Join our volunteer clean-up team
The Foothill Conservancy has been working with the community and our unhoused neighbors in an effort to clean up local homeless encampments along waterways. Some of these sites are occupied
March 17, 2021
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Community Scavenger Hunt – How much do you really know about the place where you live?
(This is the first in a 3-part series, running through the Month of March) Attention children of all ages! Farms of Amador, the Foothill Conservancy, and Mother Lode Land Trust have come together to
March 11, 2021
Protect our waterways and help our unhoused.
The Foothill Conservancy has been working with the community alongside our unhoused neighbors in an effort to clean up local homeless encampments along waterways. Some of these sites are occupied
March 3, 2021
Donate today to protect undeveloped land around the city of Ione (the “Edwin Lands”)
In December, the Amador County Board of Supervisors rezoned nearly 1.8 square miles northwest of Ione from residential and agricultural to manufacturing and heavy industrial uses. In approving the rezone,
March 3, 2021
News Release: Friends of Greater Ione and Foothill Conservancy file legal challenge to protect the Ione Valley from poor planning
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Foothill Conservancy today to help offset our litigation costs. You can donate on this GoFundMe page or mail the Conservancy a check. JACKSON, CA
February 9, 2021
Celebrating 30 years: holiday greetings from our president
Dear Foothill Conservancy members and friends, On behalf of the board of directors, I send our heartfelt holiday greetings. We trust you are navigating the uncharted waters of 2020 with
December 18, 2020
Ione rezone approved by Amador BOS
Foothill Conservancy staff and volunteers have been working hard in recent months, tracking numerous projects that reflect an active real estate market. We support projects that we believe would be
December 17, 2020
Foothill conservancy engages unsheltered neighbors to protect the watershed
An increase in unemployment often leads to a spike in the unsheltered population. Cities throughout the United States were already seeing these impacts, and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic
December 17, 2020
John McCutcheon virtual Foothill Conservancy benefit concert
Tickets on sale now for musician-storyteller John McCutcheon’s live, online benefit for Foothill Conservancy on January 16, 2021. Missing live music during the pandemic? We are, too. We like nothing
December 9, 2020
More new tasting rooms in the Shenandoah Valley
Amador County now has around 50 wine tasting rooms. Most of these are located in the Shenandoah Valley area, and most are on large parcels zoned A or AG, which
October 9, 2020
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