Autumn 2010 Northcoast Regional Land Trust Newsletter

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Building Community for Conservation I N T H I S I S S U E

Stream of Contemplation

From the President 2

Of People & Place 3

Community for Conservation 4-5

2009 Annual Report 6

NRLT Supporters 7

About the Artist 8

Calendar of Events 8

NORTHCOAST REGIONAL LAND TRUST

AUTUMN 2010

Victoria Ryan

s part o our long-term regionalgoals, the Northcoast RegionalLand rust (NRL) is dedi-cated to providing education

and outreach opportunities to engage thecommunities that we serve in our con-servation eforts. Trough collaboration,education and outreach, NRL endeavorsto strengthen our community by integrat-ing landowners, youth, proessionals andcommitted citizens in the stewardship oour lands.

Tis year, we were proud to ofer numerousworkshops for landowners that providedinormation on estate planning, succes-sion and incentive programs available orstewardship and management o workinglandscapes. We are continually identiy-ing new unding opportunities to supportlandowners and look orward to developinga Voluntary Oak Woodlands Conservationand Restoration Program in 2010/2011(see p.3 or more inormation).

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From the PresidentBoard of DirectorsPresident, Ann King Smith,

Cultural Resource Specialist1st Vice President, Dennis Rael, Business

Owner, Los Bagels Company, Inc.2nd Vice President, Leland Mora,

Business Owner, Humboldt Auction Yard& Humboldt Grassed Bee

Secretary, Yvonne Everett, Proessor,Environmental Planning,Humboldt State University

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

Blake Alexandre, Business Owner,Alexandre Family EcoDairy Farms

Mark Andre, Director o EnvironmentalServices, City o Arcata

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

Jill Hackett, Business Owner, FerndaleFarms

Kevin McKernan, Natural Resources

SpecialistJohn Lima, Business Owner,Redwood Forest Products

Fred Neighbor,Attorney at Law, privatepractice

James AbleHeidi BourneMaya Conrad

Jef DunkZuretti ZueyGoosbySteve Hackett

Rollie Lamberson

David McMurrayDina MooreColleen OSullivanChuck Powellom RoweRondal SnodgrassEddie anner

Paul J. Warner

Staff

Lindsay Magnuson, Executive DirectorRyan Wells, ProjectsBen Morehead, ProjectsLinda Serrano, DevelopmentChelsea Cough, Outreach & Admin.

Shayne Green, Planning Consultant

VolunteerLeslie Scopes Anderson, newsletter layoutKen Magnuson, media extraordinaire

Te Northcoast Regional Land rust is amember o the Land rust Alliance and theCaliornia Council o Land rusts.

Contact Northcoast Regional Land Trust:P.O. Box 398, Bayside, CA 95524Phone: 707.822.2242; Fax: [email protected]; www.ncrlt.org

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Board of Advisors

all solstice greetings to all o you. I have always liked this time o year; I nd itto be a good time or putting energy into ongoing and new projects. Since I amnearing the end o my term as Board President, I would like to use this column toexpress my appreciation or the Board o Directors o the Northcoast Regional Land

rust. I was drawn to the Land rust, in part, because o the Board o Directors, and thewonderul cross-section o the community that it represents. During my last ve years onthe Board, I have ound it to be an engaged, efective, and supportive group o individuals.

First, I want to thank Jack Limmer, Maya Conrad, and George Yandell who recentlylet the Board o Directors. Jack was a Board Member almost rom the beginning. He

was conscientious and steady, bringing his real estate skills to our land transactions. Icould always count on him or assistance; he was active on committees, was in charge othanking donors, and most recently volunteered a lot o his time or our 10th anniversarydinner. Maya Conrad came to the Board ater a term as our Executive Director in whichshe was responsible or establishing a strong, enduring oundation or the Land rust.On the Board, her background knowledge o the Land rust, its donors, and o grantingoundations was invaluable. George brought his wealth o experience rom Te NatureConservancy to the NRL Board and provided essential support related to real estatetransactions and in planning activities or the Land rust. All three will be missed.

Te current board includes producers Blake Alexandre o Alexandre Family EcoDairy

Farms, Lee Mora o Humboldt Grassed Bee, Jill Hackett o Ferndale Farms and JohnLima o Redwood Forest Products; attorneys Bill Bragg and Fred Neighbor; HumboldtCounty planner Martha Spencer; City o Arcata Environmental Services Director Mark

Andre; Los Bagels owner Dennis Rael, Humboldt State University Environmental Planningproessor Yvonne Everett, and Kevin McKernan, past land trust Executive Director andcurrent Caliornia Program Director or the National Conservation System Foundation.

