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TRUST TALK
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Spring 2002 |
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Conserving signature landscapes and vital habitat together with the communities of the Columbia River region
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Columbia riverfront property conserved
“Everybody should feel this,
hear it, know it. Everybody.”
~ Dory Brooking
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By Glenn Lamb
On December 21 2001, Columbia Land Trust founding members Dory and Emil “Brook” Brooking donated a conservation easement to Columbia Land Trust on their 12-acre Columbia riverfront property east of Vancouver. The easement will ensure that the property is kept in conservation forever and available for public access to the river. In addition, the Clark College Foundation will be allowed to build and operate an environmental education center on the property.
Emil "Brook" and Dory Brooking
Photo courtesy of Dave Olson/The Columbian
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“We just watched so much of our open space disappear. We have a choice, and we don’t want this open space to disappear” says Dory.
The Brookings’ initial 1989 investigations about conserving their land led directly to the formation of Columbia Land Trust. It took twelve years to complete the easement, in part because of the extraordinary effort the Brookings took to involve all eight of their children in the decision. The kids grew up on the property and in the river, exploring, swimming, camping, birdwatching and boating. In the end, all eight kids sent Brook and Dory personal letters asking that the property be conserved for public access and environmental education. By signing the easement, the Brookings and their kids forgo substantial financial profit that would have come through development of the property.
The river continues to fascinate them. “Right now, huge waves are crashing over the rocks and our dock.” Dory draws the word “huge” across an octave, like a wave. “Out in the middle, the waves are in patterns. Clear water along one line, green water the other way.” This year, an eagle graced a tree on Christmas Day. In spring a dozen wood ducks took roost. The Brookings watched the babies hatch and take flight. “Everybody should feel this, hear it, know it. Everybody.” Dory emphasizes every syllable of the word as if counting off people. “People don’t even know it’s here. The world needs to be inspired. Let it come out of them with a camera or a paintbrush or a poem. This is what the world needs.”
Land Conservation Grants
Seal Slough, part of the Grays River conservation
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Charlotte Y. Martin Foundation
Gave their largest conservation grant, $300,000, for conservation on the Grays River.
North American Wetlands Conservation Act
Granted $171,000 through Ducks Unlimited toward Grays River conservation.
Great Lands, Great Actions
Glenn Lamb's Musings
The lower Columbia River Region is an integral part of the Pacific Flyway, home to two national forests, four state forests, six national wildlife refuges, a national scenic area, and a national volcanic monument. Our region includes some of the best farming and forestry land in the world. All available to be seen right from your car window.
But in spite of this grandeur, lately I’ve come to realize how shallow the driving experience is. There is so much more to the land than these great views. Throughout our region private landowners are overcoming huge obstacles to keep their lands the way they are.
I’ve met a librarian who took out a second mortgage on her home to buy six acres of critical habitat – just to conserve it. I know an 85-year old man who still clears the blackberries, runs the tractors, plants trees, so his land will be available for wildlife. I know a rancher who has pledged that his miles of ranchland along a wild and scenic river will never be developed.
There is a personal story that goes with every piece of land you see from your car window. I am forever grateful for the increasing numbers of private landowners who are stepping forward to conserve land even in the face of daunting personal challenges.
As our population grows, may we always be able to sit alone in a forest grove; to stand in awe of those remarkable Gorge views; to swim with our children and grandchildren in that same river where we swam as kids; to fish and hunt; and to know the great open spaces from coast to mountains along this grand river.
May we acknowledge those private landowners who take great actions to conserve these lands forever.
Recently conserved lands
Hines Marsh, Long Beach Peninsula, Washington
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East Fork Lewis River
This free-flowing river to the Columbia is important for salmon, waterfowl and public recreation. In partnership with Vancouver/Clark Parks and Recreation, Columbia Land Trust acquired 112 acres, a last critical link in connecting 15 miles of publicly owned land.
Hines Marsh
Partnering with the Grays Harbor Audubon Society, the Land Trust conserved a critical connection for the Hines Marsh wetlands complex on the Long Beach Peninsula.
