People of the Land Trust: Angela White

Angela White.

Angela White has been a stalwart volunteer and supporter of the Land Trust for many years – not only giving her time on many Land Trust projects, but also recruiting many more volunteers to help tackle the vital work of trail building and stewardship.

She came to the Land Trust with a long-standing love of the outdoors going back to camping and hiking in the United Kingdom as a child. She’s been a biology and environmental sciences teacher in the United States starting on the east coast – and eventually moved to Truckee 22 years ago after falling in love with the Sierra on a Sierra Club trip on Donner Pass.

“I first connected with the Land Trust 30 years ago when I was teaching on the east coast and came to the Sierra Club Lodge on Donner Pass for a week’s course on the local environment,” White said. “I’ve continued to support the Land Trust as preserving open spaces gives all wildlife a chance to survive, hopefully in sufficient numbers to keep a large enough gene pool.”

Going back to her Sierra Club involvement, White has brought two Sierra Club groups out for week-long projects on Land Trust Lands – building two sections of the Donner Lake Rim Trail.

“Now I’m working with a friend, Philippa Nigg, to remove barbed wire on parcels owned by the Land Trust,” White said. “We have removed all wire from the parcel behind Hope Court and we are currently taking the wire down on the land between Waddle Ranch and the Lake – we’re about half done.”

White said developing a relationship with the Land Trust’s stewardship crew has given her the opportunity to tackle projects on her own with their guidance and suggests volunteering for multiple days to gain experience.

The Land Trust is grateful for all that White has done. If you’d like to find your own way to support the Land Trust’s work, click here.

Barbed wire collected by Angela White and Philippa Nigg being picked up by Land Trust staff.