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Preserving the Oregon Coast Forever

LAND CONSERVANCYNORTH COAST

ON THE ESTUARY AT

2609 North Roosevelt DrivePost Office Box 67Seaside, Oregon 97138503-738-9126

NCLCtrust.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Mersereau, PresidentRandall Henderson, Vice PresidentRon Logan, TreasurerTom Horning, SecretaryBetsy AyresKevin BrownleeTammi LeshVianne PattersonLisa Phipps STAFF

Katie VoelkeExecutive DirectorJon WickershamAssociate DirectorMelissa ReichStewardship DirectorLorraine OrtizDevelopment DirectorAmy HutmacherProject ManagerLynette VillagomezManagerEric OwenLand StewardBonnie HendersonCommunications Coordinator

Photo: Rebecca Huntington

THAT’S WHAT WE TAKE

You have to think big—across big landscapes, through geological eras and

multiple generations—to do land conservation work. We can plant willow wands

one winter and a year later there’s a thicket. But stewarding a rainforest to

maturity: we can start that work, but to complete it will take centuries.

So we make progress one day, one season, one year at a time. In 2017 our staff

spent a significant amount of time working toward our dream of conserving

the proposed Rainforest Reserve, which with the community’s help we hope to

complete by 2021. We broadened the scope of that project, partnering with the

community of Arch Cape to support their efforts to protect their drinking water

source. We acquired an addition to one of our habitat reserves and worked on

more acquisitions that we expect to complete in 2018 or later. And we cared

for the more than 5,000 acres of land we already own or manage in Clatsop,

Tillamook, and northern Lincoln counties.

We’re patient, and we persevere: that’s how North Coast Land Conservancy

has become one of Oregon’s most respected and successful nonprofit land

conservancies. All I have to do is glance out my office window—overlooking

lands we’ve conserved in the Necanicum Estuary and on Tillamook Head—to be

reminded of why we do this work, and to be glad all over again.

Katie Voelke Executive Director

North Coast Land Conservancy

FINANCESWE MANAGE OUR RESOURCES WITH VISION AND INTEGRITY

T H E B I G P I C T U R E

CASH AND INVESTMENTS $1,479,309

LAND AND OTHER FIXED ASSETS $17,745,573

TOTAL ASSETS $19,224,882

LIABILITIES $46,791

TOTAL NET ASSETS $19,178,091

R E V E N U E WHERE OUR SUPPORT CAME FROM

1 GRANTS AND FEES $590,846

2 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR SUPPORTERS $528,121

3 INVESTMENT AND OTHER INCOME $48,310

TOTAL REVENUE $1,167,277

E X P E N S E S WHAT YOUR SUPPORT PAID FOR

1 STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND WE CURRENTLY CONSERVE $172,303

2 WORKING TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR CONSERVATION $127,533

3 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY TO OUR WORK $84,380

4 ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDRAISING $158,689

TOTAL EXPENSES $542,905

VALUE OF LAND ADDED TO CONSERVANCY HOLDINGS $232,139 FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR RAINFOREST RESERVE CAMPAIGN AND FUTURE OPERATIONS $624,372

EMAIL NCLC@NCLCTRUST.ORG TO REQUEST OUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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The Long View

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Wherever I am

on the North

Coast—driving

home to Arch

Cape from a

board meeting

in Seaside,

or fishing on

Nehalem Bay—I

can see that

jagged horizon east of Oswald West State

Park: the mountainous profiles of Angora

Peak and Onion Peak and Mystery Peak.

It’s a reminder of what a big undertaking

conservation of the Rainforest Reserve

is. It’s amazing that our staff has time

for anything else. Yet they do. Every day

they’re on the land, caring for it, and every

day they’re pursuing additional conservation

opportunities and working with community

partners who share our goals. I’m extremely

proud to be part of this organization that

works so hard and cares so deeply for the

people and wildlife where I live.