Tis is a hard working board. We have regular monthly to bi-monthly meetings, activecommittees, yearly planning meetings and annual retreats, in addition to events and specialprojects. I continue to be appreciative o the Boards ability to resolve complex issues, as

well as Board Members willingness to provide their expertise and contacts when needed,and also their generous nancial contributions to the organization.

Sincerely,

Ann King SmithBoard President

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We welcome our new Advisors andextend a heartfelt thanks to those who

have recently retired.


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Of People & Placeorests, rangelands, and natural areas. Tepresentations are a mix o inormation,personal stories and spectacular images, andinclude a short video. Please join us or oneo these events, which are held every secondTursday o the month rom 4 to 5pm.

Seats are limited, so please call Chelsea at822-2242 or email [email protected] toreserve your seat.

Group Interpretive EventsTe Land rust would like to invite you andyour amily to get out on the land and tobe more involved in our conservation work.

We ofer interpretive hikes, canoe trips andeld trips or area schools. We hope you will

join us or at least one o our land-basededucation and recreational events listed onpage 8. Please call our o ce at 822-2242or email [email protected] to sign-up or these

events.

NRLTs 10-Year CelebrationWe celebrated our 10th anniversary thisyear! Over 200 community members joinedus on June 6th, to celebrate land protectionand stewardship. We raised over $5,000 and

proceeds rom the celebration will be usedto begin the design and implementation othe Freshwater Nature rail: a public accesstrail which will provide educational andrecreational opportunities or everyone inour community.

Freshwater Nature TrailWe are currently developing plans or theFreshwater Nature rail. Tis 3/4 mile trail

will ofer public access to the newly restoredFreshwater Farms Reserve. Tere will be

a boat launch to provide access or non-motorized water sports and inormationalsigns about the history, ecology, restorationand compatible agricultural uses o theproperty. We are also planning a viewingplatorm to give visitors incredible viewso the wildlie and waterways surroundingHumboldt Bays tidelands. o learn more,or to help support this project, please visit:

www.ncrlt.org.

Lay of the LandMore than 90 people have joined us orour new Lay o the Land events, so ar. We

started Lay o the Land in 2009 to spreadthe word about the Northcoast RegionalLand rust and what we are doing toprotect and enhance our regions arms,

Early explorers who came to our regionrom the east described three very diferenttypes o landscapes experienced in succes-sion as they approached the Pacic Coast.

First they traversed a tangled knot o terrainwe now call the Klamath Mountains, thena large expanse o open country involving amosaic o grassland prairies and oak

woodlands, and nally the lush, giantrainorests along our coasts.

Te industries that soon emerged romthese three very diferent landscapes weremining, ranching, and timber, respectively.Tat middle belt o open country hasalways been the basis o our ranchingindustry in this region. It has also alwaysbeen considered prime hunting grounds,both by Native Americans and later by

European settlers.o conserve and restore oak woodlandsis to protect a cultural heritage and tomaintain the basis o a ranching industrythat has persisted in the region or well over100 years.

It is estimated that 30 percent oHumboldt Countys historic oak woodlandshave been lost, primarily due toencroachment by Douglas r orests anddevelopment. Te resulting loss orangeland and deer oraging habitat romthis ongoing trend is an economic concernor landowners who earn their living in

large part through livestock and huntingoperations.

Tis concern and the importance otrue oak woodlands are underscored by the

spread o Sudden Oak Death, which nowthreatens do decimate tan oak acornproduction and could seriously diminishood resources or wildlie populations.

In response to growing concerns overloss o this important habitat NRL and itspartners are developing aVoluntary Oak

Woodlands Conservation andRestoration Program. Tis program willprovide direct assistance to landowners who

want to address loss or degradation o oakwoodlands on their property. A recentlyawarded Headwaters Fund Grant will allowNRL to begin development o this new

program.A healthy network o protable workinglandscapes reduces developmental pressures,keeps large tracts o land open and produc-tive, and benets ecological unctions andbiodiversity over a large amount o acreage.Tis program will help to preserve

wildlie habitat and bolster the long-termviability o ranches containing oak

woodlands by increasing access to undingand technical assistance or conservationeasements and restoration activities. Pleasecontact NRL or more inormation.

Coming soon...

