Fall 2007 - San Juan Preservation Trust

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Land & Legacy
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OAK AND GRASSLAND SURVEY
Garry oak and native grassland habitat in the
San Juans is both rare and threatened. The
Preservation Trust and the American Bird
Conservancy are working together to conduct
free habitat assessments for islanders that own
land within this vital habitat. To learn more,
visit www.sjpt.org/about/programs (and click on
“Education Program”) or email Kathleen Foley
at kathleenf@sjpt.org.
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W W W. S J P T. O R G
MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS
PRINTED ON
100%
POST- CONSUMER RECYCLED PAPER MADE WITH WIND POWER
In ,  volunteers provided  hours of service to the
San Juan Preservation Trust. Some of the people behind the
numbers include Land Steward Jack Lanning, who monitors
our Decatur and Jack Island preserves and joins our fieldwork
“parties.” When he isn’t working on our behalf, you might
find Jack sailing or strumming the mandolin with a Celtic
band in Anacortes.
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S
K AT H L E E N F O L E Y
A Place
in the Islands
This month we launch our annual membership campaign. Your membership
contribution is the single most important
way that you can help us continue
to acquire and protect open spaces, scenic
Randy and Barbara Schnabel serve as volunteer Land Stewards
for our Guemes Island Peach Preserve. They visit the property
regularly to report on uses, possible misuses, and wildlife activity.
People from throughout San Juan County and beyond contributed to this project,
but it was the Lopez Island community that mobilized all of its resources to conserve
an area of tremendous importance to Lopezians. Local fundraising efforts included
lemonade stands, young ladies selling friendship bracelets, restaurant tip jars,
proceeds from sales at the Lopez farmers market, benefit performances by local
artists, and a teen “Fight for the Bight” concert. These efforts, when combined with
generous matching gifts from island families and the ongoing support of San Juan
Preservation Trust members, allowed for the purchase and subsequent protection
of the -acre property that was destined for development.
The Preservation Trust contributed $, from its reserves (funds previously
donated by members) and raised an additional $, from the community. The
San Juan County Land Bank, a public agency, contributed $, to the $.
million project. The Land Bank will own and manage the Watmough Bight conservation
area. The Preservation Trust will hold a conservation easement to ensure it remains
in its natural state and publicly accessible in perpetuity.
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Ulanah McCoy has built bluebird nest boxes, pulled English
ivy and improved walking trails. She is also a big help at our
island events. Wave to Ulanah when you see her in her FedEx
truck on Orcas.
Once again, San Juan Preservation Trust members and the island community came
together to protect a dramatically beautiful, ecologically sensitive and much loved
property. This time it was Watmough Bight on Lopez Island.
Much of the success of this project is due to the generosity of Tex Gieling, a neighbor
who owns the remaining private property inside the bight. Tex made this an attractive
two-for-one deal by donating her land adjacent to the -acre property, giving
the public even more land to enjoy. Her gift will be appreciated by the community
for generations to come.
views, forests, farmlands, wildlife habitats,
watersheds, wetlands and shorelines
in the San Juans for current and future
generations. Please watch for your
membership campaign letter. A gift
Statistics don’t tell the whole story. So to all of our volunteers,
thank you for your support, passion, and belief in our mission.
We have immediate openings for the following volunteer positions:
outreach/events volunteers on all islands; office volunteers in Friday
Harbor. Learn more about our volunteer program at
www.sjpt.org/about/programs, or contact Kathleen Foley at kathleenf@sjpt.org.
of $150 or more entitles you to receive
MORE THAN
800
S U P P O RT E R S H AV E E N S U R E D
our new book, A Place in the Islands –
T H AT L O P E Z I S L A N D ’ S W AT M O U G H B I G H T
How Private Landowners Shape the
WILL REMAIN WILD AND SCENIC.
Future of the San Juan and Gulf Islands.
P r e s e r v a t i o n Tr u s t b o a r d m e m b e r R i c k M a c h i n
and a group of volunteers rest after removing English ivy
and holly on Jack Island.
Created by islanders on both sides of the
American-Canadian border, this full-color
book explores both the opportunities and
P H O T O B Y: T H E W A S H I N G T O N S T AT E
challenges of island living.
D E PA RT M E N T O F E C O L O G Y
Land & Legacy
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Together we have protected the pristine solitude of Watmough Bight
Anonymous - ; Black Dog Bicycles; Boeing Matching Gift Program; Caffe La Boheme;
Cascadia Kayak Tours; Channel View Farm; Community Relations Services; CPM, Inc.; Edenwild Inn;
Executive Conversation; Ferry Road Storage; Inscape; Island Paper & Supply Company; Jensen Motor
Boat Corp.; Kestrel Enterprises; Laird Norton Company; Lopez Realty; Lopez Village Properties;
Microsoft Matching Gift Program; Mission Beach Associates; Papa George Gourmet Albacore; Red
House Pottery; Royaland Company; Rozewood Environmental Services, Inc.; Samish Indian Nation;
The Starfish Group; Tanbark Marine, Inc.; Tristan Enterprises; The Vortex Crew; The Paul M.
