Autumn 2009 Northcoast Regional Land Trust Newsletter

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Breaing Grond on Freswater Farms Reserve

In This Issue

From the Board President 2

Of People and Place 3

Breaking Ground 4-5

2008 Annual Report 6

NRLT Supporters 7

Calendar of Events 8

Northcoast regioNal laNd trust

autumN 2009

Joan Katri

you have passed by the Landrusts Freshwater Farms Reserveproperty on Old Arcata Road overthe past month, you may have seensome unusual activity: excavatorsand bulldozers digging trenches in

the pasture. Tats because the Land rustnally began construction on the wetlandenhancement project that has been longplanned or the property. Named the WoodCreek idal Marsh Enhancement Project,it is intended to create brackish (slightlysalty) water habitat or salmon, steelhead

and a suite o other wetland dependentspecies. Tose trenches, actually newslough channels, connect to Wood Creek,a tributary to Freshwater Slough, and willll up with water when the tide comes inthroughout the day. Te project is designedto provide a habitat type that has been lostaround Humboldt Bay, due to diking andthe installation o tide gates. Te Landrust will continue to lease the eastern halo its property to a local bee rancher.

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From the PresidentBoard of DirectorsPresident, Ann King Smith, Cultural Resource

Specialist

1st Vice President, Mark Andre, Directoro Environmental Services, City o Arcata

2nd Vice President, Dennis Rael, BusinessOwner, Los Bagels Company, Inc.

Secretary, Yvonne Everett, AssociateProessor, Natural Resources Planning,Humboldt State University

reasurer, Martha Spencer, Senior Planner,Humboldt County Planning Division

Blake Alexandre, Past President, BusinessOwner, Alexandre Family EcoDairy Farms

Bill Bragg, Attorney at Law, Bragg,Perlmen, Russ, Stenich, Rudolph & Eads

Maya Conrad, Conservation Land Agent,Coldwell Banker Realty

Kevin McKernan, Natural ResourcesSpecialist

Leland Mora, Business Owner, HumboldtAuction Yard & Humboldt Grassed Bee

Fred Neighbor, Attorney at Law, privatepractice

Board Emeritus, David McMurray, Secre-tary, Caliornia Council o Land rusts

Staff

Lindsay Magnuson, Executive Director

Ben Morehead, ProjectsLinda Serrano, DevelopmentRyan Wells, Projects

Shayne Green, Planning Consultant

Volunteer & InternsLeslie Scopes Anderson, newsletter layoutRick Fanguy, internPatrick Mason, intern

Te Northcoast Regional Land rust is amember of the Land rust Alliance and theCalifornia Council of Land rusts.

Contact NRL:P.O. Box 398, Bayside, CA 95524Ph: 707.822.2242; Fax: [email protected]; www.ncrlt.org

he photograph used or this column was taken at a wonderul occasion (althoughnot or the bull who was annoyed), the dedication o the purchase o theMcNamara Dairy by the Northcoast Regional Land rust with unds rom theCoastal Conservancy. Land rust board members, agency representatives anda cross section o Orick citizens came to the ceremony, held on a perect early

summer coastal day. As with the other property we own, Freshwater Farms Reserve, part othe land will be kept in agricultural production and a portion restored or natural resources,i appropriate.

Last spring, at a productive retreat and training, I was honored to be selected as boardpresident. Following Blake Alexandres tenure will be a challenge however; he very capablytook the land trust through a number o transitions and we cannot thank him sucientlyor it. I also would like to give a warm and grateul thank you to the long term loyal boardmembers who rotated o this past year: John Laboyteaux, Wes Anderson and Jack Limmer.

I think that dierent issues draw people to support land trusts. I grew up in SanFrancisco and Marin County and have lived in Humboldt County since 1980. As a child Ispent summers in the high Sierras, and hiked in Marin County during the rest o the year.I was there when the eorts to establish Point Reyes National Seashore began, and lived inSonoma County when the Marin Agricultural Land rust started up in the 1970s.

I still return to West Marin, and realize that the community and place is what it

is because o the eorts o these two organizations. Open space is plentiul, ranching isstill part o the community and people there support and appreciate this. In HumboldtCounty, ater working or the national park service as a Cultural Resources Manager andliaison with the Native American Governments, I served on the City o Arcata PlanningCommission or ten years - again with an appreciation or planning, open space, asustainable community that includes ranching, and the people who work or these goals. Sothat is what drew me to the land trust - our mission, our amazing sta, and the people inthe community who support our work by donations, serving on the board, or assistance.

