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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2Oll 15B County's oldest family ranch now protected Land trust, ranchers sign conservation easement continue the family business. Prior to the conservation easement tool, ranchers who needed capital often had to subdivide and .sell off a portion of their property or be forced to sell the entire ranch. Now, by selling some of their development rights through a conservation ease- ment, landowners like Susy Pearce are able to take some of the equity out of the property and use it to rein- vest back into their ranching operation or to take care of other financial needs. "To be honest, I was desperate to save the ranch for my kids," says Pearce. "This was one way to protect it from being sold off and to pass it on to the boys. I mean, how do you give up some- thing that's been in the family for six generations?" A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement be- tween a willing landowner and a land trust that protects a land's conservation 'value by permanently limiting its uses. The rights to subdivide and develop a property are limit- ed or sometimes extin- guished by the conservation easement, as are other poten- tially harmful rights, such as Katie Bagby Special to Feather Publishing Susy Pearce breathes a sigh of relief, knowing that she has protected the once- imperiled Pearce Family Ranch for her sons, Cody (23) and Clancy (19). On Dec. 27, 2010, Pearce signed a conser- vation easement with the Feather River Land Trust, protecting the 318-acre ranch from subdivision and keeping the ranch intact for ranching and wildlife habitat. The boys' great-great- great-grandfather, John Hardgrave, bought the ranch just north of the town of Taylorsville from Job Taylor in 1873. The ranch has been owned and managed by the Hardgrave/Pearce family for six generations, making it what is believed to be the oldest family-owned working cattle ranch in Plumes County. Ranching has always been a financially challenging ven- ture, and in recent decades many family-owned ranches have been lost to financial troubles, estate tax issues, in- ternal family struggles and aging owners whose children may not wish: or be able, to "Banana Slugs' to play free concert music, poetry, drama and movement with hands-on science. The result is a fun- filled, fast-paced interactive experience providing inspir- ing ideas for the whole family. Space for the concert is lim- ited and filling fast. Call to re- serve seating before March 14. For more information, call Anne Nielson at 283-4453, ext. *824. The Banana Slug String Band is coming• to Quincy Sunday, March 27, to give a free concert at the Town Hall Theatre starting at 2 p.m. Music is an effective teach- ing tool to introduce and re- inforce concepts. It also in- spires and motivates young people. In a whole-language approach, the Banana Slug String Band integrates Dems meet Thursday ThePlumasCounty Democ- the conference room Of the retie Central.Committee will Plumes County Library in hold its monthly meeting Quincy. Anyone who is in- Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. in terested is invited to attend. TOWN HALL THEATRE Presents THE DILEMMA Thurs., Feb. 17 - Sat., Feb. 19 111 min. • Rated PG-13 • Comedy Directed by Ron Howard • Starring Vince Vaughn & Kevin James This film is about a man who finds-out that YN[ $$tUTH HURTS. what you don't say to a friend is just as important as what you do. Since college, confirmed bachelor Ronny and happily married Nick have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design fin:n, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny's girlfriend, Beth, and Nick's wife, Geneva, by their sides, they're unbeatable. But Ronny's world is turned upside down when he inadvertently sees Geneva out w!th another man and makes it his mission, to get answers. As the amateur investigation dissolves his world into comic mayhem, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. ' GULLIVER'S TRAVELS In a modern family comedy-take on the classic tale, Jack Black is Lemuel Gulliver, a lowly mailroom clerk at a New York newgpaper. After Gulliver bluffs his way into an assignment writing about the Bermuda Triangle, he goes there only to be Sun., Feb. 20 & Mon0, Feb. 21 87 min. ° Rated PG • Family-Friendly Comedy/Adventure !!!ii00i transported to an undiscovered land, Lilliput. In this fantastical new world, Gulliver is, at last, a bigger-than-life figure - in size and ego - especially after he starts telling tall tales, taking credit for his world's greatest inventions, and placing himself at the center of its most historic events. Gulliver's position is enhanced even further when he leads his new friends in a daring battle against their longtime enemies. But when Gulliver loses it all and puts the Lilliputians in peril, he must find a way to undo the damage. OF HAPPINESS presented by FRC Ih 4pm matinee °n Sundays ' lll TfllllH Ill ,u u,. i Students $ III 1// ' I Seniors ................. .00 Ill u. u_ I Children ................ '5.00 III T H [ I:1 -1140 469 Main St., Quincy, CA Visit us at www.quincytownhall.com the right to conduct large- scale mining. Owners who enter into conservation easements can receive a combination of tax benefits or direct compensa- tion for the development rights limited by the easement. Conservation easements . can be tailored to protect im- portant wildlife habitat, scenic vistas, agricultural land and a land's rural char- acter, while also allowing the landowner to continue working the land. The recent conservation easement will enable Susy Pearce and her sons to continue ranching and stewarding the land. And should they offe day decide to sell the property, the con- servation easement will be part of the property's title in perpetuity, ensuring that the land's scenic value and important habitat will be protected into the future. Generally, conservation easements do not allow public access to the property unless specifically permitted by the landowner. In this case, the Pearce Family Ranch won't be open to. the public, but the Pearces are generously making the prop- erty available for educational use by local teachers and schoolchildren. In addition to its historic importance, the Pearce Family Ranch is an impor- tant landscape to conserve because of its riparian, wet- land and meadow habitats. A healthy, functioning riparian area and associated meadow- lands provide benefits such as fish and wildlife habitat, erosion control, forage for wildlife and livestock, late- season streamflow and water quality. Indian Creek winds through the Pearce Family Ranch, providing extensive habitat for a variety of species including native fish, nesting sandhill cranes, mountain beaver, bald eagles and many species of song- birds. The conservation ease- ment, which is the first-ever in Indian Valley, is not with- out controversy. Susy knows that some of her neighbors are unsure of how the ease- ment will affect them, and they are watching to see how it goes. "But I think it is going to be really great," Pearce says. "I'm hoping to show that there can be bal- ance between conservation and ranching. Ranchers have always been stewards .of the land, and habitat has always. been a foundation Every- thing we do is for steward- ship of the land and the animals we produce. I want to show that it can work for everybody and save the tradi- tions and ways of the valley, like ranching." What happens in the future? Conservation easements work best when landowners want to continue to own and manage their property -- the easement becomes part of the property title in perpetuity ahd the land trust ensures that current and future own- ers honor the terms of the easement. The landowner continues to own the land See Ranch, page 16B 5usy Pearce says she wants to show "that there can be balance between"conservation and ranching. Everything we do is for stewardship of the land and the animals we produce." Photo by Susy Pearce/courtesy Feather River Land Trust NEWSSTAND SPECIAL I year introductory oiler Want the convenience of home delivery? 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