Mother Lode Land Trust Staff

Ellie Routt
Volcano
Ellie is an Amador County Native. She attended Santa Rosa Junior College and Humboldt State University where she specialized in several Natural resources options. Ellie’s favorite courses were in Sustainable Agriculture, Botany and Soil Science and she eventually received a degree in Rangeland Resource Science. Ellie has volunteered with various federal, state and local agencies working on projects ranging from exotic plant eradication, to rotational grazing studies, to native landscaping design.

In 2006 Ellie moved back to Amador County to work with the Mother Lode Land Trust as their Executive Director. In this job she networks with the community, offers assistance to local governments, works with landowners to protect their land, and collaborates with other land trusts in the region. Ellie also writes grants and serves as project manager for the Amador Resource Conservation District’s “Amador Community Farm” program, and the Amador Community Foundation’s Jackson Creek Watershed Project.

Ellie has two boys, Collin who is 7 and Isaac who is 5. The three of them love working outside in the garden, going camping and fishing, and reading stories to each other. Through her work, Ellie hopes she can protect areas that were an important part of her childhood so that she can share her experiences with her boys.

Affiliations: Sierra-Cascade Land Trust Council