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HomeMy WebLinkAbout062823 FW_ Jefferson Land Trust News and Events - June 2023 ________________________________ From: Jefferson Land Trust Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 8:00:09 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Heidi Eisenhour Subject: Jefferson Land Trust News and Events - June 2023 ________________________________ ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. ________________________________ Check out the latest news and events from Jefferson Land Trust! <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=86c2c0e40c&e=49e2085cc8> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=ede6dab13e&e=49e2085cc8> June 2023 eNews <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=b0aa277c79&e=49e2085cc8> Great Peninsula Conservancy staff members trained Jefferson Land Trust stewardship team members to use AudioMoth recording devices at one of our preserves earlier this month. Jefferson Land Trust Awarded Cornell Grant for New Bird Monitoring Study This summer, with the support of a $25,000 Cornell University grant <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=d2519cea37&e=49e2085cc8> and in collaboration with Kitsap County’s Great Peninsula Conservancy <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=da9b7fb365&e=49e2085cc8> (GPC), we’re excited to launch a new monitoring study on our nature preserves in which we'll be recording and analyzing birdsong. Mapping the presence of certain indicator bird species will help us determine whether our forest management activities are succeeding in creating the habitat conditions that birds and other local wildlife need to thrive. “We want to always be checking to make sure that the ways we’re caring for the land are leading to the results we want — and monitoring is the way to do that,” says Carrie Clendaniel, Jefferson Land Trust’s Preserve Manager. “We saw an opportunity with this grant to use birds as indicators of how our forests are doing, both initially and in response to our forest management activities.” <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=d383cd4fb1&e=49e2085cc8> Jefferson Land Trust and Great Peninsula Conservancy staff at Finnriver. We were awarded the grant, from Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=caaefcb07b&e=49e2 085cc8> , in collaboration with our good neighbors from GPC. Because this is their second consecutive year of receiving this grant funding for a parallel bird monitoring project on the lands they manage, GPC’s fantastic staff members worked with our stewardship team to train us on using the new technology and help us adapt GPC's field-tested protocol for our preserves. Read more about this unique project >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=bc7f6a6cc2&e=49e2085cc8> Thank You, Marcia Schwendiman, for Six Years of Board Service! Our friend and colleague Marcia Schwendiman recently stepped down from the Jefferson Land Trust Board of Directors after six years of dedicated volunteer service. <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=a08e13059f&e=49e2085cc8> “My time with the Land Trust has been my favorite volunteer gig ever,” Marcia says. “The staff, my fellow Board members, and the innumerable volunteers who work on Land Trust projects — I’m inspired by their generosity. In my opinion, there’s no organization more worthy of my time and my financial support.” Marcia’s used her many talents to contribute to the Land Trust in numerous ways. She was Treasurer for four of her six years on the Board and also sat on numerous committees, including the Finance and Governance committees. She was an early participant in our Tidelands to Timberline natural history course, and currently sits on the guiding committee of the JLT Natural History Society <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=71a851f2e3&e=49e2085cc8> (which first formed as an offshoot of the Tidelands To Timberline course). A regular attendee at our work parties, Marcia has also long been a volunteer Preserve Steward at the Lower Donovan Creek Preserve — a labor of love she intends to continue “as long as I’m physically able." Read more >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=aaaf18d957&e=49e2085cc8> LandFest 2023 Sold Out: Still Seeking Volunteers <mailto:rbrewer@saveland.org?subject=LandFest%20volunteering&body=Hello%2C%0A%0AI'm%20interested%20in%20volunteering%20at%20LandFest%20on%20the%20evening%20of%20Thursday%2C%20July%2013%20at%20Finnri ver%20Farm%20and%20Cidery.> Tickets are sold out for LandFest 2023! However, you can still join the fun by volunteering on the evening of Thursday, July 13 at Finnriver Farm & Cidery. Roles include greeting guests, serving appetizers and dinner, directing parking, and more. And we now have experienced Volunteer Team Captains to guide you through the evening! If you’re interested, please email Ric Brewer <mailto:rbrewer@saveland.org?subject=LandFest%20Volunteering&body=Hello%2C%0A%0AI'm%20interested%20in%20volunteering%20at%20LandFest%20on%20the%20evening %20of%20Thursday%2C%20July%2013%20at%20Finnriver%20Farm%20and%20Cidery.> or call him at 360.379.9501 x 112. Meet Our June Intern: Youth Corps Alumna Claire Moe! <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=b25dc9b1cb&e=49e2085cc8> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=043bcf9add&e=49e2085cc8> Left: Claire during her 2022 Spring Break Youth Corps paid internship. Right: Claire (third from left) posing with fellow Youth Corps interns in 2022. During the month of June, Jefferson Land Trust got a big helping hand from intern superstar Claire Moe. Claire, who has just completed her freshman year at Colorado College, first got involved with the Land Trust last year, when she participated in our annual spring break Youth Corps paid internship <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id= 0ad2fa8e70&e=49e2085cc8> for high school students. “When I did Youth Corps, I was like ‘Wow, this is exactly what I was looking for.’ I really enjoyed the experience and wanted to do something similar again,” she says. Not only is Claire a wonderful asset in the field and office, but having the chance to support the next generation of people who care for the land is an important goal of our work. Claire’s interest and commitment to conservation represents an exciting response to the energy our organization has put into youth education programs over the years. Read more >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=02c17fbd66&e=49e2085cc8> Forward this newsletter to a friend >>> <https://us4.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=43f2431a1c&e=49e2085cc8> Photo Feature: Nesting Plainfish Midshipmen <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=6bd280f8d9&e=49e2085cc8> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=c29aa9b671&e=49e2085cc8> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=81877d8333&e=49e2085cc8> Our friend Wendy Feltham often generously shares her stunning nature photography with the Land Trust. In late May, on a local beach, she captured these photos of the plainfish midshipman (Porichthys notatus), also sometimes called bullhead or humming toadfish. In the late spring and early summer, the male midshipman leaves deeper waters to build a nest under a rock in the intertidal zone. Some male midshipmen "hum" (a sound sometimes mistaken as a generator by humans) to attract a mate. Once attracted, the female lays eggs on the rock-roof of his nest before departing. The male fertilizes the eggs and sticks around to guard and tend to them until shortly after they're hatched. Midshipmen have evolved to survive in the extreme conditions of the intertidal zone; nesting males can drop their metabolic rate and increase lactate in their heart and glucose in their liver to overcome the stress of hypoxia. During this breeding and nesting period, midshipmen fathers are often the prey of birds like bald eagles and gulls: Wendy snapped the above shot of a raven who swooped down to snag an unfortunate midshipman. The small white dots you might be able to spot on the body of the fish are photophores, where the fish expresses bioluminescence. Though all plainfish midshipmen have photophores, not all express bioluminescence. The name "midshipman" comes from the photophores' resemblance to the buttons on a naval officer's uniform. Upcoming Land Trust Events Work Party: Holly and Trail Maintainence at Quimper West Tuesday, July 11, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Quimper West Preserve Over the past several years, community members have gathered at this 80-acre preserve along North Jacob Miller Road to lead a concerted attack against non-native holly. Since then, our Preserve Stewards have been working hard at identifying new patches, and it's time to rally the troops again! We'll focus on hand-pulling and cutting holly in this mature forested preserve crisscrossed with user-generated trails. We'll also tackle some trail trimming to keep the paths looking good! This preserve is part of the three-mile long Quimper Wildlife Corridor that is protected by Jefferson Land Trust, the City of Port Townsend, and Jefferson County to support wildlife movement, wetlands, water quality, and bird habitat. Directions: Located on North Jacob Miller Road, near the end of the road; the trailhead is on the left (west) side of the road on your drive in. Please bike or walk if possible, due to limited parking. Upcoming Community Events Friends of Fort Flagler Presents: Biotoxins Affecting Shellfish in Jefferson County Tuesday, July 5, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Fort Flagler Hospital (10541 Flagler Road, Nordland, Marrowstone Island) Learn about the biotoxins that affect our region's bivalve molluscan shellfish such as clams, mussels, oysters, geoduck, and scallops. The discussion will cover the what, why, where and how on biotoxins and include what we as local residents can do to reduce biotoxins. Presenter Michael Dawson is the Water Quality Manager with the Department of Jefferson County Public Health. His principal responsibility is to protect surface water in eastern Jefferson County, Washington, from non-point source pollution. He aims to keep shellfish beds open for harvest and ensure that outdoor water recreation is safe. Mr. Dawson also assists the state with monitoring marine harmful algae blooms along 200 miles of shoreline. For more information and to register, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=99a2aa2d10&e=49e2085cc8> ________________________________ Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Library's "Learning Our Landscape" Series Presents: History of the Dungeness River Railroad Bridge and the North Olympic Peninsula Railroads Thursday, July 13, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, online via Zoom The completion of the Dungeness River Railroad Bridge in 1915 and the subsequent rail connection to Port Townsend brought modern land-based transportation to the North Olympic Peninsula. Built to enable transporting the Peninsula's timber to the markets of the world, our railroad made lasting marks on our landscape and economy. Learn how the bridge was designed and built, and how it has been repaired and transformed into a walking and biking pathway for our residents and visitors. Presenter Ken Wiersema is an instructor at the Dungeness River Nature Center. For the Zoom link and access to recordings of past sessions, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=229c05256f&e=49e2085cc8> ________________________________ Olympic Peninsula Mindfulness Presents: All Day “Deep Soak” Forest Bathing Hikes on the Olympic Peninsula Thursday, July 13, Salt Creek County Park (5 miles) Sunday, July 23, Upper Dungeness River Trail (6.8 miles) Forest bathing (“shinrin yoku”) is a delightful form of contemplative walking in a wooded area, gently connecting us to the natural world through actively engaging our senses. These day-long hikes are selected to be on easy to moderate trails. The focus is to take in the atmosphere of