Tis coming year will be busy. We have started our monthly Lay o the Landpresentations. Restoration work at Freshwater Farms began in late August. In October,board members and sta will attend the annual Land rust Alliance rally in Portland,always an energizing gathering. And, as a result o our board retreat last spring, boardmembers are productively working on committees concerning projects, accreditation, undraising, strategic and conservation area planning, and board and sta governance.

We thank all o you or your continuing support.

James AbleDave AlbeeKim BrowningNancy Diamond

Je DunkZuretti GoosbySteve HackettSandra JerabeckLaura Kadlecik

Liz MurguiaColleen OSullivanChuck Powellom RoweRondal SnodgrassBill TompsonPaul J. Warner

Arnold WhitridgeKatherine Ziemer

Board of Advisors

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Te Land rust would like invite you andyour amily to get out on the land and bemore involved in our conservation work.

We hope you will decide to join us or atleast one o our land-based education andrecreational events listed on page 8. Pleasecall our oce at 822-2242 or email [email protected] to RSVP or these events. We arealso oering the ollowing opportunities togroups and volunteers. Please let us know oyour interest.

Grop Interpretive WalsWe are excited to provide guided public ac-cess to Freshwater Farms Reserve to view therestoration that is still taking place on the54-acre property. We invite educational andcivic groups to the site or an interpretive

walk with one o our knowledgeable sta.

Monitoring & Restoration VolnteersWe are also looking or volunteers to help usmonitor properties under NRLs responsi-bility. Volunteers will have the opportunityto visit Land rust properties and assist inthe documentation and evaluation o variousmanagement and stewardship parameters.

You can also help the Land rustcomplete restoration on Freshwater FarmsReserve. Volunteers are needed rom

February to April 2010 to help replant thenewly-constructed wetland area with nativeplants gathered on site beore the restora-tion commenced. We will also need toclosely monitor the area or opportunistic,non-native plants. Volunteers will be neededthroughout the next year to help hand-pullthose invasive plants that take hold througha series o hal-day-long treatments. Inviteyour riends too!

La of te LandMore than 40 people have joined us orour new Lay o the Land events, so ar. Westarted Lay o the Land in July to spread the

word about the Northcoast Regional Landrust and what we are doing to protect andenhance special places our regions arms,orests, rangelands, and natural areas in

perpetuity. Te presentations are a mix oinormation, personal stories and spectacu-lar images, and include a short video. Please

join us or these events. Tey are held thesecond Tursday o every month rom 4 to5pm. Seats are limited, so please call Lindaat 822-2242 or email [email protected] toreserve your seat or next months event.

Of People and Place

Te Barnwell Family has lived on ChalkMountain Ranch, near the town o Brid-geville, CA or more than 125 years.

Our primary goal is to keep theland that has been in our amily or sixgenerations. Keeping ones land intactis becoming increasingly dicult thesedays, says Les Barnwell. We want tokeep Chalk Mountain a working ranchand timberland, as well as continue tooer recreational activities.

Te Barnwells are working with the

Land rust and our conservation partners,including Agland Engineering, to placea conservation easement on the 7,276-acre ranch, located in the Larabee Creek

watershed. Chalk Mountain Ranch isnaturally scenic: conier orests line itsslopes and gullies and open oak woodlandsand grasslands cover a good portion o theproperty. Its perennial streams and creeksprovide good spawning and rearing habitator native salmon and steelhead trout, andon iconic Chalk Rock, a pair o peregrinealcons has fedged every year since 1994.

Gloria Barnwell appreciates theabundant wildlie and marvelous scenery.From the highest points on our ranch,you can see or miles in every direction.Chalk Mountain is mostly wildlie habitatand productive orests. We have beauti-ul rock ormations like Chalk Rock and

wateralls. I do not want all o this naturalbeauty to be destroyed over time. InsteadI hope it will fourish or many genera-tions to come.