Columbia Gorge
A 12-acre link for the Cape Horn Loop Trail, part of the proposed Washougal to Stevenson Trail through the Columbia Gorge.
Camas Prairie
Forty acres of Ponderosa pine and grassland habitat for elk and sandhill cranes, Canada geese and migratory and resident birds such as raptors, bluebirds, shrikes and warblers.
New additions
Brad Paymar
Brad is the new Office Manager. Raised in Minnesota, and married to a
Washington gal, he skis (naturally), hikes and plays soccer when he's not
holding down the fort at Columbia Land Trust.
One Family’s Legacy on the Columbia River
Join with a gift through your will
Columbia Heritage Circle
Columbia Land Trust
Conserving Land Forever
For information on including Columbia Land Trust in your estate planning, check the box on the enclosed reply envelope, or call Cherie Kearney or Glenn Lamb, 360-696-0131.
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Eric is married to Elizabeth Holmes, Board member, they have joined the Columbia Heritage Circle by including Columbia Land Trust in their will.
By Eric Holmes
My great uncle was a gill-netter on the lower Columbia River. Year in, year out he spent summer fishing the river, fall and spring mending nets. He filled the rest of the year raising a modest herd of cattle on a small farm on the lower river, his boats tied up to the dock in the slough out front. The same farm where my father spent his childhood. Learning from his uncle the trade of fishing and the art of mending nets and raising beef. The same farm where I grew up learning awe, fear and respect for the Columbia while realizing the inextricable relationship between this river, my family and the rest of the Northwest.
For my twelfth birthday, I got an old duck skiff with a rotten hull and no ribs, attached to a 30-year old 7.5 horse Johnson outboard. I spent all summer on the river going from fish boat to fish boat, sometimes so numerous as to form a bridge across the inner channels. I was regaled with stories from fisherman, of past harvests that today seem like fiction. In the fall of that year, my father and I duck hunted, getting up before dawn and rowing ourselves to the other side of the slough to sit in
the cold on the banks of the river and let the wonder of the waking world distract us from the duck sitting amidst our decoys.
Midsummer sturgeon fishing trips, with the river like glass and the world so silent a whisper would carry forever. Looking from the boat to shore and seeing nothing but trees, hills and river life.
I now have a family of my own with a son so young that he doesn’t yet know the excitement he will have visiting his grandparents on the farm where his dad and grandpa grew up; the lessons he will learn from us, and those he will learn on his own from the river. When my great uncle passed away, he left the farm to my parents, something for which I will forever be grateful. My son will always have that place to go, those things to do and see, and the myths and stories of my family’s history there to carry on. My wife and I know that this place is how it is because of a unique combination of good stewardship, good fortune and plain, old fashioned luck. We know it will only stay that way if all of us in this region value the importance of our relationship with the river. While we will always have a family home on the river, it is important to us to conserve the values it represents throughout the region. My wife and I have joined the Columbia Heritage Circle by putting Columbia Land Trust in our will. We have ensured that part of our family’s legacy will support the conservation efforts of the Land Trust so our son, his family and succeeding generations will be able to enjoy the wonder of the lower Columbia River forever.
Volunteer land stewardship
Volunteers clearing Scotch broom
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By Joe Buttafucco
On a cold rainy day in March, more than 20 volunteers cleared, sorted, cut and hauled on the "Green Cathedral" property, donated by John and C.B. Chapman in 1993. It is in the heart of fast-developing Clark County surrounded by industry and residences. Yet, it is an important wild area for neo-tropical migratory birds, deer, coyote and small mammals.
Americorps volunteers cleared Scotch broom, removed blackberries, and hauled garbage, including a car(!).
We are incredibly thankful for the time and hard work that volunteers devote to help us steward our conservation lands.
To learn more about volunteer stewardship opportunities visit our website or contact Joe at (360) 696-0131 or
joeab@columbialandtrust.org.
Individual members
The most important piece of our conservation puzzle.
