North Coast Regional Land Trust Newsletter, Fall 2008

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From theExecutive Director

Board of Drectors

President, Blake Alexandre, Business Owner,Alexandre Family EcoDairy Farms

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

2nd Vice President, Ann King Smith,Cultural Resource Specialist

Secretary, Yvonne Everett, Associate

Proessor, Natural Resources Planning,Humboldt State UniversityWes Anderson, Appraiser and RancherBill Bragg, Attorney at Law, Bragg,

Perlmen, Russ, Stenich, Rudolph & EadsMaya Conrad, Conservation Land Agent,

Coldwell Banker RealtyJack Limmer, Business Owner, Coldwell

Banker RealtyLeland Mora, Business Owner, HumboldtAuction Yard & Humboldt Grassed Bee

Fred Neighbor, Attorney at Law, privatepractice

Dennis Rael, Business Owner, Los Bagels

Company, Inc.Martha Spencer, Senior Planner,Humboldt County Planning Division

George Yandell, North Coast ProjectDirector, The Nature Conservancy

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

James AbleDave AlbeeJim AndersonKim BrowningTom BrundageNancy DiamondJe DunkZuretti Zuey

GoosbySteve HackettAnnette HollandSandra Jerabeck

Laura KadlecikLiz MurguiaColleen OSullivanJim PetruzziChuck PowellTom RoweRondal SnodgrassBill ThompsonPaul J. WarnerArnold WhitridgeKatherine Ziemer

Staff

Kevin McKernan, Executive Director

Shayne Green, Projects Director

Lindsay Magnuson, Education &Outreach Coordinator

Ben Morehead, Project ManagerLinda Serrano, Development DirectorRyan Wells, Project Manager

VolunteerLeslie Scopes Anderson, newsletter layout

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

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Board of Advsors

Ld Coservio This summer NRLT continued our eorts on theSix Rivers to the Sea working ranch conservation

easements or Chalk Mountain and CharlesMountain ranches. Fundraising, conducting titlework, writing grants, touring agency ocials,drating easements, and preparing or appraisals haveproven to be arduous, time-consuming tasks withunique issues on each property. It is time and energywell spent, however, as these properties representover 15,000 acres o productive orest and rangeland and with their associated wildlieand sheries habitats, might have otherwise gone the way o unchecked developmentand ragmentation.

In July, NRLT sta also perormed the annual easement compliance monitoring visitson Iaqua and Price Creek ranches. Accompanied by representatives rom CalFire (theeasement holder) and the Wildlie Conservation Board (easement contributor), we werepleased to see both o these ranches in their productive orm and embracing the terms

o their easements.

Freshwer Frs Reserve The restoration project at our property in Freshwater requires permits rom sixdierent agencies. Although the agencies we work with are all very cooperative, thenature o public review timelines and inter-agency processes have resulted in a delay oproject implementation until the summer o next year. As the saying goes though, Iflife gives you manure, make a thriving niche market fertilizer business, or somethinglike that. Meaning that the delay will give us more time to study pre-project conditionsand we now have the ability to acquire the additional unding needed to complete there-vegetation phase the project. In the meantime, the site continues to support grazingoperations and we are still rening uture management options or the property withour sights set on interpretive trail development and invasive species control.

Regiol Plig NRLT and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) continue to exchange knowledge andexpertise to orm a revised Conservation Action Plan. We are using new GeographicInormation System (GIS) tools developed by TNC and the local knowledge o NRLTsta and other partners to develop conservation targets within our area o operations.Establishing these conservation priorities will help guide limited resources towardprojects and places that stand to have the greatest impact.

norh Cos Diloges The rst phase o the Dialogues project commenced in late spring and involveda diverse group o community members who developed 100-year vision statementsor productive working lands in Humboldt County. The project culminated withthe associated workgroups beginning to explore how to bring those visions to lie.We then took a recess while the busy (and smoky) summer season ollowed. NRLT

is very pleased to accept another grant award rom the Andrus Family Fund or thesecond phase o Dialogues which is slated to start back up this season. The communityworkgroups will begin to gather data and address some tough questions in order tomake the collective vision a reality; such as, how much conserved working forest landin the region is necessary to maintain a forest product economy? Also in phase two,we hope to recruit a broader circle o interested community members with diverseperspectives to help contribute.

Well keep you posted on our programs and land conservation projects as theyprogress throughout the coming year.