Coming in the Spring Newslet-ter: Our cover story in the SpringNewsletter will eature the generousdonation o property rom ormerHSU proessor Dr. Louise Watsonto NRL.

We would like to extend ourdeepest thanks to Robin and DaveKinzer and the Law O ce oCatherine M. Koshkin or theirassistance with this bequest.

DONATIONSWELCOMETis Newsletter costs NRLapproximately $1.50 per copy toprint and send to our readers. I youare not already a member o NRL,please consider joining with yourdonation o $25 today, to help usderay this cost.

Protecting and Restoring Oak Woodlands


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(op) Monitoring atFreshwater Farms Reserve(Above) Spinach Roll-UpBufet at Redwood RootsFarm (Let) InterpretiveHike at Iaqua Ranch

Te Stewards of Tomorrowprogramuses hands-on activities to promote environ-

mental awareness and increase the capacityo children to become the uture caretak-ers o our lands. Our program integratesprinciples o rural land management andeconomic sustainability with those o ecol-ogy and conservation.

As part o this program, we were happyto again work with Shannon Morago andstudents rom Six Rivers Charter School toconduct the third year o monitoring at theFreshwater Farms Reserve site. We have alsocontinued to ofer interpretive events, as

well as opportunities to assist in the restora-tion o the Freshwater Farms Reserve (see

Autumn 2009 newsletter).New this year, we are proud to partner

with local Farm to School coordinator ErinDerden-Little and Friends of the Dunesnaturalist Suzie Fortner, to provide evenmore educational and recreational activitiesor members o our community. In 2010,hundreds o local students will have theopportunity to visit Redwood Roots Farmin Jacoby Creek to learn about sustainablearming practices through Farm to School

and dozens o students will be introducedto the restoration site at the Freshwater

Farms Reserve or the rst time.We also ofer Interpretive Events or all

members o our community through col-laborations with localschools, HumboldtState University and HumBoats Kayak

Adventures. Events include naturalist-ledinterpretive hikes, Canoe the Sloughevents, eld trips, and native plant restora-tion days. Call today to sign up or ournext event or check out our website (www.ncrlt.org) or upcoming dates (see pg. 8)!

In addition, we believe it is exceedinglyimportant that members o our communityhave opportunities to enjoy nature so thatthey may explore the relationship between

working lands and the beautiul naturallandscapes that make Humboldt County sounique.

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Clockwise (From top let):Monitoring at FreshwaterFarms Reserve ; Spinachharvest; Boy with net

preparing to catch andinspect insects; Walking touro Redwood Roots Farm;

Monitoring at FreshwaterFarms Reserve

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Annual Report 2009

Te Northcoast Regional Land rust ispleased to provide our members with anaccounting o organizational and program-

matic accomplishments or 2009.

In March, we acquired the 77-acre Mc-Namara Dairy in Orick. Inrastructuralimprovements have begun and many moreare planned or 2010. We will be complet-ing a management plan or the McNamaraDairy and continuing to lease the propertyin 2010.

NRL worked diligently to prepare orthe completion o a Phase I conservationeasement on the Chalk Mountain Ranch(recorded January 15, 2010). Te easement

protects 3,268 acres o ranch and orest-land. We are currently working towardsprotecting an additional 3,000+ acres o theranch.

Te 74-Acre Fortuna Family Forest con-servation easement was donated in memoryo Susan Parks by the Baker Family, Head

We created a Drat Vision or WorkingLandsincluding collaborative vision state-ments and goals derived rom NRLs

North Coast Dialogues work. Tis visionwas inormed by detailed analyses conductedon trends related to Forestry, Fisheries and

Agriculture in Humboldt County. Tecommunity was engaged in the NorthCoast Dialogues project through severalevents including trainings on the ransitionsFramework that ormed the oundation othe Dialogues process.

We held numerous interpretive events (8)at Freshwater Farms Reserve or studentsand community members throughout theyear. Six Rivers Charter School completed

the second year o data collection at thesite and presented their results to the entireschool. We also successully undraised tosupport our local Farm-to-School program

which will be administered by Erin Derden-Little.

INCOME EXPENSES

Projects & Programs 421,009Operational 3,716

Development 16,481

Board 3,000

TOTAL 444,206

Government Grants 238,729Foundations 110,820

Donations 35,114

Stewardship Donations 69,669

Investments 35,655

Other Income 15,903

TOTAL 505,890

Family and Robert Parks.