John Mersereau

President, Board of Directors

North Coast Land Conservancy

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Cover photo: Peaks of the proposed Rainforest Reserve emerge from the mist. Photo: John Dudley

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Penny Abegglen Gila Allen Gordon Allen Ernie Amacher Robin Anderson Warren Anderson Terry Andrews Jed Arnold Betsy Ayres Lynn Barlow RuthAnn Barnes George Barnett Katharine Bauer Mark Bauer Chris Bell Jenny Bell David Beugli Marilynn Blacketer Charlotte Blakesley Steve Blindheim Bob Bogar Tiffany Boothe Jim Border Mary Borg Eugene Borkan Layton Borkan Richard Boyles Hannah Braun Max Broderick

Kevin Brownlee Michael Bunch Lee Cain Amy Carleton Lisa Cerveny Justin Chavez Jennifer Childress Mike Coddington Carla Cole Brent Crosby Janet Crosby Randy Curs Todd Davidson Caden DeWitz Leila Duchac Stephanie Dudley Catherine Dunn Frank Erickson Patricia Fenderson Nigel Francisco Mick French Terry Fullan Stacia Gabriel Jeff Gage Stephanie Garcia Bill Gaylord Stan Geiger Steve Grace Jon Graves

Doug Green Margaret Green Kathy Griffith Emily Guderian Ethan Guzman Dorota Haber-Lehigh Eric Halperin Dan Hamilton Bill Hayes Ann Hayward Bonnie Henderson Jeanne Henderson Randall Henderson Jenny Hill Susan Holloway Nancy Holmes Kirsten Horning Tom Horning Alana Hughson Joyce Hunt Vince Huntington Bill Hutmacher Susan Jarmer Patricia Johns Jesse Jones Rich Kennedy Louise Starling Juhl David Kenney Elizabeth Ketcham

Scott Kirby Steve Klausman Sharon Kloepfer Jeff Krenek Joe LaPoint Dick Ledgerwood Alix Lee Ken Lehman Pat Lehman Abbi Leman Tammi Lesh Art Limbird Ron Logan Neal Maine Vaughn Martin Laura Maurer Rosemary McGrath Lisa McGraw John Mersereau Beatrice Michel Vernon Montgomery Michael Mottman Kyla Mucci Al Munguia Les Neitzel Pat Noonan Eric Owen Holly Owen Tom Owen

Michelle Patterson Mike Patterson Vianne Patterson Jay Paulsen Penny Paulsen Meredith Payton Judith Pearson Cathy Peinhardt Lisa Phipps Tim Poole Carolyn Propst Claire Puetz Dave Quinton Doug Ray Carol Riley Mike Riley John Rippey Jeffrey Roehm Mary Ruhl Kathleen Sayce Tessa Scheller Ron Schiffman David Sinclair Kyla Sjogren Ryan Snyder Mark Squire Dean Stanovich Hope Stanton Hugh Stelson

Rachel Stokeld Marilynn Stribling Kenji Sugahara Robert Svec Susan Swansburg James Thompson Austin Tomlinson Jim Towell Mark Van Duser Sara Vickerman-Gage Marti Wajc Anthony Waldrop Steve Warner Sarah Watson Robert Wayne Randy Weese Krickett Wertz Ben Whitestone Dianne Widdop Robert Widdop Kara Wilson-Anglin Michael Wing Pat Wollner Scott Youngblood Charlie Zennaché Dave Zunkel Kathleen Zunkel

PULLERS, PILERS, AND STOMPERS

Last summer North Coast Land Conservancy launched a three-year project to rid the Necanicum River watershed of a fast-spreading weed best known as policeman’s helmet. The key tasks: finding, pulling, piling, and finally stomping on this weed to make sure its flower pods don’t mature. Land Steward Eric Owen estimates that we cleared 55 acres of this pesky plant in July and August—an accomplishment that would have been impossible without the dozens of volunteers who showed up, sometimes weekly, with their garden gloves to attack policeman’s helmet on the riverside where it thrives. We’re not done! Visit NCLCtrust.org for stewardship opportunities in 2018.