Anderson Foundation; The Bullitt Foundation; Riley & Nancy Pleas Family Foundation; Rachel
Adams; Candy Adams; Vera Adams; Ken Akopiantz & Kathryn Thomas; Kathryn Alexandra; Morgan
Andersen & Peg Baumgartel; Mary Jane & Mark Anderson; Robert Anderson; Michael & Elizabeth
Anderson; Beth Andrewes; Gilia Angell & Aaron Abrams; Noel Angell & Emory Bundy; Tony Angell
& Lee Rolfe; James Angerer; Harold Anthony; Peter Armstrong & Linda Miller; Hawk & Heather
Arps; Ken Arzarian & Darlene Wahl; Dave & Shari Ashbaugh; Jacklyn Ashe; Jon & Carol Avent;
Amanda Azous; MaryAnn & Lawrence Bailey; Kenneth & Theresa Bakken; Sarah Barthelow; Alaya
Battalia; Julienne Battalia & Giacomo Sturniolo; Thomas Batter & Diane Keller-Batter; Sara Bayer
& Helen Sanders; The Beaudion Family; Niki Becker; Eric & Melissa Beckman; Jon D. Beer; Dick
& Ann Behan; Terra Behan; Jean Behnke & Jeff Hanks; Jeanne & Andrew Belanger; Mark Bell & Jane
Burton-Bell; Fisherman Bay Peninsula Property Owners Assoc.; Gary & Patricia Bergren; Irwin & Ilene
Bernstein; Suzanne Berry & Pamela Pauly; Holly & Stefan Bieniawski; Molly Bill & Steven Brouwer;
Peggy Bill & Stephen Sullivan; Byron & Sheila Bishop; Sandy Bishop & Rhea Miller; David & Inez
Black; Lisa Black; Mary Blackstone & Roger Collier; Ralph Bladt & Barbara Fulton; Jeff Blair &
Kristina Peterson; Bill & Jane Blaylock; Edi Blomberg; Irene & Zack Blomberg; Bruce & Anne
Bloxom; Ona Blue & Neil Hanson; Mark & Margaret Blume; Camlynn & Ryan Blumenthal; Duane
& Audrey Bordvick; Arnold Lee Borley; Diane Boteler & Bill Miller; Scott & Cynthia Bottomley;
Jennifer Boulanger & Bruce Schillo; Tom Bowden & Carolyn Edmond; Holly B’s Bakery; Ted & Diana
Bower; James & Julanne Boyd; Laura Boyle; Molly & Daniel Brackett; James & Sarah Brady; Robert
& Margaret Brain; P.K. Brennan; Mary Anna Bresnahan; Toby Bright; Bill & Norma Brimmer; Carol
Brinster; Paul & Marilyn Broadbent; Maxine Bronstein & Debbie Hayward; Margaret Brooks; Brook
Brouwer; Barbara Brown; Theresa L. Brown; Richard Brown; Adam Brown; Carl & Mary Brown;
British Brown; Barbara Brownstein; Joel Bruce; J. Trevor Bryant Jr. DDS; Jim & Jeanne Budlong;
Hugh & Pat Burleson; Kai Burleson; Hugh Burleson Sr. & Family; Kenneth & Shelley Burr; Kenneth
Burtness; Cindy Bush; Jim & Nancy Caleshu; The Calverley Family; Clifford Cameron; Ed & Betty
Carlberg; Carter Family Marionettes; Richard & Jeanna Carter; Christi Carter; Charles Carver; Susan
Casey; Michelle & David Chamberlain; David Champion & Jeanette Ross; Emily K. Chao & Phil
Haft; Brent Charnley & Maggie Nilan; John & Eva Cherry; Sonny Chiba (aka Martin Fischer); David
Chicovsky & Judy Frane; Christine Chmielniak & Mason & Ada Bowles; Inger Christensen; Paul
Christianson & Angela Lausch; Gary & Grace Christophersen; Marie Churney; Marty Clark; Terri
Clark; Debra Clausen & Kimbal Sundberg; Nancy & Dick Cleveland; Jennifer Cleveland & Stewart
Stout; Mark Cliggett & Janet Vogelzang; Will Cliggett & Wyatt Vogelzang; Joan Cline; Bob
& Marylou Cobb; Donald & Sharon Cocheba; Geoffrey & Anne Coiley; Tom & Carolyn Collins;
Sally Collins & Chris Warth; Tom & Deborah Collins; Irmgard Conley; Michael P. Conner; Michael
& Anne Conte; Wanda Corey; Richard Corff; Helen Cosgrove & Warren Hero; Tom & Tammy
Cowan; Carolyn Cox; Doug & Lisa Cram; Connie Crosby; John & Marcia Crosetto; Cimarron Animal