By Terry Cornelius, Board member
For the last 30 years I've watched conservation groups start up, grow and mature. One thing that always comes to my mind is why do they need my support, my little individual membership. I see them receiving grants of thousands, or even millions of dollars.
Columbia Land Trust has been wildly successful these last 10 years so what does my one individual membership contribute? Actually, the whole wonderful ballgame.
Each individual member is the basic foundation of any organization's success. A dozen individuals founded Columbia Land Trust more than a decade ago. It has grown because many individual members joined in with their support and help. It has succeeded because all these members worked together to show our communities, grant makers and major donors that the conservation work we believe in can become a reality. We have worked from a heartfelt "vision"…. to the reality of regional private land conservation. Each large grant or donation we receive is always screened through the lens of our membership support. These generous folks love that we have grown from 50 to 1,000 members. They see we have a large base of community support. We get large donations because our individual members are the ambassadors of our land conservation work. Your participation, membership and $25, $100 or $500 donation is the very rock our Land Trust is built on. We need you, we welcome your help and we are very grateful for your continued commitment…thank you ONE and all.
Meyer Memorial Trust awards grant
Meyer Memorial Trust
invested, for a secon time, in the Land Trust's organizational growth,
membership and land conservation by awarding a generous $360,000 grant. The
grant will be used to continue to increase membership and private donations for
land conservation as well as with transaction costs to secure lands for
conservation. We are deeply grateful to the Meyer Memorial Trust for its
continued commitment to private voluntary land conservation!
The Ray Hickey Membership Challenge for 2002
Ray Hickey Foundation matches membership donations up to $50,000.
Following are gifts and memberships from to October 2001 to March 2002.
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Members ($25+)
Gary Akizuki & Carrie Parks
Noel & Mary Magistrale-Allan
Andrew Altman & Cathie Pedersen
Steven Creighton Ames
Stephen Amy
David Anderson
James Anderson & Anne Lynch
Anonymous
Allison Asbjornsen
Elizabeth Avery
Michael Bailey
Joseph & Donna Barratt
Elizabeth Barton
Senator Al & Pat Bauer
Bert Bauersachs
Duane Bean
Russ & Delana Beaton
John Berdes
Alan & Joyce Berner
John & Dee Bianucci
Charles Bishop
Thomas Blanton
Mary Lou Boice
Candace Bonner
Christ Bouneff, DMD
Betty Breckel
Robert & Jane Brink
Dave & Ann Bronson
James Brookes
Dr. Scott & Glenda Burns
Dr. John & Muriel Bussman
Frank Butchart & Judith Buffo
Wayne Buttice
Thomas Buxton
Kaye Camaioni
Donald & Marjorie Casper
Don Cassidy
Margaret Casswell
Edward Chaseteney & Maureen Sullivan
Dudley & Phyllis Church
Catherine Ciarlo
Louise Clair
Diana Martha Clark
Gordon & Elaine Clark
Kathleen Clark-Lauer
Thomas Clayton
Leandra Cleveland
Robert Cline
Maureen Colaizzi
Roger Cole
Kathleen Condon
Susan Conklin
William Connell
Mary Cooke
Nancy Cowgill
Gary & Marcilia Crane
Lindesay Crooks
Eric Cugnart & Kimberly Ritter
Brian Dailey
Kate Davidson
Brent Davies
Harry Demaray
Jerry DeMoss
James Dieringer
Judy Dresser
Jean Dunlop
Gail Durance
William Eadie
John & Patricia Edmundson
Mark Eklund
Jordan Epstein
Peter Erickson
Glenn Fenske
Doug Ferrin
Gladys Fey
Hugh Fiscus
Virginia Fitzgerald
Lianne Forney
George Fox, Jr.