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more aware o the evolving steward-ship needs on their property, and is ableto react more eectively, than a largeland management entity responsible orhundreds-o-thousands-o-acres and acedwith bureaucratic red tape.

mgee aciviiesAll three counties also have some orm

o private stewardship on public lands;another model or conservation. Whenederal and state agencies nd themselveswith more and more lands to managethrough periodic acquisitions, they otennd themselves without the resourcesneeded to adequately steward those lands.In Del Norte and Humboldt Countiesprivate graziers, with leases on Fish andGame and other reuge lands, serve amulti-purpose management scheme thatpays or itsel. Through careul manage-

ment, pasturelands can maintain AleutainGoose habitat and provide or the distur-bance necessary or certain rare plants to

thrive. In Trinity County, the WeavervilleCommunity Forest exemplies anotherunique model o conservation andsustainable stewardship. The Bureau oLand Management, Trinity CountyResource Conservation District, and thecommunity work in partnership to

manage public lands which includes thetimber harvesting. This orm o privateand community-based alliance may beanother alternative or conservation inother areas o our region.Pblic trs Owership

Lastly, the land-trust-ee-ownershipapproach is another way in which multipleconservation and economic objectives canbe met. Land trusts as non-prot corpora-tions can own ee simple land and are stillrequired to pay property taxes. The landthey own can be managed or a variety o

uses depending on conservation and eco-nomic objectives. As in one o the modelsmentioned above, the land trust can lease

a property to a private agricultural producer which provides or active stewardship,local revenue generation, and the opportu-nity or up-and-coming producers to use apiece o land without having to absorb theincreasing price o property values.

As NRLT continues to work with land-

owners, agencies, and the communitiesin Trinity and Del Norte Counties, someo these alternative or complementarymodels or conservation and healthy land-scapes may serve well in meetingcompeting objectives and possibly bringdierent acets o the community closertogether or a common goal.

Covering such a large, rugged, andever-changing region requires a lot omiles, but then that is also our avoritepart o this work. In closing, wed like toextend a sincere thanks to PG&E or theirdonation o a 4x4 pickup to NRLT to help

us cover those bumpy, dusty roads thatlead us to the treasured corners o ourregion in doing our work.

Meetng Regonal Callenges Continued from page 1

TRUCK DONATED BY PG&E

Ian Caliendo of PG&E hands off the donated Ford 250 to NRLT Executive Director KevinMcKernan while NRLT board members look on. From left to right: Ian Caliendo, KevinMcKernan, Mark Andre, Dennis Rael, Jack Limmer, Maya Conrad, Yvonne Everett, WesAnderson, Bill Bragg, Fred Neighbor and Ann King Smith.

Pacic Gas & Electric recently donated a4-wheel drive Ford 250 truck to enhanceNRLT operations. The truck permitsproject sta to access remote reaches oproperties to investigative conservationopportunites, document baseline condi-tions, and perorm annual monitoringactivities. PG&E has a long history o

making charitable grants tailored to thewide variety o needs o the communi-ties it serves. We are thankul or PG&Esdonation and encourage their continuedsupport or nonprots throughout theNorth Coast community. Also, NRLT justsigned up with PG&Es ClimateSmart a rst-o-its-kind program designed tohelp reduce greenhouse gas emissions andprotect our environment. Check it out athttp://www.pge.com/climatesmart.

NRLTS iN-KiND wiSh LiSTShould you or yours have or know o others willing to donate the ollowing items,please call our oce 707-822-2242.

An all-in-one high quality printer, copier and scanner

Web development expertise

A low-mileage o-road Quad vehicle or backcountry traversing

In-kind donations are tax-deductible and grateully accepted!


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The Northcoast Regional Land Trusts land conservation projects those completedor under development are at the core o our mission. With many thousands oacres placed under protection through conservation easements and a transer o

land, NRLT was able to integrate and strengthen our other program areas in 2007.These eorts refect our commitment to enhance agriculture, education andrecreation by creating unique opportunities or community members to get involved. Thisholistic approach to conservation necessarily involves everyone concerned about our regionsnatural heritage. We, thereore, dedicate our 2007 annual report and the milestones accom-plished in 2007 to all o those who make our work possible. You know who you are, but eelree to browse the multiple listings on page 7 or those you know!