NRL staf elded numerous inquiries

rom interested and concerned landownersregarding land conservation options includ-ing new potential projects in Humboldt,Del Norte and rinity Counties.

Te Wood Creek Enhancement projectrestored 35 acres o tidal salt marsh andretained 19 acres o sustainable agriculturalgrazing land at the Freshwater Farms Re-serve. A lm is in production that docu-mented the restoration at Freshwater Farms.

We also received preliminary unding tobegin work on the Freshwater Nature railat Freshwater Farms Reserve.

We hosted Marilyn Cundif o the CAWildlie Conservation Board to present onoak woodlands unding through the state

which was attended by over 25 landownersand resource proessionals. We continued

work on our oak woodlands conservationplanning and submitted applications orunding.

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THANK YOU NRLT Members and Supporters!Te Northcoast Regional Land rust is orever grateul to the ollowing who gave grants or gits

rom September 1, 2009 through September 1, 2010.

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Agencies & FoundationsAndrus Family FundCA Coastal ConservancyCA Dept. o Fish & Game

CAL FIRECA Wildlie Conservation BoardCounty o HumboldtDean Witter FoundationHeadwaters FundLand rust AllianceNational Fish & Wildlie FoundationNatural Resource Conservation ServiceNOAA FisheriesNorcross Wildlie Foundation, Inc.Pacic Coast Joint VenturesRedwood Community Action AgencyResources Legacy Fund FoundationSan Francisco FoundationS.D. Bechtel, Jr. FoundationTe Nature Conservancy.S. & K.D. Glide Foundation

U.S. Fish & Wildlie ServiceU.S. Forest Service, Forest LegacyProgram

Redwood ($1,000 +)Gary & Lynn BakerLes & Janet BarnwellBill Bragg & Lee Roscoe-BraggRoss BurgessFrancis & Carole CarringtonMaya Conrad & Charlie ripodiSteve & Jill HackettDanny HagansRichard & Nancy HeadDavid & Madeline McMurraySteve Miller & Yvonne SchellRob Parks

George SchmidbauerDr. Louise WatsonGeorge Yandell

Big Leaf Maple ($500-999)Barbara Barratt

Joan BermanMike & Cindy JefressHarry Blumenthal & Scott MitchellFred Neighbor & Joyce HoughDennis Rael & Carol FalkenthalSteven Railsback & Margaret Lang

Ann King Smith & Doug SmithMartha Ann Spencer

John & Nancy VanSpeybroeck

Mock Wahlund

Black Oak ($250-499)Anonymous(4)Blake & Stephanie AlexandrePeter Jermyn & Heidi Bourne

Lisa BrownDonvieve & Michael ChristianMaureen Crowleyom Lisle & Lori DenglerStan & Judy Dixon

Judith HinmanEllen FredShayne GreenKevin & Cindee McKernanHawk Martin & Roxanne MetzLee & Eileen MoraMargaret Nulsen & Chris FrolkingMarty & Dan Vega

Madrone ($100-249)Anonymouse(5)Mark Andre & Nancy Rehg

Jim & Karen AthingBob Battagin & DeborahFitzpatrickSue BoschLucinda Bradshaw

Jon BrooksWilliam & Carol BrueskeCarolyn BugenigLaura & Bob ChapmanNancy DiamondSusan FrancesGary & Janis FriedrichsenCorrine Frugoni

Julie Fulkerson & Lynn EvansLaura HusseyMary Claire Kier & MichaelEdwards

Grant & Sienna KimballDavid & Lynn Kitchen

John LimaJack & Rita LimmerLaura MadjediLindsay MagnusonRobert & Mavis McKelveyColleen OSullivanLarry ParkerClaire & Gene PerricelliBill & Liz Piersonim & Jackie Pricerom & Emily Rowe

Walter RowleyDonna aylorBill & June Tompson

James & Virginia WatersArnold WhitridgeBrad WilliamsonMark Youdall

Manzanita (up to $99)Anonymous(6)Marie Antoine & Stephen SillettMary-Jane AshtonCharlie ButterworthRita CaroleKathryn CorbettKit Crosby-WilliamsDiane DeFordNancy Correll & Richard Duning

Jud Ellinwood & Anda WebbDavid & Patricia EpsteinMichele Fell & Carl CasaleLisa HooverMartha Hunkins & Carman GentileDean & Dana Hunt

Alyson HunterClaudia IsraelMelanie Kasek & Edge GerringRoz Keller & Andy AraneoErik & Jen KingsherSharon & Steven Kramer

