Francis and Lorana Sweet, members of Valhalla #11 and Ydun #10,  has entered into a working lands program that protects 12,000 acres of operating ranches in the Ferndale Petrolia area. This conservation easement that they entered into will protect their land as well as their neighbors from future subdivision. To read more about this story, check out the full story at the following link http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_9548762?source=email