Easements
South-East Davis
South-East Davis
These 12 easements are located to the south and east of Davis, Yolo County’s largest city. This corridor of prime farmland runs along the western border of the Yolo Bypass that separates Davis from West Sacramento. Putah Creek runs through this area providing an important riparian habitat for native flora and fauna. The working farms and ranches in this easement group include grazing land for cattle, row crops and pistachio and walnut orchards.
12
Easements
2682
Total Acres
Land Owners
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Schmid Ranches
Greg Schmid, with his wife Tammy, are the owners of the Schmid Ranch located southeast of the City of Davis along Putah Creek and have been conservation easement partners with YLT for over 20 years. Greg hails from southern San Joaquin County. His family was not involved with farming, but Greg found interest in the field early on, especially livestock, by participating in the local 4-H. In the late 1970’s a friend provided him the opportunity to move to Yolo County and manage farmland under the umbrella of the well-known Anderson Farms.
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Gill Orchards
A124-acre generational family farming operation planted with nut orchards, situated a half-mile outside of the northeast city limits of Davis. This conservation easement was made possible through collaboration between the landowners, Yolo Land Trust, the City of Davis and the California Department of Conservation’s Sustainable Agriculture Land Conservation (SALC) program.
