About 11,000 acres of forest and watershed, located amid some of the North State’s most recognizable landmarks ― including the Trinity River, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Eddy and the Pacific Crest Trail ― will be set aside for conservation and to protect one of California’s prime water sources. The Pacific Forest Trust, which has thousands of acres of landholdings and conservation easements in the North State, said it recently obtained another easement on numerous sections of land surrounding the upper Trinity River. The conservation easement will protect the upper Trinity River watershed, an important component of the water supply throughout California, according to officials with the forest trust and the California Wildlife Conservation Board.