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HomeMy WebLinkAbout112323 Thank you!ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. Your support went a long way in 2023 <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=d510314ed3&e=f9473ad85e> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=c891396902&e=f9473ad85e> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=66e8fc7ff2&e=f9473ad85e> Quilcene Bay. Photo by John Gussman. Thank You! ...for supporting Jefferson Land Trust in 2023! <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=bac1c923ac&e=f9473ad85e> Dear Greg, With the support of our community, we’ve made incredible progress in protecting the places that matter most in Jefferson County. This year we took several exciting steps toward establishing a community forest on Chimacum Ridge. With the Land Trust slated to purchase the 853-acre property before the end of 2023, we’re finalizing the access, recreation, and education plan drafted with feedback from local stakeholders. Huge strides were also made in protecting the Quimper Wildlife Corridor thanks to the resounding success of the Quimper Wildlife Corridor Challenge. Gifts, grants, and land donations propelled us past our fundraising goal — allowing us to continue working with willing landowners to protect key properties that buffer trails and wildlife habitat. Some of the year’s highlights were the moments we took to connect with the extraordinary community that makes our work possible: our Valentine’s Day party, honoring our dedicated volunteers; LandFest 2023, our biggest-yet summer fundraising gala; and our monthly work parties out on the land… just to name a few. Thank you for being part of this incredible community. As you read on, I hope you’ll enjoy learning about more of the exciting projects and milestones we’ve accomplished together. In gratitude, <https://mcusercontent.com/25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21/images/526df7ba-0099-44a7-a2db-01612caef2e8.jpeg> Richard Tucker Executive Director In 2023, with your support, we: * Celebrated the permanent protection of two important farmland properties: 115-acre Egg And I Angus, one of the largest family farms remaining in the region, and a nearly 40-acre agricultural property in Beaver Valley * Exceeded our fundraising goal for the Quimper Wildlife Corridor Challenge and put the funding in place to facilitate the transfer of 107 acres of corridor forestland to Jefferson County for permanent protection * Honored local teen Diego Murray for his conservation-focused service to our community with the inaugural Fairbank Award for Youth Environmental Action And on our nature preserves, your support helped us: * Care for 1,020 acres of wildlife habitat * Install, with the help of volunteers, a new accessible trail, picnic shelter ramp, wheelchair-accessible sanican, and van-accessible parking spot at Illahee Preserve * Engage hundreds of local K-12 students for hands-on outdoor learning experiences * Conduct an innovative new bird monitoring study to measure our success in creating the habitat conditions that birds and other local wildlife need to thrive <https://mcusercontent.com/25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21/images/dbbc13c4-b6fa-a7ba-9f69-f54cf74eca56.jpg> Brinnon Forest The Inspiring Story of Brinnon Forest At Jefferson Land Trust, we’re grateful to work with many willing landowners who want to protect their land for future generations. This year, Carolyn and Clayton Wright generously donated a beautiful 32-acre upland forest and shoreline property to the Land Trust. Located in Brinnon, this special property contains precious Hood Canal shoreline that connects to mature forest with old growth characteristics, offering key habitat for many native plants and animals — as well as safe passage for wildlife between the forest and shoreline. The Wrights inherited this land from Carolyn’s uncle, the late Roger Irle. As the landowner, Roger understood the threats of development and deforestation faced by the timbered waterfront property, and spoke of donating it to a conservation organization to ensure its protection. This donation, honoring Roger and his vision for the land, is an extraordinary gift to our community and to the future. To ensure the property can never be developed, the Land Trust sold the property’s development rights to the U.S. Navy through the REPI (Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration) program. Now that the land is permanently protected, we’ll work with volunteers to care for it as wildlife habitat — forever. A big community thank you to Carolyn and Clayton! Upcoming Land Trust Events Work Party: Blackberry Removal at Illahee Preserve Tuesday, November 28, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Illahee Preserve Calling all who love forests, streams, and salmon! We will be grubbing out non-native blackberry vines that tend to overtake our native plants along the open areas and trail edges of this beloved preserve, pausing for a break in our newly-improved covered picnic shelter. Come one, come all, who want to dig out blackberry root balls! Open to those of all ages and abilities. Jefferson Land Trust provides all tools and instruction. Just bring yourself and any water and snacks you may need to work comfortably! Directions: From Highway 19 turn onto Prospect Avenue towards Kala Point. Take Creekview Lane (the first road to the right) and follow until the end. Please respect the neighbors by driving slowly. Park at the split-rail fence. ________________________________ Land Trust Holiday Open House Friday, December 29, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Jefferson Land Trust Office (1033 Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend) Stop by the Land Trust office in Uptown Port Townsend on Friday, December 29 for a warm cup of cheer (hot cider and hot chocolate) and sweet treats (including gluten-free options) to ring in the New Year. We're so grateful for all the volunteers, supporters, and partners who do so much to help us preserve and care for local farms, forests, and fish and wildlife habitat forever! Whether you're a longtime supporter or curious to learn more about who we are and what we do, we hope you'll join us as we celebrate the year’s progress together, and chat about what’s ahead for 2024. Hope to see you then! ________________________________ Upcoming Community Events Jefferson County Conservation District Native Plant Sale Orders open through November 30. Pick-up February 24, 2024. With over 30 species of native trees and shrubs to choose from, order online through November 30 while supplies last. Plant pick-up is