NRLT Accomplsments for 2007

Completed biological assessment to evaluate the condition o wetlands in Freshwater Farms Reserve Formalized protocol and policy or internal evaluation and approval o potential projects Conducted monitoring activities to on two Six Rivers to the Sea properties Iaqua and Price Creek Ranches Investigated 12 projects and secured ve o those which are currently under contract agreement with the landowners Initiated the development o the North Coast Conservation Action Plan in partnership with The Nature Conservancy

Completed baseline conditions report to inventory and document property status or Valley View Ranch Formed a 10-member steering committee or the North Coast Dialogues and set project goals Hired Executive Director Kevin McKernan Hired Ryan Wells, previously an NRLT intern, as a Project Manager Attended the national Land Trust Alliance Rally in Denver Led two Canoe-the-Slough moonlight paddle events Led two interpretive walks on Freshwater Farms Reserve Commenced the rst Board o Directors Member Picnic at the Alexandre

Dairy in Ferndale Guided NRLT members on hikes around Iaqua Ranch and served an

elegant lunch aterwards

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2007 aNNual report

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Page 4 &5 photos (counterclockwise):Western trillium; Yvonne Schell & SteveMiller of Miller Forest; Iaqua Ranch;Moonlight Paddle participants get ready

for a Freshwater Slough adventure;Miller Forest frontage on Willow Creek;Miller Forests hardwood grove; GrizzlyMountain Ranch, Zenia, CA.



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2007 FiNaNcial statemeNt


GovereGrs

income Expenses

Oher IcoeIveseIcoe

Doios

Fodios Projecs &Progrs

Bord

LdowerIqiries

Develope

Operiol

Projects & Programs 211,553

Development 51,811

Landowner Inquiries 51,742

Operational 47,743

Board 8,592

TOTAL 371,441

Government Grants 188,670

Foundations 70,885

Donations 47,191

Investment Income 11,048

Other Income 3,338

TOTAL 321,132


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Ross Burgess is a ourth generationrancher rom Zenia, in southwest TrinityCounty. He frst connected with NRLT ata landowner workshop held in Fortunaa ew years ago. His multi-aceted career,rom a U.S. Air Force weapons mechanicto the owner o a successul and ongoingtire business, an elected Trinity Countysupervisor to a licensed timber operator,has made him the natural resourcesentrepreneur that he is today. Determinedto preserve his amilys ranching history,Ross now directs his attention towardinnovative resource management andconservation tools.

Ross developed a sophisticatedhydroelectric acility which generatesrenewable energy that he sells back toPG&E. His Three Forks Water PowerProject is eligible to be certifed as a LowImpact project, potentially the frst inCaliornia. Ross and his step-children runa small herd o cattle and he has placeda non-industrial timber managementplan on his ranch to promote sustainableorestry. He is also in the non-timber

orest productsbusiness. Beginningin 2003, Rossbegan wholesalingpacifc bay leaveswhich are used toproduce Christmaswreaths andgarlands. By 2007,the amount oleaves harvestedhad increased toapproximately84,000 pounds.

Rosss recent relationship with NRLTstems rom his commitment to benefthis amily by keeping his ranch protectedor uture generations. By donating aconservation easement, Ross is steppingonto new ground. He says his goalis to assure that Grizzly MountainRanch remains both economically andenvironmentally sustainable throughouttime. NRLT supports Rosss eorts andexpects to complete his conservationeasement by the end o 2008.

he Wetherell Dairy in northernDel Norte County has beenamily-owned and operatedas a dairy and creamery since1868. William Carey Bailey

frst established the dairy that is nowmanaged by his great-grandson RichardBailey Wetherell. The picturesque dairy isnestled between vast expanses o grazinglands, and adjacent to the National Wildand Scenic Smith River.

Rich Wetherell and his ather, Harry,have worked hard to maintain andenhance this 140 year-old operation.To remain competitive, they recentlycompleted renovation and modernizationo a 50 year-old milking barn. This

included the installation o a ullyautomated milking system and new,innovative bedding material to providewinter shelter or nearly 200 Jerseycows. The Wetherells also completeda successul large-scale stream channelrestoration project below the amous

Bailey Hole on the Smith River. Theproject redefned the aggraded streamchannel and improves fsh habitat. Theentire project was achieved without theuse o external unding.

Their newest innovation is a state-o-the-art manure storage and irrigationsystem. This new system is the frst oits kind in Caliornia and will allow theWetherells to increase production ontheir already impeccably managed primearmland. Using an automated travelingsprinkler and new storage technologies,this system can careully regulate the

application o nitrogen to their network ograzing felds. This system will have theadded beneft o improving water qualityby reducing run-o during the wintermonths.

The Wetherells are currently workingwith the Northcoast Regional Land Trustto evaluate uture conservation options ortheir property.

Please considerjoining the followingbusinesses as partnerswith the Northcoast

Regional Land Trust:

Alexandre Family EcoDairy FarmsBrooks Appraisal ServiceThomas Brundage, Registered

GeologistChange MediationThe Land Man Ofce (Charlie

Tripodi & Maya Conrad)Coldwell Banker Sellers Realty

(Jack Limmer)Coldwell Banker/Cutten Realty

(Mock Wahlund)Curleys GrillCypress Grove Chevre, Inc.