We expect the rst phase o the Chalk

Mountain Ranch conservation easement toclose beore the end o 2009. An easementon the Barnwells property will ensure thecontinued stewardship o healthy wildliehabitat and open space. A conservation ease-ment will also help protect clean drinking

water or people living in the downstreamcommunities o Fortuna and Ferndale.

LANDOWNER PROFILE: Te Barnwell Famil

In memor of

Tomas BrndageTom was one of the gentlest and kindest

souls in the North Coast community.

His passions ran from land and forest

preservation, to the love of rocks and

streams. His legacy and gift to Humboldt

County lie in the teachings of his life

lived with integrity and compassion.

He will be missed.

Thank you to Rep. Mike Thompson

for introducing and working diligently

to make the Conservation Easement

Incentive Act (H.R. 1831) permanent.

This bill provides tax incentives tolandowners for protecting their

land and conserving hundreds of

thousands of acres nationwide.

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Isaac Mikus and Allan Renger rom the CADepartment o Fish & Game remove shand other aquatic wildlie rom Wood Creekprior to construction.NRL project manager Ryan Wells and Greg

urner rom Hooven & Co. pull posts rom theold ence line.

Salvaging Lyngbye sedge (Carex lyngbyei), a

sensitive wetland plant species, rom the projectootprint prior to excavation. Te salvagedplants will be potted and used or re-vegetationscheduled or next spring.

Ryan and co-manager Don Allan (RedwoodCommunity Action Agency NRS Division)look over the site plans.

Checking slough channel depproject was engineered to aciproper sediment transport andrainage throughout the tidal

Much eort was made to limit the disturbanco existing wetland vegetation. Disturbedareas will be revegetated, either through thelarge planting eort scheduled or next springor through passive plant colonization.

Ryan and Don discuss the restoration prowith John Driscoll o the imes-Standardproject was eatured on the ront page o

Wednesday, August 26th edition.

(Continued rom page 1)Te ollowing photos illustrate some othe highlights during the rst hal oconstruction.

Breaking Ground on

All photos by Ken Magnuson or NRL staf.



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Freshwater Farms Reserve

Te rising tide brings the rst fush o water intoa completed slough channel. Small native shand numerous aquatic insects have already beenobserved using the new habitat.

Another channel is nearly nished. Tis phase o the project willbe completed when the existing tide gate at the mouth o WoodCreek is removed in October.

wo slough

branches meetnear Wood Creek.In all, more than3,700 eet oslough channels

were constructedon the project site.

Many educational groups have come to the site to experience the restorationor themselves, including classes rom the Six Rivers Charter School,Humboldt State Universitys Applied Ecological Restoration class and Collegeo the Redwoods Film Production class (shown here).

On September 13, morethan 30 communitymembers joined the Landrust to view the project.

Re-vegetating with native plants, project monitoring, and eradicatingopportunistic invasive plants are next on the list or project completion.

Te Land rust also plans to construct a three-quarter mile longinterpretive trail that will be situated between Freshwater Slough (shown

here) and Wood Creek. Te trail will have majestic views o bothwatersheds and expansive vistas o the Humboldt Bay bottomlands.



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Annual Report 2008Te Northcoast Regional Land rust is pleased to provide our con-stituents with the accounting o organizational and programmaticaccomplishments or 2008, as ollows.

In March 2008, we completed a a conservation easement for Val-ley View Ranch (1,532 acres) outside o Petrolia, CA.

A conservation easement on Grizzly Mountain Ranch (1,131acres) in Zenia, CA, rinity County in the last days o 2008boosted the total o land protected under the Six Rivers to the SeaInitiativeto 11,220 acres.

We worked on easements for two other Six Rivers to the Sea proj-ects Chalk Mountain and Charles Mountain ranches. We expectconservation easements to be placed on these properties, totalingmore than 15,000 acres o productive orest and rangeland andabundant habitat or wildlie and sh, within the next two years.

NRLT sta elded more than 30 inquiries by landowners want-ing to know more about protecting their properties. NRL is

working diligently on our o those projects, amounting to nearly3,000 acres, which promise conservation and economic values thatare consistent with sustaining the North Coasts rural landscape.

We worked with our partners to produce the nal project designor restoration activities on Freshwater Farms Reserve. Te design

was completed in April and all environmental compliance require-ments were met by the end o the year.