WALKING THE COASTWALK

With their neon orange bandanas, volunteer staffers at CoastWalk Oregon 2017 were impossible to miss, and they seemed to be everywhere. Twenty of them rallied last year to sign participants in and out each day, staff the midpoint rest stops, encourage and walk alongside hikers, share their natural history knowledge—pretty much anything Manager Lynette Villagomez asked of them. In 2017 CoastWalk Oregon raised $44,376 for coastal conservation. Learn more about the three-day event at CoastWalkOregon.org.

A WILLING WEEDERIt was during a solo ramble on the gravel roads winding through the proposed Rainforest Reserve last summer that Vaughn Martin of Clatskanie first learned about North Coast Land Conservancy. NCLC Executive Director Katie Voelke happened to be heading up the same road on her way to Angora Peak, and the two of them stopped and chatted.

Since then Vaughn has been at nearly every stewardship event NCLC has organized, plus several occasions where the stewardship staff just needed an extra hand. He’s planted trees at Circle Creek and pulled weeds there and at Clear

Lake, Wild Ace Lake, and Wolf Bay on the Columbia River. He helped cut Christmas trees on Boneyard Ridge. He’s also become a volunteer site steward, keeping a close eye on both Wild Ace Lake and Sand Creek. And he’s a Sustaining Steward, making monthly donations to NCLC.

“I like the outdoors, and I just like the idea of what NCLC is trying to do to preserve these lands and connect them into conservation corridors,” he says. “They probably have a mission statement. I don’t really know what it is, but from what I see, I agree with it.”

Vaughn, you nailed it.

Thank You, 2017 CONSERVATION PARTNERS These organizations, businesses, and government agencies provided time, materials, expertise, and advice that helped us care for our lands and reach out to the community.

Carex Consulting Celata Research Associates City of Seaside Clatsop Community College Clatsop County Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District Columbia Land Trust Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce Columbia River Youth Corps Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve GreenWood Resources Hampton Family Forests Haystack Rock Awareness Program Institute for Applied Ecology Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Lower Nehalem Community Trust Merserelli Construction, Inc. Metro Native Plant Society of Oregon Natural Resource Conservation Service Necanicum Watershed Council North Coast Watershed Association Northwest Oregon Restoration Partnership Northwest Natural Resource Group Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Oregon Department of State Lands Oregon Department of Transportation Oregon State University Oregon State Police Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Skipanon Watershed Council Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation Teevin & Fischer Quarry, LLC The Nature Conservancy Travel Oregon US Fish and Wildlife Service Willapa National Wildlife Refuge

VOLUNTEERS

AMBASSADORS FOR CONSERVATION Thank you, NCLC volunteers, for your interest, your time, and your dedication to conservation on the Oregon Coast.

Patte Fenderson adds another stalk of policeman’s helmet to the stomp pile at Circle Creek.

Our second year of Weed Warrior Wednesdays brought together staff, summer interns, and volunteers to tackle a variety of stewardship tasks. Here, the crew rests on a pile of invasive knotweed.

Catherine Dunn and Michael Mottmann volunteered to walk sweep at day’s end for CoastWalk Oregon 2017.

Vaughn Martin (right) with Penny Abegglen, who partners with Vaughn as a volunteer site steward.