Hospital; Terry & Manuela Crowley; Judy Cumming; Dede Cummings & Stephen Carmichael; Pat
Cunningham; Susan Cunningham; Currie Family Foundation; Leta Currie-Marshall; Robert d’Arcy
& Holly Kays; Marilyn Dager; Cass & Bob Dahlstrom; Morris & Floy Dalton; Cole Dalton; Terry
Danielsen; Alan & Janet Davidson; Anne, Mark & Zach Dawson; John & Carolyn Day; Michael,
Eileen, Chelsea & Rachel Day; Pat & Richard de La Chapelle; Maybelle Deach; Patchen & Lissa
Dellinger; George & Hildegard Dengler; Peter & Susan Dennis; Roger & Carolyn deRoos; Kathie
& Loren DeShon; Cam & Bobbie DeVore; Jennifer DeVore & Marc Feinstein; Emily Dexter; Cynthia
Dilling & Carl Jones; Bob & Lorna Dittmer; Lani Dodge; Edwin & Katherine Dolan; Lucy & William
Dougall; Dean & Ruthie Dougherty; Jean Dowling; Dan & Teri Drahn; Dan & Eileen Drath; Dorothy
Drury; Mike & Pam Du Pas; Dr. David Duggins & Dr. Megan Dethier; Sue & Alia Dumond; Stuart
Dunwoody & Margaret Schaaf; John & Louise Dustrude; Debbie Dwyer & Jay Field; Thomas Dyer;
Elizabeth Eberhardt; Jim Eberhardt & Kaylene Farley; Nancy Edwards; Maureen Edwards; Josh Eide; Bob
& Leoda Eisentrager; Bob & Mary Elford; Mike & Margaret Ellis; Claudia Elwell & Christine Langley;
Christine Emmel; Simone Engel; Larry & Sarah Eppenbach; Barbara & George Estenson; Constance
Euerle; Gordon & Joan Eustis; Christopher Evans; Judy Faas; Richard Fagen & Deborah Bundy; Margo
& Rodger Fagerholm; Liz Faller; Debra Farrely; Robin Faulknor; Danah Feldman & Ron Norman;
Stephen & Cynthia Fessler; Marilyn & Dick Fike; Helmut Fischer & Contessa Downey; Patricia &
Greg Fitzgerald; Hal & Anne Foster; Jeremy & Angela Foster; Laurie Fouser & Stephen Dager; Mary
Freeman & James Becker; Lorna Frey; John Fujii; Martin & Virginia Furmanski; Charles Gadd &
Lydia Lukahnovich; Melba Gaddis; Robert Gage & Carrie McCabe; Kay Gagnon & Fran Patrick;
Helen Gamble; Karen & Pete Gandini; Richard & Nina Gartland; Annette Garver-Clark; Lisa Geddes;
Judy Gehring; Imogene “Tex” Gieling; Cheryl Gies; Penny Gilde; Hal Gillespie; Albert & Laura Giorgi;
Charles & Nancy Givens; Keith Glein; Todd Goldsmith & Diane Dear; Pat Goodfellow; Joe & Oakley
Goodner; Genevieve Gormley & Ian Freed; Ann Goss; Hildegarde Goss; Christopher & Kathy Grace;
Julie Gralow & Hugh Allen; Dan Grausz & Clare Meeker; Jerry & Iris Graville; Fred Gray & Linda
Parker; Felicity Green; Tom & Jerry Green; Joe & Nancy Greene; Dave & Keri Greenheck; Kip &
Stanley Greenthal; Russet Construction; Chris & Amy Gulick; Sven Haarhoff & Allison Shadday;
Renate Haarhoff-Rose & Ron Rose; Patsy & Shel Haber; Mark G. Hagen; Eric Hall & Elf Fay;
Thomas & Teresa Hall; Jill & Gordon Hally; Mike Halperin & Jodi Green; Willa & Walt Halperin;
Patricia & Isaac Halpern; Polly Ham & Steve Horn; Will & Jackie Hamilton; Diana & Gerald
Hancock; Marianna Haniger; Hanson Family Foundation; Kitty Harmon & John & Avery Fulford;
Connie Harris & James Smith; Jennifer Harris; Stan Harris; Dennis & Judith Hart; Scott & Debby
Hatch; Jim Haug; Dr. Carolyn Haugen; Kristen Haugen; Irving & Joan Hawley; Zilpha Haycox;
Frances Hayes; Mary Hayton; Dale & Ann Hazen; Mary & Joseph Head; Geoffrey & Alison Heard;
Michele & Steve Heller; Becky Hellman; Hans Hellman; Jack & Jan Helsell; Larry & Carol Hendel;