Gregory Fredricks
Patricia Freeman
Inez Freeman
Leonard & Lillie Freese
Frank & June Funk
Jesse Gard
Donna Garde
Thomas Garrison & Janet Houge-Garrison
Betsy Glenn
Bud & Phyllis Goldhammer
John & Patricia Griffiths
Becky Gwinn
Tudi Haasl
Naomi Hall
Charles & Darlene Hamar
Lawrence Hansen
Fred & Amelia Hard
Jo Hardy
Marilyn Harlin
Jean Harmon
Brian & Deirdre Harrington
Ronald & Patricia Hart
Nan Henriksen
Joan Henson
Mary Higgins
Richard & Pebble Hodgson
Tim Hoffnagle
Arnold Holden
Kenneth Horn, DMD
Robert & Alma Howe
Robert Howison
Randy & Cindy Hudson
Amy Hutchinson
Ellie Hutton
Klaras Ihnken
Thomas Jacobs
Joanne Jacobs
William Jenkins, Sr.
Renee Jenkins
- in honor of Nora Eskes
Mary Johnson
John & Sherold Barr Kaib
Keith Kale
John Karpinski
Allan Karsk
Glenn Kaufman
Denise Kelsey
Lydia Kerr
Robert & Lucy Kimbro
James King
Ted Klump
Linda Kluver
Bonnie Lamb
Kent & Lauri Landerholm
Dave Leslie
Esther Lev
Marcia Limoges
Clay Lyon
Sharon Davis Macleod
Monteith Macoubrie
Len Magazine
William Maiden
Joseph Maier
Joan Mann
Michael & Jessica Marlitt
Virginia May
Mary McGilvra
John & Anne McGowan
Norma McGraw
Bob McKinlay
Dennis Megrditchian & DeeAnne Finkel Megrditchian
Tom & Sheri Melanson
Bill & Nancy Meyer
Richard & Marilee Miekle
Jean & Thomas Miles
Robert Miller
Joan Miller
Ray Mitchell
Florence Morford
Bob & Mary Lou Moser
Kathleen Moyer
Richard Newlands & Karen Wallace
Richard & Carol Nichols
Judy Noall
Joel & Marthanne Norgren
Jeanne O'Dell
Kenneth Orwick, MD
Pamela Ottman
Walter & Carol Ottoson
James & Sheryl Paglieri
Edith Parker
Scott Perry
Robert Persurance
Mary Pat Peterson
Stephen & Carol Pharo
Russ Pinto
Bernice Pluchos
Paul Poresky
Miriam Poston
Doris Presley
Lynn Putnam
Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Thea Pyle
Ernestine Quasebarth
Glenice Rader
Willy Raedy
Carolyn Rayborn
Mark Rees
Phillip Reisberg
Linda Robinson
Cynthia Rockwood
Robert & Rachel Rose
Carolyn Rose & Michael Nettleton
Rick Rubin
Linda Rudawitz
Steven Russell
Claudia Sanzone
Jodeanne Bellant & Stephen Scheer
Carole Schmidt
Cecilia Schmitt
Candia Schweitzer
Robert Scott
Caroline Skinner
Larry & Patricia Smith
Paul Sokol
Jeremy Solomon
Marcia Sparling
M.L. Stacy
Joseph Starr
Owen Steere
James Sterling
Cynthia Stine & Todd Moses
Robert Strebin, Jr.