GIFTS OF $50,000 OR MOREThe Allen Family Foundation Dawkins Charitable TrustWilliam Gaylord and Linda EyermanDoug and Kathie Green*Mintkeski Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

GIFTS OF $25,000 TO $49,999Adelante Foundation The Conservation AllianceLand Trust AllianceThe Oregon Community Foundation

GIFTS OF $10,000 TO $24,999Anonymous (1)Eugene and Layton Borkan*Tom and Sonya CampionThe City of Cannon Beach Catherine and Omar SanguezaSharon Stern Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Lianne Thompson and Ralph WyattMartha UrmanThe Wheeler Foundation

GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $9,999Gordon Allen and Janice StewartThe Autzen Foundation John and Stephanie Dudley*Edythe Fairbanks Whiteman Family FoundationGaylord-Eyerman Family Fund of The Oregon Community FoundationHarry and Marguerite Kendall Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Jane R. Kendall Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation McGraw Family Foundation, Inc.Ann MorganNed and Sis Hayes Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Jay and Penny PaulsenJeffrey Roehm*

BUSINESSESDragonfire Studio and Gallery*FlairOlstedt Construction, Inc.

GIFTS OF $1,000 TO $4,999Anonymous (1)Chris and Ginny AchtermanWarren and Robin Anderson*Betsy Ayres*Chris and Liz BeckmanDebra BirkbyVirginia BirkbyMarilynn Blacketer and Steve Warner*Steve and Sue BlindheimDebbie and Dave CraigJohn and Jane Emrick*Patricia Fenderson and Robert Svec*Mark and Jeanne FinkbeinerYolanda FletcherStacia GabrielPaul GearenStan Geiger and Marilynn StriblingAmber Geiger-MorganToni and Chip GreeningMadeline Hall and Joseph FisherSusan Hayden and John BeastonNancy and John HerpersTom and Kirsten Horning*David Horowitz and Gloria MyersBill and Ruth HutmacherMark and Keyvan JonesSteve and Marilyn KohlerLinda KozlowskiKwitman Family Foundation, Inc. Hal Lee and Susan BishopLeupold & Stevens Foundation Norbert and Christine LeupoldPaul and Barbara LinnettRon LoganBob and Sandi LundyVaughn and Mary MartinNancie McGraw

Walter McMonies and Caroline HallJohn and Deb MersereauPeter and Susan MersereauJohn and Erin MeyerMark MorgansThe Morrison Family Charitable FoundationJan and John NybakkeThe Oregon Community Foundation Stuart and Jollee PattersonMary PetersonJosephine and Peter PopePhyllis ReynoldsMike and Carol Riley*Caralee and Fredric RobertsElden and Marjorie RosenthalSharon Stern and Steve RallisonThe Tareen Filgas Foundation The Charles S. and Nancy Tauman Family Fund Michael and Judith TembreullDon and Cindy TrelstadRoger and Florence TruaxAl VernonSara Vickerman-Gage and Jeff GageJock and Beth WiseChristina WohlstetterPat Wollner*

BUSINESSESFairweather House and Garden*The Jeffrey Hull GalleryL & C Tree Farms, LLCPeak Design Seaside Aquarium & Gift Shop, LTDTillamook County TourismUnfurl Manzanita

GIFTS OF $500 TO $999Charles and Barbara AndersonVirginia Anderson

Rainmar Bartl and Barbara GrantJune Baumler and Ralph DobiejkoDoris BeckChrist and Barbara BouneffElizabeth BrookeKevin and Marla Brownlee*Elizabeth and Daniel CarrollRichard and Joan CharltonNancy ChaseDavid Chui and Alex StoneMike CoddingtonBill De Jager and Sheila NolanEvans Van Buren Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Doug and Sue FriddellEllen GadsbyJane GillisLaura Gordon and Frank EricksonGloria and David GostnellDerek Green and Lindsay StammEric Halperin and Beatrice MichelBonnie Henderson and Charlie ZennachéRandall and Jeanne Henderson*Patricia Johns*Julianne JohnsonClayton Jones, Sr.The June FoundationPaul KonkaWilliam Kwitman and Monica MoriartyKonrad LaiHans and Ann LindstromPaula MaddenMichael Manzulli and Nadia GardnerChristine and Stephen MasonSteve and Molly MeyerLinda Murray