Fred & Judy Henley; Diana Hennick; George & Mary Hestad; Daryl & Margo Hill; Steve & Judy Hill;
Henryk & Melora Hiller; Harvey Himelfarb & Alice Swan; Jane Hobbs & Eric Moore; John Edward
Hobbs; Lynne & Richard Hobbs; The Hoedemaker Family; Larry Hoffman & Denise Janowski;
Shannon Hoffman; Leanne & Buzz Hofford; Jay & Mary Hohf; Bill & Marty Holm; Karen Holm
& Rob Walker; William & Melissa Holmes; Geoffrey Holmes & Marlyn Munter; John & Barbara
Holt; Bill Horder; Steve Horn Photography; Laurel Horn; Wilson & Lyn Horne; Fred Housel; Ann
& James Houston; John Howell & Claire Powers; Mitchell & Zane Hoyt; David & Linda Hudson;
Elizabeth Hughes; George & Peggy Hunt; Mitty Huntsman; Alice Hurd; Nancy & Jerry Husted;
Donna & David Ince; Laura Ingham; Carol Ireland-McLean; Judy Jackson; Israela Jackson; Kathie
& Kurt Jacobs; Carolyn & Dean Jacobsen; Charles Janeway; Carol Jauquet & Becky Sanderson; Bob
& Patricia Jester; Mary Johanson; Becky & Daryl Johnson; Maile Johnson; Sara Jane Johnson;
Christina Johnson; Clark & Mary Johnson; Linda Johnson; William Johnson; Chris & Helena Jones;
Carolyn Ruth Jones; Nancy & David Jones; Alwyn Jones; Zoey Jones; Earl & Martha Jorgensen; Dick
& Marge Karpen; Glenn & Diane Kaufman; Kirk Kaynor & Sunny Sue Farmer Kaynor; Kay Keck;
Lynne Keeley; Todd Kegerreis & Kim Bast; James & Connie Kelly; Clare & Ed Kelm; Jim & Nancy
Kenagy; Tim & Holly Kent; Harold & Ruth Kephart; Benjamin Kercsmar; Christine Kerlin; Kershner
Family; Skip & Patricia Kimble; Mike Kimmich; Mark M. King & Sylvia Albright; John & Elizabeth
King; Diane Kinnaman-Hollis; Sissel Kjelstrup; Curtis & Bonnie Knudsen; John & Claire Koenig;
Arthur & Beverly Korse; Suzanne Kotz & Stephen Tarnoff; William & Katherine Kreager; Dr. Richard
& Linda Krebs; Peter & Antje Kretschmer; Christopher Kueffner & Lynn Stoddard; Konrad Kurp;
Blossom on Lopez; Steve & Connie Kyser; Joe LaBrincha; Patty & Vitt Lacson; Hank & Joyce Landau;
Elizabeth Landrum; Sue & Roger Lang; Ian & JoAnn Lange; Robert Langer; Bill & Margot Larrabee;
Kathaleen Larsen; Cathy Larson; Nikolaj, Sebastian, & Povl Lasbo & Tracey Cottingham; Ronald
& Claudia Latham; Marcus Latham; Kit & Laurie Latta; George Lawson; Karl & Laurie Leaverton;
Antoine & Lucie Leblond; Stephen LeCuyer & Joan O’Connell; Jeanne Mitchell Lee; Chris & Willow
Lehman; Asha Lela; Susanne Lenhardt; Philip & Judy Lenko; Cynthia Lenz; Diane Letchworth;
Shanley & Jim Lett; Fritz Levy & Nancy Taylor; Sarah Levy; Steven Levy & Anya Levy Smith; Lorraine
& Tom Lewis; Bill Lewis; Penny Lewis; Lesley Liddle; Robert & Laurie Liebmann; Lara Lindersmith &
Michael Hansen; Teri Linneman & Liz Scranton; Jim & Christina Lockwood; Matthew & Ann Lofton;
Sara & Tom Longworth; Barb & Mike Lopuszynski; Robyn & Derek Lowe; Ginger Lowell; John
& Cristi Ludwig; Bob Lundeen; Jay & Gale Lynch; Donald Lysons; Daniel Lystrup; Chris & Monique
Maas; Alexander & Mishelle Maas; Leslie MacDonald; Rick & Meredith Machin; Roland & Terri
MacNichol; Jim & Mary Ann Magnano; Francis Maher & Elizabeth Reynolds; Jeff & Liz Malinoff; Nicole
Malinoff; Frank & Emily Mallory; Robert George Manette; J.C. & Suzi Marean; Rick & Janet Markov;
Jeanne Marks; Barbara Marsh; Terry Marshall; Ruth Marshall; Martin & Malay Studios (Christa &
Corwin); Wayne & Kiki Martin; Angela & Dave Martin; Ruth & Jerry Martin; Charlet Martin; Dr.