Martha Taylor Beasley
Scott Tegtmeyer
Coral Torley
Cathy Treadwell-Nelson
Janice Trimmer
Cherie Valeithian
Eve Vogel
Coral Mirth Walker
Tom Walsh & Patricia McCaig
William Walters
Jeff Wartelle
Matthew Watson
Darleene Watters
Brian Wayson
Jim & Helen Webb
Lawrence Weinstock
William Werner
Lawrence & Martha Wheeler
Barbara & Robert Wiest
Eric & Tara Wikstrom
- Woods Landing
Douglas & Vicky Williams
Luis Williamson
Kathy Witkowski
James & Dorice Wolfram
Paula Yocum
James & Adele Young
Kami Young
Margaret & David Zeps
Stewards ($50+)
Valerie Alexander
Anonymous
Terrance Anthony
Tom & Ann DelValle Autrey
John Bartlett
Leonard & Gail Bauhs
Michael Bayly
Marty Beebe
- in honor of the Dubé family
Daniel Benua
Blake Biesecker
Bonnie Bingle
William Blomquist
Aaron Brondyke & Christine Zachai
Frances Burham
Art & Diana Carroll
Brad Chalfant
Paul & Louise Clare
Christine Colasurdo
Michael & Victoria Cooper
Jayne Cronlund & Pat O'Neill
Bruce Cross
Douglas Daniels
Marjorie Devers
Steve & Yvette Donovan
Evelyn Dusenbery
Arnold & Jackie Faley
John & Lois Fenker
Linda Floyd
John Fraser & Jo Alexander Fraser
Peggy & Ben Fujita
John Gallo
Karen Graber & John Desmarais
B.W. & Patricia Garner
Ted Gathe
James & Judith Godfrey Gilles
Victoria Gordon & Bob Bradley
Dr. David & Alison Grant
Jim & Lee Gray
Keith Hadley & Jennifer Woodward
Mary Elizabeth Hanigan
Nancy Helget & Peter Fels
James Hogg & Vahn Anh Corbett
James & Randi Holland
Eric & Elizabeth Holmes
Richard Howard, DVM
Gordon Jaochim
Allen & Bernice Johnson
Dennis & Karen Johnson
Patricia Johnson & Michael Davidson
Kenneth Karch
Lawrence & Frances Kearney
David Kenny
Greg Kimsey
Forrest & Kathy Koponen
George & Ruth Lamb
Mike Lamb
Fred & Ethel Lehman
Michael Marlarkey
Dr. & Mrs. E.M. McAninch
Mary McCracken
Steven McMaster & Kathy Brock
Douglas & Priscilla Meddaugh
Mark Melman
Richard & Jilene Modlin
Robert Murase
Gus & Jean Norwood
Busse Nutley
Dan & Val Ogden
Thomas Penchoen
Mark Perry
Doug & Marjorie Peters
David Pfaff
Steven Puddicombe
Kelly Punteney
G.R. & Carol Reule
Barbara Robinson
Gayle Rothrock
Linda Runkle
Edward Scherr & Michelle Pozzi
William & Hazel Sefler
Martha Sharman & Warren Reid, Jr.
Richard & Ruth Sheldon
Jason Silva
Allan Silverthorne
George Simpson
Richard & Lucinda Sisson
Elizabeth Neighbor Smith
- Woods Landing
Michael Spiess
Judie Stanton
Nicholas & Karen Starin
Gretchen Starke
Phillip & Judy Temko
Rick & Teresa Thomas
Vern Veysey
Dean Vincent
Mark Vlahakis & Diana Tesh
Thomas Wade
George & Marilou Waldmann
Donna Wells
Pat Wheary
Carole Whiteside
Jeffrey Winslow
Rod Wojtanik
C.R. & Dorothy Woodruff
Elisabeth Zall
Caretakers ($100+)
Kathryn Ackerman
F. Gordon Allen
William & Marlene Anderson
Anonymous
Ruth Baker
Bennett Battaile
Dr. J. Bruce Bell
Senator Don Benton
Allison Kerr Bjork
- in memory of Mabel Macleay Kerr
Eric & Tammy Bjorkman
Karen Boman
Dr. & Mrs Charles & Joyce Carter
Lynn Cornelius
Thomas & Elaine Craig
Adam & Regina Davis
Michael & Deborah Dewig
Dr. & Mrs Robert & Deborah Djergaian
Rachel Easton
Nancy Ellifrit
Richard Engeman & Terry Jess
William & Marilyn Feddeler
Michael Federovitch
Richard & Karen Fink
- in honor of Sue Knight
Anne & Michael Freeman
Eric Fuller
Granite Research Consulting
Lloyd Halverson
Janet Higby
Dave & Nelda Jones
Robert Kerr
- in memory of Mabel Macleay Kerr
Maureen & Kurt Knutson
