Placer Nature Center | Providing Environmental Education since 1991

Welcome to the Placer Nature Center

Fire season update: we will be canceling programs if the AQI is over 150

We are now open to groups!

Your family or school can reserve the Placer Nature Center for a Docent-led program in a fun, stimulating and safe environment.
We are adhering to COVID-19 protocol which requires wearing masks indoors and recommends masks outdoors. We will schedule groups separately to ensure sanitation and safety.

Contact us for more info!

Call (530) 878-6053 or email programs@placernaturecenter.org for more information and to schedule your visit!

We are following Placer County and California state guidelines and protocol for COVID-19. Click here to read our plan.

Click here to visit our Facebook page for more activities, experiments and videos for you to use at home!

Thank you Sierra Arbor Works for taking care of our trees!

Inimim – ponderosa pine in Nisenan. Our ponderosas were finally laid to rest last week thanks to Sierra Arbor Works (they used it as a training opportunity for this epic woman)! The trees were infested with bark beetle and have been a hazard, keeping us from taking students into the Maidu village. Now, we can rebuild the Hus (the bark homes of the Nisenan and Maidu) and tend to the native plant garden!

Ponderosa in Spanish means big and heavy. Inimim is this tree’s name in the native language of the local Nisenan people. The Maidu name for “pine tree” translates as “wind-lessening tree,” indicating that the pine was used to shelter oak trees, thus protecting the acorn harvest. Thank you Inimim for offering us such generous protection, may you decompose and be nourishment for future life!

Inimim
Inimim – ponderosa pine in Nisenan. Our ponderosas were finally laid to rest last week thanks to Sierra Arbor Works (they used it as a training opportunity for this epic woman)! The trees were infested with bark beetle and have been a hazard, keeping us from taking students into the Maidu village. Now, we can rebuild the Hus (the bark homes of the Nisenan and Maidu) and tend to the native plant garden!.Ponderosa in Spanish means big and heavy. Inimim is this tree’s name in the native language of the local Nisenan people. The Maidu name for “pine tree” translates as “wind-lessening tree,” indicating that the pine was used to shelter oak trees, thus protecting the acorn harvest. Thank you Inimim for offering us such generous protection, may you decompose and be nourishment for future life!……#pine #pinetree #ponderosa #tree #treecutting #nature #natureconnection #native #nativeplants #nativeplantgarden #nativeland #nisenanland #maiduland #nativelanguage #placercounty #sierrafoothills #sierranevada #auburnca
Posted by Placer Nature Center on Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Check out this great video from Colfax High School!

Colfax High School Presents PNC

PNC is an outdoor classroom located on 60 acres in the beautiful Sierra Foothills. A place where children can find their place in the natural world as they develop science literacy. A place where people of all ages can explore their link with the out-of-doors and use the environment and our exhibits for educational growth.

A resource center for educators to learn methods and find material for teaching about natural systems.

A place for discovering our natural and cultural history and exploring how nature is linked with the arts, literature, history, and science.

A 501.c3 not-for-profit corporation inspiring stewardship of the earth through environmental education.

3700 Christian Valley Rd. Auburn, CA 95602