Newsletters
The Whidbey Camano Land Trust’s quarterly newsletter features stories about our projects, our donors and volunteers, land conservation news and events, and educational articles. To get the latest news, join the Whidbey Camano Land Trust today.
Newsletter Archive
2012
Fall 2012
- Generosity Fuels Conservation at Crockett Lake
- From the Director
- Saving Local Family Farms in Ebey’s Reserve
- Island Guardian Donations Doubled through End of the Year!
- Why Crockett Lake is so Important
- Planning for Public Use at the Trillium Community Forest
- Website Update!
- Volunteers Shine for Conservation
- Indian Point Protected by Generosity and Partnerships
- Conservation Partners Sustain the Land Trust
- Holiday Open House Invitation
2011
Fall 2011
- Your Land Trust–Working for You!
- Discover Indian Point
- Conservation Hero, Maurine Ryan, Passes Peacefully
- Thinning a Forest to Improve Wildlife Habitat
- Protecting Precious Farmland
- Fire on the Prairie!
- There are Many Ways to Support Our Work
- “Smart” Donation
- Vital and Vulnerable: Saving Crockett Lake
- Invasion of the Horrible Hairy Willowherb
- Holiday Open House Invitation
Summer 2011
- Ensuring Public Beach Access
- Restoring Habitat for Salmon “Babies”
- Estate Planning Seminar
- RSVP for Land Trust Picnic
- Save these Dates
Spring 2011
- Dave Engle Conservation Easement – Saving Farmland for the Soul
- Three-Way Win: Protecting Smith Prairie
- Our New Board Members
- Public Input for Accreditation of Land Trust
- Stewardship Tools Needed
- Tom Haensly: Contributing Legal Expertise
- Estate Planning
- Nature Inspires Craig Johnson
- Trillium Community Forest Update
- Save these Dates
2010
Fall 2010
- Protecting the Nature of Whidbey and Camano Islands
- Stewardship: What Protecting Land “Forever” Means
- Stewardship Activities
- Together We Did It – the Trillium Forest is Saved!
- Saving Trillium – Outreach, Development, and YOU!
- Accreditation: Path to a Stronger Land Trust
- Trillium Supporter Acknowledgements
- Land Protection: Saving the Nature of Whidbey and Camano Islands
- Member Holiday Open House Invitation
Spring 2010
- The Trillium property: a treasure for wildlife and people
- We’re getting personal
- Herons and the people who love them
- What’s a nice girl like you doing at a land trust?
- Stewarship as a journey, not a destination
- Wildlife opened my eyes to the Land Trust’s mission
- Healed by the land at Hammons Preserve
Winter 2010
- SAVED – 152 Acres at Dugualla Bay
- BIG Challenge: SAVE THE FOREST
- Protecting Nearshore Habitat is Vital to Salmon Recovery
- Navy and Land Trust Join Forces
- Board Spotlight: Sandy Barney
- Land Trust Goes High Tech
- Stewardship Field Notes: Bridging the Hammons Preserve
- Monthly Gifts Give Rewards Today
- Volunteers Wanted
2009
Fall 2009
- Fire Returns to the Prairie
- A Four Year Dream Comes True: The Dalzell Conservation Easement
- An Urgent Opportunity to Protect Lands
- Board Spotlight: Paul Goldfinger
- 25th Anniversary Photo Collage
- Land Trust Films Now Available
- Creative Giving: Supporting the Land Trust
- Complete Your Passport Now!
Summer 2009
- Celebrating 25 Years of Homegrown, All Natural Preserves
- Stewardship Field Notes: Connecting the Community to the Land
- Land Trust Leadership Goes Statewide
- Ice Cream Tips Become Land Trust Gift
- Board Spotlight: Lenny Corin
- Saving More Farmland in Ebey’s Reserve
- 25 Years of Saving Land: 2009 and Beyond
- 25th Anniversary Celebration Announcement
Spring 2009
- Cherished Farmland Saved
- Floyd Jones Honored by Washinton Senate
- Board Spotlight: Mully Mullally
- 25 Years of Saving Land: Expansion and Growing Professionalism, 2003 – 2008
- Naas Preserve: Then and Now
- Land Trust Introduces Passport
- Stranded Sturgeon at Livingston Bay
- Event Announcements
Winter 2009
- 36 acres added to Davis Slough Heronry
- Critical Crockett Lake Habitat Protected
- Board Spotlight: Tom Campbell
- 25 Years of Saving Land: The Volunteer Era, 1984 – 2002
- Maxwelton Preserve: Then and Now
- Stewardhip Field Notes: Crockett Lake and Dugualla Flats
- Sally Ann Foote Remembered
- Action Alert: Renew Funding for Parks, Wildlife and Working Farms
2008
Fall 2008
- Protecting Historic South Whidbey Farmland: Useless Bay
- Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve Turns 30!