Dorn & CompanyEel Canyon FarmsEmerald City Laundry CompanyHumBoats Kayak AdventuresHumboldt Creamery AssociationHumboldt Grassed BeeHumboldt Land Title CompanyHunt Company Real EstateKier AssociatesLaw Ofce o Catherine M. KoshkinLos BagelsMcClelland ConsultingNorth Coast Cleaning Services Inc.North Coast Cooperative

Oscar Larson & AssociatesPacifc Gas & ElectricRedwood Capital BankRedwood Roots FarmResponsive SotwareRiverbar FarmRobert Goodman WinesStokes, Steeves, Rowe & HamerSurbear OutfttersSun Valley GroupTou Shop Specialty FoodsWhite Tree DesignWildberries Market Place

The Wetherell Dairy

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Kevin McKernan and Rich Wetherell overlookingthe Smith River

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Grizzly Mountain Ranch

Ross Burgess


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ThANK YOU NRLT Members and Supporters!nRLt hks ll of is spporers fro april 1, 2008 hrogh Sepeber 1, 2008.


Agences andFoundatonsAnonymous (2)Andrus Family FundCA Coastal Conservancy

CA Department o ConservationCA Department o Fish & GameCALFIRECA Wildlie Conservation BoardClarence E. Heller FoundationColumbia FoundationCounty o HumboldtHumboldt Area FoundationMel & Grace McLean

FoundationNational Fish & Wildlie

Federation NOAA FisheriesNorcross Wildlie Foundation,

Inc.U.S. Fish & Wildlie ServiceU.S. Forest ServiceWill J. Reid Foundation

Redood ($1,000 +)Anonymous (2)Blake & Stephanie AlexandreWes & Sue AndersonBarbara BarrattJoan BermanBill Bragg & Lee Roscoe-BraggFrancis & Carole CarringtonMaya Conrad & Charlie TripodiRenee CrowleyYvonne EverettDavid & Heidi HodgesAnnette & Greg HollandPeter Jermyn & Heidi BourneJack & Rita LimmerDavid & Madeline McMurray

Lee & Eileen MoraFred & Joyce NeighborJim PetruzziAnn King Smith & Doug SmithBill & June ThompsonRonald & Donna ThompsonMock WahlundGeorge Yandell

Bg Leaf Maple($500-$999)Anonymous (2)Dave AlbeeMark Andre & Nancy Rehg

Harry Blumenthal & ScottMitchellKim & Shirley BrowningThomas Brundage & Diane

DeFordJohn DalbyDanny HagansLaura Kadlecik & Mike WilsonMary KeehnTom Lisle & Lori DenglerMargaret Nulsen & Chris

FrolkingDennis Rael & Carol FalkenthalJe & Edith SchwartzMarlena & Moises Vega

Black Oak ($250-$499)

Anonymous (3)Lois BuseyRuss ConradMarjorie FaySusan FrancesGlenn & Gail GiaimoShayne GreenDick HackettJudith HinmanKevin McKernanCarol MonArchie MossmanFelicia OldatherRobin ParkClaire & Gene PerricelliTom Rowe & Emily Stokes RoweGeorge Schmidbauer

Linda SerranoKenneth & Rose SmithFrancis & Lorana Sweet

Madrone ($100-$249)Anonymous (4)Glenn BerryLucinda BradshawJon BrooksDonvieve & Michael ChristianMargaret & Steve ColeGail CoonenLane DeVries

Charles & Natalie DiCostanzoJoan EarlySarah EelesLawrence EitzenMichele & Carl Fell-CasaleGary & Janis Friedrichsen

Julie Fulkerson & Lynn EvansDon & Sylvia GarlickRobert GoodmanBruce & Billie GordonDavid HitchcockGordon & Jera HullFred HummelBrian HuntLaura HusseyJack & Peggy IrvineBill KierNurit Licht & John PendletonByrd LochtieMarty McClellandRobert & Mavis McKelveySam & Kathleen ManaktalaKit Mann & Rebecca Zettler

Lisa Miller & Bryan GaynorBen & Ananda MoreheadJanice Parakilas & Roy BakerRob & Susan ParksJohanna RodoniHerb SchwartzBob Sizoo & Sue TurnerGordon & Lynn SkaggsRondal SnodgrassMartha Ann SpencerVirginia SpringerTed & Josephine TrichiloVicky Turner & Rudy RampDon & Andrea TuttleAnne & Roger WeissLynne & Bob Wells

