$6.5 Million Easement Protects 4,235 Acres of Agricultural and Wildlife on Llano Seco Rancho in Butte County.Resources Agency:
WHO: Mike Chrisman, Secretary for Resources
Bridgett Luther, Director,
California Department of Conservation
Ryan Broddrick, Director,
California Department of Fish and Game
Al Wright, Executive Director,
Wildlife Conservation Board
Richard Thieriot, owner of Llano Seco Rancho
WHEN: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
10:30 a.m., tour departs
12:00 p.m., lunch and remarks
WHERE: Llano Seco Rancho, in Butte County. A tour of Llano Seco
Rancho will gather at the Cookhouse at 10 a.m.
BACK-
GROUND: The state of California has committed $6.5 million in
funding to protect 4,235 acres on Llano Seco Rancho in
Butte County. With this easement, the ranch's
18,434 acres of farmland, ranchland and wildlife habitat
will be permanently shielded from the area's
fast-growing development. Of the 4,235 acres protected
under the easement, approximately 1,870 are in
agricultural production (walnuts, almonds, garbanzo
beans, sunflowers and other crops); 1,715 acres are
used for cattle grazing; and 736 acres are covered in
sloughs and riparian vegetation including grasslands,
cottonwood, and Great Valley oak riparian forests.
VISUALS: A tour of the Llano Seco Rancho including the cattle
grazing operation, the agricultural land and the
wildlife.
CONTACT: Don Drysdale or Carrie Reinsimar, Department of
Conservation Public Affairs Office, (916) 323-1886.
From Hwy 80 take the exit for "Winters, Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. #505." From Hwy 505, take Hwy 5 past Williams, Maxwell Maxwell is a common Scottish or Irish name that may refer to: People
adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. five miles past Willows, take the "Bayliss-Road 39" exit. After half a mile, take a left at the "T" and then an immediate right on Rd. 39. After 10 miles, Rd. 39 comes to a "T" at Hwy 45. From Hwy 45 take a right on to Rd. 32. Approximately two miles after the river you will see "Llano lla·no n. pl. lla·nos A large, grassy, almost treeless plain, especially one in Latin America. [Spanish, plain, from Latin pl Seco Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. " on an arch over the property's driveway. Driving time is about three hours from San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . |
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