Howard and Eileen NagleAllan and Madeline OlsonJanna OstranderSheryl PattersonVianne Patterson*Lynne and Larry PectolLisa PfostLisa PhippsKen and Mary PierceJames and Mary PowellPeter and Loren ReichJonathan Reingold and Karen CriddleDylan and Allegra RileyBarbara Rippey and Barry MarshallKim and David RohrDennis and Mary Lee SaulsburySusan SearsGary and Melinda SeeligRyan and Stephanie SnyderAllan and Mary Solares*The Timothy C. Shepard and Andra Georges Philanthropy Fund John and Jeanie VoelkeNina WickershamRobert and Dianne Widdop*

BUSINESSESBKN Corporation Vacasa

GIFTS OF $100 TO $499John and Lisa AllenDiane and Rex AmosBill and Susan AndersonRoberta AndoPaul and Sandy ArbuthnotDebra AsakawaNancy AshtonPolly Ashworth and Rob HornerJudith and Ernie AtkinsonRay and Jean AuelCharles and Phyllis AultKathryn AyaTom and Barbara AyresRonald and Julia BabcockBob and Barbara BaileyDavid BaileyVicki Baker and Jan FaberPaul and Linda BamfordJay BarberRuthAnn Barnes*Dick and Sue BatyKristine BeamKaren and Alan BeckSpencer BeebeMarney BeemerDoug and Chris Bell*Paul Benoit and Constance CliffordPamela BierlyElke BillingsleyCharles and Meg BishopHarvey and Nancy BlackRonald BlineKatherine BlueElizabeth and John Bokish

Jane BorgLane and Mary BorgScott and Terry BorgTracy and Melody BoyceMike and Eileen BrackenbroughEloise BranchGerald and Sheryl BranchBarbara and Lonnie BranstetterJennifer BraunBetsy BredauLois and Ben BronfmanTerry and Judine BrooksDennis Brophy and Cathy GwinnLinda BrownDiane and David BuckKenneth and Joan ButterfieldMarsha ByrnesBarbara CampbellBill and JoAnn CanessaLaurie CaplanRichard Caplan

Anne Carpenter and Sean FitzpatrickEd and Joanne CaseyMary ChapinMaranda ChestlerWatt and Jennifer ChildressGene Cho and Marta KallstromCharles ClaytonElinor CoatesPaulina CockrumRick and Jean CollinsLuke and Melisa ColvinLinda and Michael CookJoanne Cornelius and David ClelandRoss and JoAnn CorneliusJohn and Page CowlesWade and Irene CoykendallJayne Cronlund and Pat O’NeillJanet and Brent Crosby*Anja CuriskisJean DanforthRobert and Mollie DavidsonCorey Davis and Meadow Ayres DavisTeresa DeLorenzoTed and Ruth DeurRobert Dick and Flora YoungSusan and Thomas DickersonRichard DitterAnne and Ed DobsonColleen DohrnWilliam DonnellyPhil and Nancy DraperDavid Drummond and Nancy Doty DrummondBarbara DudleySandy DuncanKatherine Duzik Carolyn Eady

Kay and Laurence EasonMolly EdisonDavid and Lisa EllenbergBetsey EllerbroekJo EllingsonLee EmeryCarol EnglehartJohn and Tara ErbenDeborah FallsRich Fathy and Joan BurkeRob and Kathy FelderMari Frances FendersonTravis FendersonBrian and Mo Fennerty*Georgenne FerdunDebra FerencyDana FieldRichard FinzerJoyce FoggChad and Tara FosseyRonald Fraback