Manzanta (Up to $99)Anonymous (6)Thomas & Catherine AllenIllijana Asara & Jim VandegriMary-Jane AshtonTempra BoardSally & Richard BotzlerWilliam & Carol BrueskePeter BurgessJohn CalkinsRita CaroleSusan & Earl CarsonChris & Jeanne Chapin

Kathryn CorbettElias EliasDavid Epstein & Patricia Platt

EpsteinDan & Donna HauserSandra Healy

Christine HensonLisa HooverMartha HunkinsDave ImperClaudia IsraelMelanie Kasek & Edge GerringRon & Melanie KuhnelJerome & Nancy LengyelJudy & John LongshoreJohn & Denise LopesLois MellertThomas & Doris MontgomerySusan MoskalyGwen NeuDouglas & Gabrielle ParkinsonJennier RiceJared Rossman

Joan SchirleIrith ShalmonyMark & Sandi SommerRichard & Phyllis StanewickJulie StarkRoger SternbergJohn StokesScott SwayMarlene SylviaRobie Tenorio & Gil GregoriMike TorbertEllen Weiss & David CoppleMerry WinslowKristi Wrigley

To make your valued

donation to the NorthcoastRegional Land Trust, pleaseuse the enclosed remittanceenvelope.

The Northcoast RegionalLand Trust is a tax-exempt,nonproft, 501(c)(3) organiza-tion listed with the InternalRevenue Service under EIN#68-0456290. All donations aretax deductible.

NORTh COAST CO-OP REGiSTERDONATiON PROGRAM #82013

Calling all North Coast Co-op shoppers. Nowits easier than ever to make donations towardconserving North Coast landscapes. NRLT is now amember o the Co-ops Register Donation Program.When asked, please give the cashier number82013. One percent o your grocery bill will beadded or a donation to the Land Trust. Again, justmention the Northcoast Regional Land Trust andthe number 82013 and the cashier will take care othe rest. Thanks!

NORTH COAST CONSERVATION FUND ESTABLISHED

NRLT is stepping up eorts to conserve our regions amily-owned arms andranches and related open space values. With ambitions to protect 30,000acres o private orests, grasslands, woodlands, and rivers and streams,we realize the need or a continued, sustainable source o unding or thisimportant work. NRLT has just established the North Coast ConservationFund through our local Humboldt Area Foundation or that expresspurpose. The Fund will provide perpetual unding or easement initiationeorts, stewardship and monitoring endowments, and an easement deenseund. Please contribute to this Fund by contacting Alex Reid at HumboldtArea Foundation at 707-442-2993 extension 302. Or contact ExecutiveDirector Kevin McKernan or nancial details or more inormation.


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THANKS TO:

NRLTs Msson:

The Northcoast Regional Land Trust is dedicated to the

protection and enhancement o arms, orests, range-lands, and wild areas in perpetuity. Our vision or theuture includes vibrant communities, sustainableeconomies and healthy landscapes.

Upcomng Event

Northcoast regioNal laNd trustP.O. Box 398Bayside, CA 95524

Sccessio Plig WorkshopAccording to a recent Agricultural Survey o HumboldtCounty, 65% o active agricultural producers do not havean estate plan. Succession planning is an important stepin acilitating a relatively smooth transer o arm andranch assets and management to the next generation, andcan provide some assurance that working amily landswill stay in agriculture. U.C. Cooperative Extension, incollaboration with the Northcoast Regional Land Trustand Caliornia FarmLink, will host a two-day SuccessionPlanning Workshop in January 2009, to assist amiliesin understanding the acts in planning or transition.Topics covered in this event will include retirement

planning, strategic business planning, tax and estateissues, an overview on land trusts and conservationeasements, as well as nding new business partners iheirs are not interested in ranching. Multi-generations oamily members are encouraged to attend. Due to limitedspace, pre-registration is required. Look or your mailedinvitation as the date nears, or call the NRLT oce at(707) 822-2242 in November or details.

Cover Art -lisa marie waters

The primary medium used in my paintings is traditional drypastel on archival printmaking or handmade paper. Lisa MarieWaters began her ormal art training in 1976, at Humboldt StateUniversity in Caliornia, where she completed a degree in neart. She is a member o the Pastel Society o America and hasbeen the eatured artist in publications that include AmericanArtist Magazine and Ladies Home Journal. The Artist hasexhibited extensively and is well represented in private, museumand corporate collections internationally. Lisa credits her love onature and the arts to a culturally diverse heritage o Spanish,Celtic, English and Native American. The Artist maintains agallery and studio in Arcata, Caliornia. Her work can be viewedon line at hp://wersr.co.

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