Enlisting the services of HSUs Natural Resources Planning Depart-ment, NRL produced a background report on oak woodlands as acomponent o our Conservation Action Plan (CAP). Te report willbe used toward the development o an Oak Woodlands Conservationand Management Plan or Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. Wealso established an advisory committee to provide scientic and tech-nical input at various stages o the project.

e rst phase of our North Coast Dialogues project saw the forma-tion o a 10-member steering committee and a 30-member workinggroup. Tese diverse leaders o our community developed a set o100-year vision statements or productive working lands in Hum-boldt County.

NRLTs outdoor education program was initiated with Six RiversCharter School, giving 10th grade high school students the opportu-nity to practice scientic inquiry in the eld.

We brought members and the general public to four events tobroaden awareness o our work. We held a canoe-the-slough event,two interpretive hikes at Freshwater Farms Reserve, and broughtmembers out to Chalk Mountain Ranch or our annual Board oDirectors Picnic.

GovernmentGrants

Donations

Fondations

OterIncome

Board

Projects &Programs

Operational

Development

Income Expenses

Projects & Programs 415,700

Operational 53,230

Development 28,481

Board 1,275

TOTAL 498,686

Government Grants 233,074

Foundations 222,500

Donations 42,078

Investments (loss) (56,902)

Other Income 1,830

TOTAL 442,580



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ThANk yOu NRLT Members and Spporters!Te Northcoast Regional Land rust is orever grateul to the ollowing who gave grants or gits

rom September 1, 2008 through September 1, 2009.

Agencies & FondationsAnonymous (2)Andrus Family FundCA Coastal ConservancyCALFIRECA Wildlie Conservation Board

County o HumboldtNatl Fish & Wildlie FoundationNatural Resource Conservation

ServiceNOAA FisheriesNorcross Wildlie FoundationPacic Coast Joint VentureTe Nature ConservancyU.S. Fish & Wildlie ServiceU.S.F.S. Forest Legacy Program

Redwood ($1,000 +)Steve Miller

Jack & Rita LimmerFrancis & Carole CarringtonLeslie AndersonMaya Conrad & Charlie ripodiKen MagnusonPaul SerranoDavid & Madeline McMurrayBill Bragg & Lee Roscoe-BraggGeorge Yandell

Ann King Smith & Doug Smith

Big Leaf Maple ($500-$999)

Anonymous (1)Barbara BarrattBill & June Tompson (In memory of Roger Judge)

Yvonne EverettLee & Eileen MoraRenee Crowley

Dennis Rael & Carol FalkenthalFred & Joyce Neighbor

Joan BermanHarry Blumenthal &

Scott MitchellDonvieve & Michael ChristianDanny Hagans

Judith HinmanFelicia Oldather

John & Nancy VanSpeybroeckMock Wahlund

Blac Oa ($250-$499)Anonymous (5)

Chuck PowellMartha Ann SpencerBlake & Stephanie Alexandreom Lisle & Lori DenglerStan & Judy DixonLaura Kadlecik & Mike Wilson

Shayne Greenom & Emily RoweRonald & Donna TompsonMarlena & Moises VegaLinda Serrano

Wes & Sue AndersonLois BuseyEllen FredRobert GoodmanLaura HusseyBill & Lynda Hutton

Madrone ($100-$249)Anonymous (2)Catherine & Tomas AllenDon & Sylvia GarlickKevin & Lisa (Solutions)

Janice Parakilas & Roy BakerClaire & Gene PerricelliPhil RicordMarjorie FayFred HummelBill KierDanelle Merz & David

HitchcockArchie MossmanSam & Kathleen Manaktala (In memory of Patrick John Salt)Susan & Jerey SchlosserChris BellSchorr BermanGlenn BerrySue BoschLucinda Bradshaw

Jon BrooksJanet CzarneckiNancy Diamond

Joan EarlySusan Frances

Julie Fulkerson & Lynn EvansDave & Barbara GrossGerald HarlandDan & Donna HauserBrian HuntPeter Jermyn & Heidi BourneMary Keehn

Jeanne MattoleRobert & Mavis McKelvey

Joy Moore(In memory of Bill Moore)

Jim & Gay Morrison

Steven & Jane SchoneldFrancis & Lorana Sweet

Donna aylorDon & Andrea uttleBrad Williamson

Manzanita (up to $99)Anonymous (6)

