Trillium Community Forest – Interim Access Rules for Recreation and Deer Hunting Users
| Published: August 29, 2011 – 8:55 pm
NEWS RELEASE
August 29, 2011, 2011
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Pat Powell, Executive Director (360) 222-3310; pat@wclt.org
Trillium Community Forest – Interim Access Rules for Recreation and Deer Hunting Users
Greenbank, WA–The Whidbey Camano Land Trust announced interim access rules to the Trillium Community Forest that will remain in place until a comprehensive management plan is approved by its Board of Directors. The management plan is expected to be available for public comment in the first part of 2012 and be adopted soon after.
For 2011, the Trillium Community Forest will be open for deer hunting only and closed to all other users from October 15 through October 28 and from November 17 through December 11. No hunting is allowed of any other species at any other time. Recreationists will not be able to use the property during these late fall time periods.
Prior to the Land Trust’s ownership and for many decades, the property was open to deer hunting from September 1 through December 31. These interim access rules reduce the number of deer hunting days from a total of 92 days to 37 days.
Hikers, bikers and horseback riders can recreate at other Island County sites during the 37 days the Trillium Forest is closed to them. The Forest is open to these recreational users the rest of the year – nearly 11 months.
Land Trust executive director, Pat Powell said, “We request voluntary compliance with these interim access rules from all users of the Trillium Community Forest. Users, both recreationists and deer hunters, need to recognize that access is a privilege rather than a right. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation.”