Dovie Lance
James Lanz
William Lazar
Mary Legry
Louise Lothspeich
Frederick Lunki
David McDonald & Karin Dedona
Rhidian Morgan
Anupam Narayan & Judith Sugg
Edward Pavone & Charlene Hiss
Political Economy Research Center
Joe Poracsky & M.J. Reihl
E.K. & Prudence Kimberly Ragsdale
John & Phyllis Reynolds
Jack & Donna Rice
- in memory of Barbara Espey Williams Geisler
Monica Rodal
Richard Rodgers
Mark Rose
John Savage
Ann Saxby & Gil Sharp
William Scott
Soroptimist International of Vancouver
Zachary & Vasiliki Stoumbos
Sharon Thorne
Jennifer Vail
K. Sharon Van Heuit
- in honor of Rhys Holmes
David & Christine Vernier
Gary Wade & Marlis Rufener
Larry & Arlyss Wilkerson
Ralph Wimmer & Tamara Burgett-Wimmer
Karen Wood
Sustainer ($250+)
Anonymous
Ron & Nettie Pullella Barca
Nancy Bridgeford & Richard Stiggins
Jack & Sherry Burkman
L. Terry Conner
Christine Egan & Deek Heykamp
G.L. Cooper
Roy & Kathleen Elmer
Joe & Teresa Pauletto
Shelley Pierman & Steve Pickering
Allen & Marcia Tooke
Protectors ($500+)
Anonymous
Robin Bradford
- Realvest Corp. Community Fund
Jeff & Marilyn Breckel
J. Paul & Susan Cannard
Elizabeth Cebula
Lee & Ruth Gustafson
Andrew & Marjorie Kerr
- in memory of Mabel Macleay Kerr
Donald & Cameron Kerr
- in memory of Mabel Macleay Kerr
George A.D. Kerr
- in memory of Mabel Macleay Kerr
Kerr Pacific Corporation
- in memory of Mabel Macleay Kerr
Tom & Marilyn Koenninger
PGP Valuation, Inc.
Patty Raedy
Bruce & Nancy Russell
Larry Shaw
Ian Sinks & Nancy Durbin
Kimball Storedahl
Niels & Irmlein Waehneldt
Benefactors ($1,000+)
Anonymous
Terry Cornelius
Cornelius Family Endowment
David DeAntonis
Kathy Dietrich & Michael Munroe
Bill & Linda Dygert
King Charitable Trust
Glenn Lamb
Donna Matson
- in memory of Helen Gray
Jim & Kay McClaskey
Steve McGeady
Joseph & Viola Palena
Kathleen Sayce & Frank Wolfe
Mark Smiley
Jane Van Dyke & Bronson Potter
$2,500+
Kerry Barnett
- ODS Health Plans
Scott Campbell
Margaret Cornelius
Phil Durkee
Kerr Pacific Corp
- in memory of Mabel Macleay Kerr
Peter McCoy
Mason Nolan
- Cape Horn Trail
Tim Welch
$5,000+
Lon Ball
- Klickitat Organics, LLC
David & Linda Williams
- the estate of Barbara Espey Williams Geisler
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Board of Directors
Kathy Dietrich
President
David DeAntonis
Vice President
Marc Smiley
Secretary
Jennifer Sims
Treasurer
Kerry Barnet
Terry Cornelius
Bill Dygert
Elizabeth Holmes
Greg Kimsey
Bronson Potter
Jane Van Dyke
Tim Welch
David Williams
Land Committees
Kathleen Sayce
Estuary & Coast
Lynda Sacamano & Robin Dobson
Columbia Gorge
Kathy Dietrich & Terry Cornelius
Mid-River
Staff
Glenn Lamb
Executive Director
Cherie Kearney
Program Director
Ian Sinks
Conservation Director
Patty Raedy
Finance Director
Les Zimmer
Conservation Project Manager
Brad Paymer
Office Manager
Tammy Bjorkman
Administrative Assistant
Joe Buttafuoco
Stewardship Coordinator
For information
360-696-0131
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Columbia Land Trust
Wish List
Boat and trailer
aluminum fishing boat:
14' to 16'
GPS
(Global Positioning System)
hand held unit
Hand tools
shovel
axe
bow saw
machete
Fire Extinguisher
Printer
inkjet or laser
Fax machine
If you would like to donate any of these items, please give us
a call at:
360-696-0131
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