Sunny Massad; Ron Mayo; Don McAfee & Kathleen Garrett; Robert & Berit McAlister; Thomas
McArthur; Pamela & Bob McCabe; Gale C. McCallum; Clara McClure; Nancy McCoy; Kevin &
Carol McCoy; Ulanah McCoy; Cal McCune; Doug McCutchen & Kari Koski; Fran McDaniel;
Thomas & Elaine McDaniel; Virginia McDermott & James Gale; Michelle McEachern & Michael
Brown; Steve McKenna & Nancy Schafer; Steve & Barbara McKeon; Megan McKinstry; Al & Barbara
McNicoll; Elisabeth B. McPhaden; Malcolm & Janet McWhorter; Robert McWhorter; Dennis & Kathi
Melville; Ron & Sheila Metcalf; Jacklyn & Carl Meurk; Judy Meyer & Gene Helfman; Mike & Wendy
Mickle; Monte & Candy Midkiff; Sheri Miklaski; Michael & Sarajane Milder; Margaret Mills;
Oswaldo & Barbara Mino; Harold Mitchell; Cynthia Moffitt; Robert Mohn & Shelley Morrison; Bill
Moody; Roy Moore; Ernest Moore III; Rob Moore; Michael Moore; Audrey Moreland; Michael &
Barbara Morey; Mat & Katherine Mottola; John Mullin & Charlotte Trelease; Bob & Joyce Myhr; Tim
Myhr; Dale Nachand & Allison Collins; Ralph & Phyllis Nansen; Richard Nash DDS & Ann BodleNash; Barbara & John Nason; Aimee Nassoiy; John Neilsen & Karen Norton; Gerald & Barbara
Nepom; Edna & Loyd Newcomb; Jan Michael Nikolajsen & Sonja Nicolaisen; Arthur Nordhoff;
Nancy Nordhoff; Grace Nordhoff & Jonathan Beard; Kirstie & David Noreen; Linda Noreen; Michael
& Cecelia Noreen; Michael North; Callie North; Rowan North; Sorrel North; Richard & Vera
Nowadnick; Rita O’Boyle; Susan & John O’Brien; Christopher O’Bryant; Shawn O’Bryant; Jan
O’Bryant; Diana O’Daugherty & Matt Hummel; David & Carol Oberg; Andrea Ogston; Lars & Gwen
Olsen; Corky & San Olson; Rudy & Carol Onstad; Larry & Valorie Osterman; Henry Otero & April
Stempien-Otero; Walter & Genevieve Page; Virginia Palmer; Ann Palmer; Partridge Pictures; Dick
Paton; Robert & Mireille Paulson; Chip & Meb Paxson; Thomas Payne; Frank Peale & Sandra
Bernhard; Eleanor Pearson; David & Cherill Perera; Daphne Pereyra; Luann Perkins; Jean & Michael
Peterson; Catherine Petito Boyce & Jon Boyce; Lois Pettinger & Dianne Erickson; Jim & Pam Phillips;
Ted & Donogh Phillips; Huck Phillips & Kelly Meyer; Wendy Phillips; John Phillips & Debby
Phillips; Marguerite Pierce; Patricia Pirnack-Hamilton & James Hamilton; Philip Pizzica & Hazel
Burns; Keith Pleas; Chuck & Jo Pope; Bob & Barbara Porter; Nate Porter; Daniel Posel & Jean
Lenihan; Dianne Pressenda & Dan Harris; Molly & Thomas Preston; Annie Prevost; Susan Quinby;
William & Wendy Rabel; Jill Rain; Dagmar Randolph; Nancy & Blake Rankin; Mark & Micael
Raphael; Pat & Jerry Rasmussen; Charlie Ratcliffe; Kit Rawson & Kathy Thornburgh; Lorna Reese;
Tom & Sally Reeve; Robin Reid & Cathleen Wilson; Richard Reiswig; Bobbie & Jim Richards;
Thomas & Louise Richards; Allan & Susan Richardson; Bob & Ginger Riggins; Michael Rigik; Anita
Riksheim; Mary & Chase Riveland; Donald & Joan Roberts; Stephen & Lisa Robertson; Maureen
Rogers; Julia Rogers & Vaughan Williams; Anamo Roloff; Donna Romanick; Thomas & Lori Ronhaar;
Judy & Kermit Rosen; Rose Rosenberg; John & Ellie Roser; Marilyn Ross & Bob Schwartzberg; John
Rothschild & Laura Vernum; Dustin Rouleau; Kathy Jo Rouleau; Natalie Roush; Mary Roush-Evans
& Tim Evans; Karen Rousseau; Steve Rubey; Ira Rubinstein & Beverly Cofrancesco; Deborah & Hakan
Rudback; Richard & Nancy Rust; Amy Rust; Meg & Dennis Ryan; Gordon & Barbara Rydberg; Cedar
& Karjam Saeji; Sophia Salaya; Frank Sandin; Johnny & Lene Sangster; Jim Sangster; Patsy & John
Sangster; Jerry Scherzinger & Claudia Bradley; Herb & Dodie Schiessl; Amy Schmidt & Kreg Trani;