Karen FrakesLeslie France and Mike BatesSusan Franck and James HoganRandy and Darlene FrankDennis Fullan and Kathi HottmanClaire and Zanley GaltonSusan and Seth GarberBennett and Patricia GarnerJohn and Kathy GartlandAugie and Kathy GattoGearhart Homeowners AssociationSharon and Steven GibsonGene and Bev GilbertsonSusan GillenSusan Glarum and Darrell ClukeyMarlene GleasonMary Jane GoethWilliam and Lyn GordonTerry and Cathy GraffTheresa GrahamIreta GraubeSusan GrayWalter and Gail GrebeBryant and Blake GreenJohn and Margaret GreenMark GreenfieldMarlene GreysonPrice and Hilary GripekovenRhonda GuaragliaJames and AnnMarie HaldemanMollie HandsRichard and Frances HansenJames Harle and Kimberly RiceTerry and Marcia HartillBettina HaugenDon HawleyCatherine Hayes

Ann HaywardPatricia HeinleinDarcy Henderson and Mike UrnessDonna Henderson and Rich SutliffHeather Henderson and David DonielsonHenry HieronimusBrian and Cathy HigginsKathie and Greg HightowerRobert HirschDaniel and Priscilla HochhalterKathy HoegerSusan and Tom HollingSusan HollowayGretchen and Keith HoneaJay HoppKaren HoytKathleen and Jim HudsonJoyce Hunt*Russel and Molly HunterVince and Ann Huntington*Donald and Margaret JacobsenMark JacobsenPam and Allan Jacobson*Susie JacobsonLou and Kathy JaffeDaryl JohnsonSarah and Tony JohnsonAmelia JonesChristopher JonesGregory and Linda JonesTim JosiEd Joyce and Ellen GreenfieldWilliam June and Susan GraberKathleen KaditzCynthia and Kaitlyn KampenFrances KasparRon and Ruth KatonStephen and Jan KatzCaryn KeeneySusan KeizerJanice KelleyRich and Evelyn KennedyJack and Mary KerwinElizabeth Ketcham*Merritt and Wanda KetchamVesta KilkennyGary and Diane KingKathryn and David KinmanGary and Margaret KirbyMargo and David KlangDenise KleimShirley Klock and Mark HousleySharon Kloepfer*Barbara KnopRandall and Lainie KochPeter Koehler, Jr. and Noel HanlonNate Koenigsknecht and Anne TattamDiane KoopmanKathleen and Michael KrallTed and Jan KramerBelinda KrugerSally Lackaff*Betsy LakeMargo LalichBetsey LangUrsula and Charles Le GuinDick Ledgerwood*

SUPPORT

We turn your financial support into scenic vistas, clean drinking water, and

healthy habitat for people and wildlife. Thank you for making it possible.

*Also donated one or more in-kind gifts

Phillip Lehman and Judith Schmidt- LehmanDianne LeisTammi Lesh and Lance Waldron*Richard Lira and Gretchen TaylorDarvel LloydEd LloydMichael Loftus and Julie GlasgowDave and Cindy LukensCheryl LundJulia MabrySteve and Debbie MansfieldWilson and Jeanne MarkKarl and Anne MarlantesAnn MartinMarcia MasonDennis and Katy MayerPolly McCarthyElizabeth McDougallJennifer McgregorRobert and Colleen McKeeDiane McVeyMike MercerSusan Mersereau and Phil WhiteRonda MeuwissenDebrah Miles and Larry GardnerWendy MilesJeff Miller and Casselle LaTouretteDonald MinerBob and Kathy MobergDebbie MoberlyMichael Moffett and Susan Edwards-MoffettMelanie MolerMarjory Morford Jack MorganMike Morgan and Beth HollandGary MuehlbergDennis MurphyKatharine and Ken MurphyJudith MyersRoger and Bonnie NeugebauerMichael and Caroline NeunzertCarol NewmanHarriet NormanTabitha NorrisRay and Carol NorthTed NortonWalter and Karen NovakLinda Oldenkamp and David PollardJohn OlsonLorraine Ortiz and Terry Fullan*Holly Owen and Matt StanleyJolette OwenTom OwenKaren and Kevin OyamaSusan Palmiter

