattle while protecting important cultural and historical resources, including Native American sites, remnants of historic ranching communities, and gold-rush era archaeology.

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