Irith ShalmonyRuss ConradMichele Fell-Casale &

Carl CasaleMark Andre & Nancy Rehg

John CalkinsRoz Keller & Andy AraneoByrd LochtieGwen Neu

Jared RossmanJoan SchirleBob Sizoo & Sue urnerRondal Snodgrass

Julie StarkJohn Stokesed & Josephine richiloVicky urner & Rudy Ramp

Gretchen ZieglerEdward YarwoodLisa HooverDon & Kathleen LutoskyCarol MoneBen & Ananda MoreheadDavid & Patricia EpsteinRon & Melanie KuhnelKevin McKernanGail MieheNancy NeerRDD Field ServicesKathryn CorbettGary & Janis FriedrichsenSusan MoskalyMary-Jane AshtonMartha Hunkins

John & Denise LopesLindsay MagnusonLois Mellert

Or Bsiness Partners

Make our community strong. Pleasesupport the ollowing businesses by usingtheir services and products.

Aals, Evans & Company, LLPAlexandre Family EcoDairy Farms

American HydroponicsBrooks Appraisal ServiceBug Press (Robert Arena)Chris Bell Appraisal AssociatesColdwell Banker Cutten Realty

(Mock Wahlund)Coldwell Banker/Cutten Realty

(Brian Hunt)Cypress Grove Chevre, Inc.Emerald City Laundry CompanyEnso EngineeringHarland Law FirmHumboldt Association o RealtorsHumboldt Grassed BeeHumboldt Land itle Company

Hunter, Hunter & HuntJackson & EklundKier AssociatesLaw Oces o Ellen A. FredLaw Oces o Nancy DiamondLos BagelsNorth Coast Cleaning Services, Inc.North Coast CooperativePacic Gas & ElectricRDD Field ServicesRedwood Roots FarmRequa InnRobert Goodman WinesSolutionsStokes, Steeves, Rowe & Hamer

Te Land Man Oceou Shop Specialty FoodsWachovia SecuritiesWhite ree DesignWildberries Market PlaceThe Northcoast Regional

Land Trust is grateful for

and accepts bequests and

gifts of stock.

NRLT is a tax-exempt, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization listed with the IRS under EIN #68-0456290. All donations are tax deductible.

Please remember number 82013 during

checkout at the North Coast CO-OP!



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HANKS O:

NRLTs MissionThe Northcoast Regional Land Trust is dedicated to

the protection and enhancement of farms, forests,

rangelands, and wild areas in perpetuity. Our vision for

the future includes vibrant communities, sustainable

economies and healthy landscapes.

Calendar of Events

LAND TRuST hOLIDAy PARTy

Join landowners, conservation specialists, boardmembers, sta and and our members as we celebrate theholidays. DAE: Tursday, December 10 rom 4-6 pm.

LAy OF ThE LAND

Learn more about NRL and our work to protectnatural areas and working land on the North Coast.Hour-long events are held every second Tursday o eachmonth rom 4-5, at our oce 901 Samoa Blvd., Arcata.

FREShWATER FARMS INTER PRETIVE WALkS

Experience, rsthand, the Land rusts restoration o

wetlands on the 54-acre Freshwater Farms Reserve.2010 DAES: Apr.17; Jun.12; Aug.21; Sept.11.

CANOE-ThE-SLOuGh

Paddle Humboldt Bay and the Freshwater Slough withan NRL naturalist. Learn about the Bays naturalenvironment and the changes it has seen throughout thedecades. 2010 DAES: March & July. Days and timesto be determined according to weather and tide.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS PICNIC

Join NRLs Board o Directors or a hike and springpicnic at one o the Six Rivers to the Sea easement

properties. DAE: May 29, 2010

Please call te NRLT office at 822-2242 or

email [email protected] to RSVP for all events.

Cover Artist - Joan KatriJoan Katri is a third generation Ferndaler. Ferndale is my sourceo inspiration: the og shrouded landscapes, og clouds foatingacross the elds, the fowers og ltered, the colors sot. My goal isto create a peaceul serenity. My work is about color, closely relatedhues; landscapes capturing the essence o color, light and space; thefowers embracing the orm. Visit Joans website and see her workat http://www.erndaleartgallery.com/joankatri.htm.

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