the forest, walking at a leisurely pace, in silence, pausing often to soak in the subtle and not-so-subtle activities around us. For more details and to register, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=7cf5f85641&e=49e2085cc8> ________________________________ Forestry 101 Field Day Saturday, July 29, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Blue Mountain Road in Port Angeles (address will be sent to registered participants) The Washington Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Olympic Region Forest Resilience Team and Washington State University (WSU) Extension Forestry are teaming up to hold a free field day for forestland owners and managers. Presenters from DNR, WSU, and Clallam County Noxious Weed Control Board will cover topics including basic forest inventory; forest management techniques such as tree planting and spacing, pruning, and thinning; forest health and resilience considerations; common invasive weed species; forest insects and diseases; tree species and plant identification; and some natural history of the Peninsula. Information booths will also be set up to provide technical and financial assistance opportunities to participants. Space is limited, so sign up soon to ensure your spot. For more information and register, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=068f4b3685&e=49e2085cc8> ________________________________ Port Townsend Marine Science Center Presents: Low Tide Walk Sunday, July 30, 8:30 - 10:00 am, Fort Worden State Park Join a guided walk on the beach at low tide with PTMSC naturalists! Explore tide pools and learn about how marine organisms adapt to the challenges and daily extremes of surviving and thriving in the intertidal zone. Meet at the museum exhibit portico entrance in Fort Worden State Park for a guided low tide walk on the beach with PTMSC naturalists. Wear weather-appropriate clothing and shoes with good traction for moving around on wet slippery rocks. Space is limited, so sign up soon to ensure your spot. For more information and to register, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=1dcc37dc83&e=49e2085cc8> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=88eb98efcd&e=49e2085cc8> ________________________________ Friends of Fort Flagler Presents: River Otter Beach Walk/Talk Sunday, July 30, 9:00 - 11:00 am, Fort Flagler State Park Learn about the cute and curious otters that live throughout the Puget Sound! Take a beach walk on East Beach past the Wansboro Battery and discuss the river otter's life cycle, behavior, and where you might find them. Presenter Jennifer Riker has a deep passion and love for the Pacific Northwest. She’s volunteered as a mountain steward with the Mt. Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest and at the zoo in Seattle, and is a naturalist for the Mountaineers. Jennifer loves learning about all the wildlife that she is fortunate to co-exist with and continues her education taking many classes at North Cascade Institute on plants, birds, and dragonflies. To register and learn more, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=b33afdcd8b&e=49e2085cc8> ________________________________ Northwest Watershed Institute Presents: Headwater to Bay Youth Environmental Education and Restoration Program July 31 - August 11 Join the Land Trust's longtime partners Northwest Watershed Institute to help restore your local watershed and protect the environment! The Headwater to Bay: Youth Environmental Education and Restoration Program includes a two-week paid summer field internship for 15 high school students. Participants can earn a stipend of up to $1,000 ($500/week). Students will have an opportunity to learn about and work on restoration projects from the headwaters of Tarboo Creek to Tarboo-Dabob Bay. Throughout the following school year, there will be leadership opportunities with stipends up to $200 available for interested students to continue being involved in monthly Dabob Days community projects. Rising 10th-12th grade students are encouraged to apply. To sign up, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=d18087b313&e=49e2085cc8> Questions? Email Megan Brookens <mailto:megan@nwwatershed.org?subject=Headwater%20to%20Bay%20Youth%20Program> or call her at 407.383.0851 ________________________________ Birding Walks with Beverly McNeil Saturdays, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, Fort Worden, Lake Anderson, Fort Flagler, and Fort Townsend State Parks Beverly McNeil, Admiralty Audubon trip leader and nature photographer, conducts bird walks at a local Washington state park every Saturday. She offers her walks for no cost at Lake Anderson State Park every third Saturday and at Fort Flagler State Park every fourth Saturday. When these no-cost outings are full (five people), folks can reach out to Beverly to book bird walks for a fee at any of the four state parks on first and second Saturdays or on any other chosen dates. Wear sturdy footwear and dress for changeable weather; bring binoculars and your own water. Please note this program is dependent on good weather. To sign up and get details, email Beverly >> <mailto:Bevybirds53@gmail.com?subject=Birdwalk> ________________________________ Call for Board Members: Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board Positions open until filled The Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=98336f3d3d&e=49e2085cc8> is looking for new Board Members! As an environmental regulatory board under RCW17.10, the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Board strives to preserve and protect our county's ecosystem, agriculture, recreational areas, and citizens from the economic losses and adverse effects associated with noxious weeds. They're currently accepting applications for two out of their five districts: District 4 (Olympic and West End) and District 5 (Quilcene and Brinnon) are currently vacant. Priority will go to applicants who are involved in the production of agriculture in any way. 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