Royal Gorge. We're Buying It!
8/6/2012--The
Truckee Donner Land Trust and The Trust for Public Land have reached an
agreement to purchase the 3,000-acre Royal Gorge property at Donner
Summit after a proposed 950-home development at the site went into
foreclosure. The Land Trust has been looking forward to this day for the
last 20 years. We now have our best shot in a generation to protect all
of Royal Gorge’s remarkable meadows, peaks, forests, streams, and
lakes. We now face a Dec. 20, 2012 deadline to raise $13.5 million to
complete the project. With your help, we can do this! Please donate now
and help us protect this remarkable property.
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Donner-Summit-deal-by-land-trusts-3764910.php
The land trusts agreed to buy the property for $13.5 million seven years
after a developer bought it for $30 million in hopes of building homes,
lodges and other resort amenities at the 7,230-foot-elevation property
just south of Interstate 80 near Donner Pass Road.
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20120806/NEWS/120809952/1066&ParentProfile=1051
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48540737/ns/local_news-sacramento_ca/t/donner-summit-land-be-preserved-open-space/
The land has old-growth red fir forests, lakes and the lush Van Norden Meadow, which is home to more than 150 species of butterflies, 16 amphibians, 100 birds, plus several endangered species, according to John Cobourn, a hydrologist at University of Nevada-Reno. It is also has the headwaters for three major rivers.
FOR BIG VERSION OF THIS MAP: http://www.tdlandtrust.org/sites/default/files/Royal%20Gorge%20Acquisition%20Map.pdf
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