Judy & John LongshoreDon & Kathleen LutoskyMary McKernanDina & Mark MooreSusan MoskalyNancy NeerGwen NeuRobert NulphMelanie PatrickChuck PowellSusan & Jefrey Schlosser

Conor SheaRondal SnodgrassRichard & Phyllis Stanewick

Julie StarkHoward & Lynn Steinberg

John StokesFrancis & Lorana Sweeted & Josephine richiloVicky urner & Rudy RampDon & Andrea uttlePaul richiloSteven & Carol Vander MeerRyan WellsLarry & Cheryl Zuber

o make your valued donation tothe Northcoast Regional Land rust,

please use the enclosed remittanceenvelope.

Our Business Partners

Make our community strong. Pleasesupport the following businesses by usingtheir services and products or frequenttheir establishments.

Able Forestry Consultants, Inc.Agland Engineering, Inc.Alexandre Family EcoDairy Farms American HydroponicsBenchmark Realty Group (Larry Parker)Bragg, Perlman, Russ, Stunich & Eads, LLPBrooks Appraisal ServiceBug PressColdwell Banker/Cutten Realty (Mock

Wahlund)Coldwell Sellers Realty (Jack Limmer)Deep Seeded Community FarmEmerald City Laundry CompanyFerndale FarmsFred Neighbor, Attorney at LawHumBoats Kayak Adventures

Humboldt Association o RealtorsHumboldt Grassed BeeHumboldt Land itle CompanyHunter, Hunter & Hunt

Jackson & EklundLaw O ces o Ellen A. FredLaw O ces o Nancy DiamondLos BagelsMoonstone Crossing WinesNorth Coast Cleaning Services, Inc.North Coast CooperativePacic Gas & ElectricPaul J. Warner, Attorney at LawPiersons Building CenterRedwood Forest Products

Redwood Roots FarmRequa InnRobert Goodman WinesRondal Snodgrass Conservation LandConsultantSolutionsStokes, Rowe, Hamer &Kauman, LLPSur Bear OutttersTe Land Man O ce

Wells Fargo AdvisorsWhite ree DesignWildberries Market PlaceYurok ribe

Te Northcoast Regional Land rust is a tax-exempt, nonprot, 501(c)(3) organization listed with theInternal Revenue Service under EIN #68-0456290. All donations are tax deductible.


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THANKS TO:

NRLTs Mission

Te Northcoast Regional Land rust is dedicated to the protection and eco-

nomic viability o working landscapes, arms, orests and grazing lands, and tothe preservation and protection o land or its natural, educational, scenic andhistoric values.

We work with landowners on a voluntary basis to promote stewardship oNorthern Caliornias healthy and productive resource base, natural systems

(and quality o lie.)

NORTHCOAST REGIONAL LANDTRUSTP.O. Box 398Bayside, CA 95524

Calendar of Events

Cover Artist victoria ryan

A native Caliornian, Victoria Ryan has called Humboldt Countyher home since 2002. A proessional ne artist or 25 years,Victoria works primarily in sot pastel to create vivid, dreamlikelandscapes o the local terrain and rom her travels. Layers o richpigmented color are applied to various substrates to create eloquent

and vibrant perspectives. Her work can be ound in private,corporate and public collections world wide and can be viewedat www.victoriaryan.com. oday, a slice o her time is devoted tobeing a marketing coach to emerging artists who are striving toidentiy where they t in the marketplace beyond their studio walls.

Land Trust Holiday Party, December 10 4:00 to 6:00 pmJoin landowners, conservation specialists, board members, stafand and our supporters as we celebrate the holidays.

Freshwater Farms Interpretive Walks, October 17, and BDExperience, rst hand, beautiul tidal salt marsh andpastureland Land rusts 54-acre Freshwater Farms Reserve.Contact Ryan Wells at 707-822-2242 or [email protected].

Canoe-the-Slough, October & November, date(s) BDPaddle Humboldt Bay and the Freshwater Slough with anNRL naturalist. Learn about the Bays natural environmentand the changes it has seen throughout the decades.

Board of Directors Picnic.May 2011, date BDJoin NRLs Board o Directors or a hike and spring picnic atone o NRLs conservation properties.

Lay of the Land, Second Tursdays, 4:00 to 5:00 pmJoin the Land rust or the Lay o the Land, a one-hourpresentation that gives an overview o what we are doing toprotect and enhance our regions arms, orests, rangelands, andnatural areas.

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