- Board Spotlight: Larry Harris
- Why People Care About Land Protection
- Conservation 102: Where Do We Get the Money?
- Protecting Farmland and Family Tradition in Ebey’s Reserve
- Stewardship Field Notes: Conservation Easements
- Holiday Open House: Save the Date
Summer 2008
- Harry Case Easement Secures 176-acre Forest
- Stewardship Field Notes: Controlling Blackberries at Hammons Preserve
- Board Spotlight: Todd Peterson
- Conservation 101: How Do We Protect Land?
- Land Protection Definitions
- Suzannah Dalzell Donates Conservation Easement
- Protection Efforts in Ebey’s Reserve
- Summer Picnic Reminder
Spring 2008
- Prioritizing Our Projects, Learning From the Land
- Land Protection by the Numbers
- Stewardship Field Notes: Trees at Kristoferson Creek and Naas Preserve
- Coastal Lands Soon to be Protected
- Board Member Spotlight: Basil Badley
- Around the Islands
- Volunteer Spotlight: Jean Knapp & Kathy Havens
- Summer Field Trip Series: Our Natural Landscape – The Land & Skies
- Landscape Photography on Whidbey & Camano Islands, Prairie Management & Restoration at Naas Preserve, Forest Health and Management at Fairfax Preserve, Geology at Ebey’s Bluff, Old Growth at Hoypus Hill, and Stargazing at Ebey’s Bluff
- Land Conservation Helps Combat Nature Deficit Disorder
- Action Alert: Invest Now, Protect an Incredible Forest Forever (Case)
Winter 2008
- People and Their Connections to the Land
- Five Simple Ways to Care for Our Islands
- Local Surveyors Donate Valuable Services, Tim Griffin & Bill Rowland
- Stewardship Field Notes: Seed
- Protecting Camano’s Salmon and Wetlands (Kristoferson Creek Phase II)
- Kristoferson Creek Landowner Spotlight: Drew Bowlds
- Board Spotlight: Tom Cahill
- A Living Memory: Tom Allen in memory of Barbara Jo Allen
- Around the Islands
- News Around the Land Trust
- Spring 2008 Work Party Schedule
- 2007 Annual Report
2007
Fall 2007
- Donating a Conservation Easement in the Heart of Ebey’s Reserve
- Land Protected Next to Saratoga Woods
- Hammons Preserve Update
- Learning Science at Hammons, spotlight on Jeff Potter and Bridget Scott
- Deception Pass State Park Addition Protected (Hoypus)
- Staff Spotlight: Elizabeth Guss
- Around the Islands
- Stewardship Field Notes: Naas and Fairfax work parties
- Feeling good About Year-End Giving
- Conservation Can’t Wait Update
- A Couple Other Moves to Consider Before Year-End (Courtesy of Edward Jones)
- Open House and holiday fundraiser (holly and gift membership)
Summer 2007
- Conservation Can’t Wait, Capacity building continues
- Volunteers are Stars
- Jennifer Havens Loves Nature and So Do We: A Young Islander’s story
- Board Spotlight: Barb Libby
- Around the Islands
- Last Step in Saving a Seed Orchard, Land Trust sells Plum Creek to Longview
- Timberland LLC
- State Transfers Land To Local Ownership, 2007 TLT transfers
- Action Alert: Close the Hoypus Addition funding gap
- Saving Puget Sound: A conservation strategy for the 21st century
Spring 2007
- Del Fairfax Forest Preserve Donation is Gift to North Whidbey
- Conservation Futures Update – Useless Bay East, Kristoferson Creek Phase 2, and Hoypus Addition
- State Budget Funds Land Programs, House and Senate fund WWRP, TLT
- Board Spotlight: Fran Seeman
- Around the Islands
- A Message to Landowners: Planning Now Can Help Protect Your Land from Estate Tax
- Waves to Woods: Summer Field Trip Series
- Artists’ Works Benefit Land Trust, Betty Dorotik and Gerald Roberts
- Land Trust Helps Establish New Prairie Conservation Group
Winter 2007
- Livingston Bay: Our Latest Save, Floyd Jones makes major contribution
- Conservation Can’t Wait, Campaign introduction