Mary PattisonJudith PearsonCathy and Alvin PeinhardtJim and Christine PendergrassCatriona Penfield and Jeremy RustCurt and Carolyn PetersonAntoinette PietkaMartha and Stan PineTim and Kathleen PooleAlvis PorterLynn PotterSusan and Stephen PotterCarolyn Propst*Marjorie PropstSamantha ProvenzanoKen QuarlesJackie QuattrocchiThe Rainland Fly CastersCarol RaittRobert Reid and Jillayne SorensonBeverly RiceHarold RigganRoger Rocka and Jan MitchellJoseph and Barbara RodriguezJames RoehmEarl and Mary RognessMarilyn and Cleve RooperCharles RosenfeldElisa RouseJudy RowanMary RuhlLinnea RyanTim SavinarJustin Saydell and Rossana Lopez-SanchezSusan ScanlonRon Schiffman and Pat Noonan*Lois SchnitzerLeo SchreinerMartin Schwartz and Marcia FreedTom and Joan ScogginsKen and Camilla ScottLynette ScribnerDiane ScurlockDonna ScurlockDaniel and Kathryn SeiferJudith and John ShawKevan Shokat and Deborah KamaliKenneth Short and Margaret BaxMarcus SimantelLes and Lynn SinclairElaine SmithMarie SmithMarjorie SmithSid Snyder and Robin PowellThomas Sobel and Margaret DavisonDiane and Michael

SomersGreg and Roselle SorianoJudy Sorrel*Andrew Spaeth Cummins and Diane SpeakmanEthel StevensJim and Laura StewartSteven and Marsha StrausLace SvecCarmen Swigart Marie and Russell TaberRuss and Nancy TaggardWilliam and Sara TattamTauman Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Ann and Dave TaylorNancy TeagleMary ThamannDonald TheilerMike Theobald and Lyn FrischSam and Julie ThomaJill ThurstonSuzanne and Dick ThweattDenise TierneyLinda Todd and Alan MerkleSusan Tone and Phil BlantonGary TurelEd and Wendy UlmanRachel UlrichSteven UrmanAlice Van OtterlooSusan VitelloKatie Voelke and Scott Kirby*Marilyn Voelke and Kelly MonaghanConstance WaisanenCoral Mirth WalkerSusan WaltersChristine WandererGrant and Diane WatkinsonAmy WatsonJean WegenerMaureen WelchLarry and Dorothy WellPatty and Burt WentHelen WestbrookEthel WheatleyJohn Whittlesey and Peggy AnetDon and Stephanie WickershamChristina WieselmanJan WietingJean WilliamsRoger WilliamsJohn and Kathy WillisLisa WiltroutJill and Stephen WolfeDoug and Judy WoodJudy and Wayne WoodmanseeDoug WrightSteve and Patty Wright

Elaine and Pat YoungJames and Faye ZajicekMichael and Lorna ZametkinMarcia ZegarDave and Kathleen Zunkel*

BUSINESSESAmazonSmileAstoria CooperativeBodydrive Fitness, LLC*Bruce’s Candy Kitchen* Cannon Beach Book Company Cannon Beach Yoga Arts Clean-Sweep Maintenance, Inc. Clatsop Community Bank Distinctive Beach Lodgings, LLCFibre Federal Credit Union Fred Meyer Community RewardsInn at Haystack Rock Lower Columbia ClinicMacGregor’s Whiskey Bar Precision Castparts Corp.Sea Breez Court, Inc.Sunset Vacation Rentals Teevin Bros. Land & Timber Co.