Lon D. & Lucille Barton Charitable Foundation; John & Mary Ann Schnaidt; Dick & Mary
Schoenman; Ann Schroeder Osterberg; Jean Schuster; Betty Scott; Kate Scott; Summer Moon Scriver
& Jaime Cordova; Jack Seeley; Tim Seifert & Sonya Erickson; Tom & Gretchen Seifert; George
Selfridge & Julie Parmentier; Tamara Shane; Martha Sharon & Ed Gutkowski; Grace Shin & Chris
Baker; Amythst Shipman; Bette Shuh; Carol & Thomas Sibley; Jay Simonson; David Simpson;
Anthony & Carolyn Simpson; Barbara Sinclair & family; Oscar & Alie Smaalders; Bev & Jim Smith;
Don Smith & Timothy Maxson; Bob & Becky Smith; David & Kathleen Smith; Sherry Smith & Matt
Huston; Jared Smith & Karen Daubert; Lorrin & Jacqui Smith-Bates; Elisabeth Snapp; Steve & Sarah
Snowden; John Soderberg; Barbara H. Spaeth; Sarah Spaeth; Alexander Spear; Robert Spieker; Roger &
Sonja St. John; Peter Stamats & Karen Allen; Robert Steele & Mary Swift; Richard Steinhardt & Janet
Alderton; Lance Steinmetz; Glen & Nancy Stephens; Jamie & Lauren Stephens; Douglas Stevenson;
Douglas & Marcia Stevenson; Syd & Jimie Stibbard; Mary Stiger; Loretta Stokes; Catherine Strauss;
Michael & Suzanne Strom; Rysia Suchecka; Reiko & Glenn Sudduth; Lyle Summers; Bob & Jan
Sundquist; Beth Sundquist; Terry & Jill Swain; Gary Tabasinske; Allan Tamm; Pamela L. Tamplain & Willard
G. Smith; Alex & Jean Taylor; Nick & Susie Teague; Joan & Mort Thomas; Dave & Barbara Thomas;
Joe Thoron; Janice Thorslund; Corrine Thwing & Tom Winter; Katherine Tibbles; Joe
& Sally Todd; Torolf & Anna; Torgersen; Pat Torpie; Brian & Margaret Treece; Murray & Mariette
Trelease; Dorian Tremaine; John & Anne Trench; Scott Trounson; Shelagh Tucker; John Turnbull; Tye
Tyson & Barbara Rosenkotter; Laurel Vail; Doris Van Alen; Jamie Van Arsdall; Rip & Julie Van Camp;
Rick & Barb Van Eeckhout; Dick & Monda Van Hollebeke; Toni & Bob Van Male; Steven & Pamela
Van Vleet; Joseph Vance & Sara Throckmorton; Renee & Eugene VanDePutte; David & Donna
Varnau; Skyler Vella; Thomas P. von Bahr; Linda Ann Vorobik; Raiti Waerness; Jon Wagnild &
Cathleen Wagnild-Morgan; Robert & Paula Walker; Curtis Walker & Laura Stringfellow; Holliday
Wallace; Lynn & Marlys Waller; Steve Wang & Kathryn Hamilton Wang; John Warburton; Jane
& Richard Ward; Bob & Kathie Ward; Patty Ward; Jeremy Ward; Tom Ward; Peter Wasserman; Susan
Waugh; Dawn Webb; Diane Weber & Alan Kneitel; Arlene Wechezak; Eleanor Weinel; Phil & Jean
Weinheimer; Carol Weiss; Wallace & Joanne Weller; Charlene Wendt; Henry & Holly Wendt; Mark,
Regan & Jasper Wensnahan; Keith & Jane Wentworth; Joanne Colman Wester; Martha Wheatley;
William Wheatley; John & Carol Whetten; Heather White; Nancy Wight; Steven & Shannon Wilbur;
Welles & Elizabeth Wiley; John Wiley & Carolyne Milling; Judie Wilgress; Bruce & Marcia Williams;
Kathy Jean Williams; Anne Willoughby; Nelson & Ethan Nelson; Bob, Susan, Tasha, & Arielle Wilson;
Jim & Joanne Wiseman; Jackie Wolf; Benjamin & Julie Wolff; Julie Womack; Georgette Wood;
Carolyn & George Woodbury; Carole & Jack Woolsey; Ross & Anne Worley; Richard Worthington;
Darlene & Dallas Wylie; Gary Wyngarden & Associates; Michele Wyzga; George & Janet Yang; Beverly
Zapalac; Gary & Linda Zerbst; And thanks to everyone who made contributions at our Lopez Farmers’
Market booth, bought a friendship bracelet, supported the lemonade stands, attended or performed
in the “Fight for the Bight” event, participated in the Beauty Pageant & Man Auction, donated items
to the silent auction, went to Tamara’s concert, and attended the Carter Family Marionettes performance Many thanks to all the anonymous donors too!