- Hammons Preserve Transformation, Deconstruction in progress
- Stewardship: the key to perpetuity
- Board Spotlight: Ivan Miller
- Access to Camano’s Kristoferson Creek Assured
- 2006 Annual Report
- All Four Island County Trust Lands on Transfer Lists
- Upper Maxwelton Protected, 200 acres transferred to South Whidbey Park District
- Around the Islands
- Action Alert: Protect Unique Island Lands! Ask state legislators to support WWRP and TLT programs
2006
Fall 2006
- Plum Creek Project Unites Many Groups with Different Goals
- Community Efforts Save the Wilbert Trail
- A Woman of Action: Nancy Nordhoff Buys Time to Save Wilbert Trail
- A Steward of the Land: Val Aronld cared for Plum Creek Orchard
- New Staff at WCLT: Danielle Rideout and Jan Graham
- Recipe for Good Times and Great Works, David Day birthday benefit
- Tax Incentives for Land Conservation expire in December 2007
- Celebrate the Holidays with Land Trust Friends
Summer 2006
- Glendale Creek Landowner Takes Conservation into Her Own Hands – Suzannah Dalzell, conservation buyer
- USFWS Grants $87,610 to Land Trust’s Golden Paintbrush recovery efforts
- Summer Picnic and Tours
- Board Spotlight: David Brown
- Land Trust Staff News: Farewell Dawn Rhodes. Welcome Camille Gullickson.
- An Energetic Summer of Land Conservation, project updates
- Workplace Giving: Easy and Quick path to Conservation
- Job Opening: Development Assistant
- Top 5 Reasons to Buy Local: Conserving Our Rural Character and Working Farms
Spring 2006
- Whidbey Couple Donates Crockett Lake Land – Gene and Janet Zema
- Deception Pass, Hoypus Addition
- Conservation Futures: A Small Tax with a Big Impact
- Board Spotlight: Joani Boose
- Second Sunday Tour Series Begins
Winter 2006
- USFWS and SRFB grants awarded for conservation of Livingston Bay and Crockett Lake
- Camano Rallies for Kristoferson Creek – Conservation futures funds
- Call to action to support TNC’s project near the historic Ferry House
- Young Islander Mascot Competition
- Hammons Family Farm Preserve: Coming Soon with Your Help
- Board Spotlight: Dale Offret
- Restoration Begins at Naas Preserve
- Around the Islands
- We Have Hats!
- Top 10 things you can do to leave a legacy
- Will Power: A gift to the future
- Conservation Connections: 3 locations
2005
Fall 2005
- A National Treasure – SAVED!! – Naas Preserve
- Future Wetland Projects in the Works – Livingston Bay and Crockett Lake
- Al’s Dream: A Gift to us All – Hammons Preserve
- Board Spotlight: Leigh Smith
- Land Trust gets extreme makeover – New logo and website
- A great summer afternoon – picnic at the Smith Barn
- Around the Islands
- Holiday Gift Memberships
- Holiday Open House
Summer 2005
- Remembering Dorothy Naas and her legacy
- Expanded staff means more land protection
- Deadline approaches to save the Golden Paintbrush
- Land Trust events
Spring 2005
- Connecting & protecting farmland in Ebey’s Reserve
- Turning your house into a home for wildlife
- Davis Slough Heronry is flourishing
- New board members add depth & wealth of skills
2004
Fall 2004
- Strategic and Land Protection Plans finalized
- A local business gives back to the community
- Updates on land projects and Land Trust news
Summer 2004
- Saving shoreline, prairie and rare plants at Ebey’s
- Honoring the legacy of discovery and giving
- Community protection priorities revealed
- Two parcels secured at Krueger Farm
Spring 2004
- Land Trust announces strategic planning open houses
- Garden Tour grant to be used for mapping natural resources
- Conservation books and videos added to local libraries thanks to Rotary Club
Winter 2004
- Purchase protects nearshore habitat
- Land Trust turns 20!
- Board focuses on setting priorities
