The Lower Carpenter Valley includes wet meadow, freshwater emergent wetland, riverine, and fen habitat types, as well as red fir, lodgepole pine, and mixed conifer forest. During the summer, the meadow receives runoff from the Sierra Crest and feeds Prosser Creek with clean, cold water that sustains high-quality aquatic habitat in Prosser Creek and the

Join TINS and botanist Gale Rankin for a stroll along the boardwalks and trails of Truckee Donner Land Trust's Lower Carpenter Valley on June 27 from 9am - 1pm. This is a mostly level 5.5 mile out-and-back walk. We will explore the trailside wildflowers while viewing the extensive meadows, fens, springs and beautiful vistas of

Join TINS and botanist Gale Rankin for a stroll along the boardwalks and trails of Truckee Donner Land Trust's Lower Carpenter Valley on June 27 from 9am - 1pm. This is a mostly level 5.5 mile out-and-back walk. We will explore the trailside wildflowers while viewing the extensive meadows, fens, springs and beautiful vistas of

Join TINS and botanist Gale Rankin for a stroll along the boardwalks and trails of Truckee Donner Land Trust's Lower Carpenter Valley on June 27 from 9am - 1pm. This is a mostly level 5.5 mile out-and-back walk. We will explore the trailside wildflowers while viewing the extensive meadows, fens, springs and beautiful vistas of