   ... JANE MOUNT AMMERMAN - Anne Hay; RICHARD BALSIGER Randy & Linda Balsiger; LON D. & LUCILLE BARTON - Linda Barton & Harry Neal; LON
WILLIAM BARTON - Linda Barton & Harry Neal; CHAUNCEE - Mary O’Bryant; VICTOR
CLAUSEN - Victor and Phyllis Clausen Family Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund; IVALY
HOEDEMAKER - Gary & Kit Maestretti; LAWRENCE KASE - Scott & Andrea Finley; DOROTHY
RICHARDSON - Bruce & Mindy Richardson, Mary Richardson; FRANK & DOROTHY
RICHARDSON - Gordon & Karen Jonasson; KENNETH & ALLENE ROSS - Dianne Pressenda &
Dan Harris; TOM & SARA SYMES - William & Lene Symes; ALICE THORDARSON - Ann Harris.
   ... BRYONY ANGELL & JAMES MACKNESS’S MARRIAGE - Valeri &
Maryna Ajaja, Alice & Allen Neman, Susan & Bo Peck, Nancy & Blake Rankin, John & Jean Rolfe;
JENNIFER BOULANGER’S BIRTHDAY - Kirstie & David Noreen; COLIN DOHERTY &
CASCADIA KAYAK TOURS - Louise Acheson; CHRISTINE ENGELHARDT - James Engelhardt;
IMOGENE “TEX” GIELING - Linda Koenig, Judith Krull, J. Gaylin West & Peter DeLucca; ED
& CAROL JONESCHILD - David Joneschild & Kristi Raymond; LINDA & JIM KASPER - John
& Marcy Aschoff; TOM & LINDA LANTO’S BIRTHDAYS - Tim Clark, Shannon Hoffman, Denise
McIntosh; MILO’S BIRTHDAY - Flower Mountain Tree Services, Todd Goldsmith & Diane Dear;
Ann Goss, Connie Holz, Mac & Tytti Langford; Charles Prince, Brian & Margaret Treece, Holliday
Wallace, Ann Warsen, & many others in the Lopez Community; DAVID PERERA’S BIRTHDAY Nicholas & Alison Perera; Elizabeth Perera; Jonathan Perera; JIM SCEARCE - Kurt & Christine Wieland.
 : On behalf of the San Juan Preservation Trust membership, we extend a special
thanks to the Campaign to Keep Watmough Wild Steering Committee for its dedicated leadership.
We will be forever grateful to: David Perera (co-chair); Charles Givens (co-chair), Bob Myhr (Honorary
co-chair); David Ashbaugh; Peggy Bill; Holly Bower; David Black; Tom Cowan; Cynthia Dilling;
Imogene “Tex” Gieling; Jodi Green & Mike Halperin; Nancy Greene; Cherill Perera; Dianne Pressenda;
Patsy & John Sangster.
(Please let us know if there are any omissions or errors so that we can correct them
prior to any future announcements)
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hull conservation easement (Henry)
When Gretchen
and Lyman Hull
first visited this
-acre property
one cold
November day in
, it made a
deep impression.
“We realized from
the beginning that
this was a unique
property,” Lyman
recalls, “and this
became more apparent after the Preservation Trust prepared
a conservation plan for us.” Spanning the southern
portion of the “North Big Henry” peninsula, from
Nelson Bay to Haro Strait, a conservation easement
protects a -acre meadow, , feet of waterfront,
tidelands, mixed conifer forest, wetlands, and a grove
of quaking aspen trees uncommon on outer islands.
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mosquito pass preserve ( Henry )
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The Henry
Island isthmus,
which forms the
crossbar of the
distinctive “H”
shape of Henry
Island, is home
to an abundance
of unique
wildlife and native plant communities. The Preservation
Trust, with support from the San Juan County Land
Bank, raised $, in  to protect this sensitive
tidal salt marsh. The project included two phases: The
acquisition of a -acre meadow, marine shoreline and
forested upland, and the “bargain sale” purchase (at
below market value) of a conservation easement from
the adjacent landowners, Kip and Barbara Smith. By
combining these conservation methods, , feet of
shoreline and  acres of exceptional open space and
wildlife habitat have been permanently protected.
lacrover farm conservation easement
(San Juan)
Recognizing
that this hidden
valley south
of Mitchell Bay
Road contained
prime agricultural soils,
Gwen Wilson
donated a conservation easement on her land to the Preservation
Trust in  to maintain the possibility for farming
in the future. Enter Katie Hover and Paul
LaCrampe, organic farmers that found exactly what
they were looking for in these  acres. “In terms
of what we need to farm, this land has all the essentials,”
said Paul, “It couldn’t be more perfect.” Operating
today as Lacrover Farm, a local supplier of organic
meats, eggs, fruit, berries and vegetables, Gwen
Wilson’s vision for her land has been realized.