Saturday, February 24th at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The purpose of this plant sale is to make inexpensively priced native trees and shrubs available to the public in order to enhance natural biodiversity and sequester carbon. To learn more and order, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=ff3a15fd9e&e=f9473ad85e> ________________________________ Port Townsend Farmers Markets: Final Month Saturdays: November 25 and December 2, 9, and 16, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, 650 Tyler Street (Uptown Port Townsend) We're heading into the final month of the beloved Port Townsend Farmers Market! Open nine months a year, the final market of the season will be on Saturday, December 16, so don't miss out on your chance to support your local farmers and artisans by buying local this month. The market offers a wide variety of seasonal produce, pasture-raised meat, hard cider, honey, artisan cheese, bread and pastries, prepared food, as well as fine arts and crafts from Jefferson and neighboring counties. From locally grown food to pottery, the items sold travel no more than 50 miles to reach the market. To learn more, visit the website >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=6ba25d3e1c&e=f9473ad85e> ________________________________ Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Presents: Wild Church Port Townsend Saturday, November 25 (4th Saturday of each month), 10:00 - 11:30 am, Fort Townsend State Park Every 4th Saturday of the month, join guide Katy Taylor to gather in and with creation, with other folks, and with the other beings on this earth. Practice together to move from human being to earth being, in reverence and respect for earth. Begin by meeting in circle and sharing some opening words, song, and practices, and then wander in silence. Afterwards, the group will reconvene to share their experiences. Read more and find directions here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=94b13e46ca&e=f9473ad85e> Questions? Email Katy Taylor >> <mailto:katyktaylor@gmail.com?subject=Wild%20Church> ________________________________ Washington Native Plant Society Olympic Chapter Presents: Morse Creek Winter Walk Friday, December 8, 10:00 am, Olympic Discovery Trail near Port Angeles Leaders Fayla Schwartz and Bob Steelquist will take participants in this winter walk along the restored old railway trestle and the paved Olympic Discovery Trail going west from the Morse Creek parking area (toward Port Angeles). Meet at 10:00 am at the trailhead at the parking lot just north of Highway 101 at Strait View Drive (about 6 miles east of Port Angeles). The trail along Morse Creek is lined with bigleaf maples, sword ferns, red alders, and many other native plants. Open views of the water and Port Angeles are reached as the trail continues along the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. There, the group will visit a private property whose owner encourages native plants. To register, please send them an email >> <mailto:olympic@wnps.org?subject=December%208%20Winter%20Walk> ________________________________ Olympic Peninsula Mindfulness Presents: Forest Bathing Sundays, December 10 and 17, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Fort Worden State Park 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. 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 you. Explore the paths and trails around Fort Worden with guide Ellen, who will share nature poetry and a guided meditation along the way. Cost: Free; donations to the guide are welcome. To learn more and register, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=81f45f6a20&e=f9473ad85e> ________________________________ Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s “The Future of Oceans” Lecture Series Presents: Sea Otter Stories – History, Ecology, and Conservation Sunday, December 10, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, Fort Worden Chapel Over the course of about 250 years, perhaps a million sea otters were harvested for their fur throughout their range. Today, more than 150,000 sea otters occupy more than half their original range. Presenter James Bodkin will discuss this history as well as sea otters’ relation to the locally abundant river otter, their ecology, their predators, and other research on sea otters in the wild. A research biologist and leader for coastal marine ecosystems research in Alaska until his retirement in 2013, James remains a scientist emeritus with the US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center. He’s been studying sea otters and coastal marine ecosystems between Russia and Southern California since 1977. Cost: By donation. Assisted listening devices are available. To learn more, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=309a0ce5d3&e=f9473ad85e> ________________________________ North Olympic Salmon Coalition Work Party: Native Plant Nursery Expansion Monday, December 11, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Finnriver Farm & Cidery (124 Center Road, Chimacum) In partnership with Jefferson County Conservation District, the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) is expanding their nursery to make room for more riparian plants along our waterways. Come work alongside NOSC’s Washington Conservation Corps crew as they break ground on the new expansion and prep the site for potted trees and shrubs. Refreshments, gloves, and tools will be provided. To RSVP, click here >> <https://saveland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25cbb92181e6db1730fe5fb21&id=8d9a1265ad&e=f9473ad85e> ________________________________ Tuesday Morning Barefoot Walks at Fort Worden Tuesday, December 12, 9:30 - 10:45 am, meet outside Madrona MindBody Institute (310 Fort Worden Way) Barefoot walking is a way of connecting to oneself and earth mother more deeply, a way to feel and move toward natural alignment in the body, and a way to free oneself from the confinement of mainstream footwear. Through meditative guidance, we remember how to walk slowly, connect to the earth, and breathe more deeply. By listening to our feet, we unravel from old patterns, taught to us by a fast culture and over-protective, constrictive footwear. For cold season walks, come wearing warm clothing! Once the feet get moving, the circulation provides natural warming to the feet. You are welcome to come in barefoot style footwear. Come with your curiosity and questions. Rain or shine. All feet are welcome!. Questions? Email Emmy Joy >> <mailto:emmy.joy@aol.com> ________________________________ 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. 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