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marsh hill wildlife sanctuary
conservation easement ( San Juan )
In , prior
to selling their acre property on
the west side of
San Juan Island,
Mat and Katherine
Mottola
approached the
Preservation Trust
to discuss ways to ensure that the marsh, forests and
diverse wildlife habitat on their land would remain
intact in perpetuity. This discussion led to the very
first conservation easement donation ever recorded
on San Juan Island. Robert and Charlotte Lally
purchased the property soon thereafter with the
conservation easement in place, and remain faithful
stewards of the property to this day. The Mottolas –
who have since moved to Lopez Island – continue
to be among the Preservation Trust’s most dedicated
volunteers and supporters.
the preservation trust is grateful
to all of our conservation partners and landowners
Here are just a few highlights of places we’ve protected
on Henry and San Juan islands.
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  (San Juan)
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In , 
families in
and around
the Eureka
neighborhood on San
Juan Island
raised the
funds needed
to purchase
this -acre
parcel, which
adjoins 
acres of
woodland
previously
protected by
a mix of conservation easements and a Preservation
Trust preserve. “The Trust provided leadership and
fundraising support to a broad group of neighbors,”
said Scott Spadafora, a Eureka neighbor. “I hope our
success will motivate more neighbors to consider
working together to protect land,” added Gretchen
Lambert, another Eureka neighbor who, with her
husband Charles, also donated a nearby conservation
easement on their property.
red mill farm conservation
easement (San Juan)
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San Juan Valley is the heart of San Juan Island, and
Red Mill Farm serves as the valley’s soul. In ,
after donating a -acre parcel to the Preservation
Trust to protect bald eagle nesting habitat, Dodie and
Ernest Gann followed up by protecting their adjacent
-acre farm with a conservation easement. Red Mill
is a working farm, and the Ganns’ visionary gift will
keep it that way, forever providing graceful views
across San Juan Valley that would have otherwise been
transformed long ago into a checkerboard of small
ranchettes. “It gives me a very warm feeling to know
that long after I’m gone, this will still be here,”
says Dodie.
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Preservation Trust Owned Lands
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For more conservation stories, visit www.sjpt.org.
mt. ben preserve (San Juan)
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hannah conservation easement
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straitsview farm conservation
easement ( San Juan )
pile point conservation easement
( San Juan )
( San Juan )
In , the Preservation Trust and the San Juan County
Land Bank jointly acquired the summit of Mt. Ben, a
-acre hilltop parcel on the southern shoulder of Mt.
Dallas. This transaction included a significant price
reduction from Jean Walkinshaw and Martha Wheeler,
the previous landowners, who approached the partnership to discuss options for conserving the property. With
the addition of an adjacent -acre property, which the
Preservation Trust purchased in , more than  acres
of rolling meadows, undeveloped ridgeline and old
growth trees have been permanently preserved. A public
trail system will provide access to unobstructed views
over the surrounding islands and waterways.
Preservation Trust Conservation Easements
To honor his family’s heritage, Bernie Hannah donated
a -acre conservation easement on his farm to the
Preservation Trust in . The farm provides a vivid
contrast to a housing development on adjacent land
that was once owned by his uncle. Bernie says this
is exactly the fate that he wanted to avoid with his
acreage. “It was my grandfather’s wish that the farm
remain in one piece,” says Bernie. “There aren’t
that many places like this left on the island.”
Surrounded by rugged shoreline, pristine pocket
beaches and terraces of rocky headland, the historic
Pile Point marker serves as the official reference for
Turning Point  of the U.S. and Canada boundary.
For more than  years, Brooks and Susie Ragen have
enjoyed this -acre Pile Point property with their
family, and in  donated a conservation easement
to the Preservation Trust. “Our desire has always
been to have this place stay in our family,” Brooks
explains, “but forever is a long time, so we have
ensured that there are restrictions in place that will
protect the land in perpetuity.”
A L L P H O T O S B Y S TA F F E X C E P T M O S Q U I T O PA S S P R E S E R V E B Y J A M E S N O WA D N I C K
Straitsview Farm, a -year-old working farm east
of False Bay, provides an iconic vista to all who travel
along False Bay Road. Pastoral terrain that surrounds
the historic barn leads gradually down from the public road to a rugged coastline noted for abundant
populations of eagles, otters and passing orcas. Bob
and Evelyn Doran donated a conservation easement
on the -acre farm in  to ensure that its prime
agricultural land remain without structures, and to
preserve the expansive public views over the Strait
of Juan de Fuca. “We’re grateful that we can contribute
something back to the community, the island and
society,” said Bob.