GIFTS OF UP TO $99Anonymous (1)Susan AkesonRex and Nancy AndersonTom and Catherine ArpCynthia BarlowLou Ann Baty-SmithKelley BeamerTom BenderRobert and Cynthia BeraudRuby BerdineGail BernardJaneigh and Harold BettisJeanne Bevis and Stuart SandlerKen and Linda BierlyLisa BlackburnStan and Judy BlauerSusan BodinSebastian BonafedeRobert and Sharon BorgfordGerri BowdishDaniel and Aurelia BraunTiana BrionesJon and Doreen BroderickAnton and Elizabeth BromsMary BruingtonElizabeth Bunce* Michael BurgerDave and Annette Butler

James ByrneJean CameronSteve and Lynda CampbellBob CarsonJohn and Jane CaseyKim and Mark CavatortaKen and Jeanne ChamberlainPam ChaterPatricia and John CiminelloDenise ClausenMarlene ColendichKyle CollinsTed CooperJulie CulbertsonMerry Ellen CurtisRichard and Catherine D’OnofrioBruce and April DeBoltJack and Bonnie DelaneyLane deMollCharles and Beverly DimonJoe Dixon and Jennie Dunn-DixonDavid and Janet DobakWhitney DonielsonLinda and William DygertYvonne and Mickey EdwardsBarbara EdwardsonBarbara EngelTerry EngelstadDoug FastAaron FendersonAdam FendersonSteve and Regina FendersonRichard FettigVirginia FinchNina Fink and Nathan BernsteinPatrick and Jean FitzgeraldPatricia FlanaganAl and Nina FleckensteinJan and Geraldine FoutsDick and Khris FrankMarsha and Randall FreedEd and Mary GallagherWesley and Leslie GarvinGuy and Mary GehlingKaren and Nick GelbardGil and Ann GramsonJon Graves and Laura SnyderCatherine GreenEleanor GreenCarol HackettNan HalperinPatrick and Carmen HammersmithKarl and Audrey HandNancy HansonTom and Nancy HardyMartha HartIsa Haverlan

Julia HesseMichael and Judy HeumannJohn and Beth HiestandNancy HolmesAnne and Jim HoltzClarice HomerCole HorsleyMarcy and John HouleRichard HurleyNellie HutchisonAmy Hutmacher and David BeugliJeri and Ivan IngerHarriet JacksonMarilyn and Allan JioMartha JohnCheryl Johnson and Ted MessingEd and Tree JohnsonSusan JonesRaymond and Nansie JubitzBarry and Carol KastCharlotte KathrensKristen and Michael KernKevin and Lee KiddSuzanne Kindland and Jim KingwellJohn and Marilyn KingeryJane and John KleinheinzPauline KoenigsknechtDawn KoesterNancy and Bob KrollSue and Robert KroningNancy and Don KrugerShelley Kyle*Glenn Lamb and Susan KnightArline and Cliff LaMearCharlene LarsenRuth LeonelliLisa LeschinskyCharles and Phyllis LinehanBarbara MacIntoshCraig Mackie and Glenna GrayAnne MacRaeKathleen Malin

Philip and Deanna MancillTom and Sheila ManningTerri MaragosPatrick and Julie MarchCraig Markham and Susan Aldrich-MarkhamJames and Ella MarkhamJohn MartillaAlexis MartinCharles and Karen MattocksCharles and Mary MayJames and Marylou McAdooPatricia McDonaldNancy McKeighanBarbara and Charles McLaughlinJeanie McLaughlinJohn and Diana McLoughlinElizabeth and Ed MeaneyJohn Meckel and Barbara TraverChuck and Sara MeyerReid and Galen MickelsenMark and Rebecca MizellGayle MohrmanRuss MorganLynne Murray AlbrightKeith NealWilliam and Nancy NicholsJeanette NicolazziJack and Pat NiemiStacy and Steve NuttallJon Orloff and Jean ScholtzJohn Orr and Teresa BrownlieJerry Ostermiller and Lynne JohnsonPacific Unitarian Universalist FellowshipEarl and Janet PalmeterAndrew and Melinda PatersonDonna PerdunRobert and Honey Perkel

Dick PetroneDavid and Cheryl PfaffGlenda PhillipsSue PhillipsMaurie PolakAnnie Popkin and David ParkerSherry and Paul PuzissBrian and Tess RattyBill and Madeleine ReedLarry and Marilyn ReilingBrian and Bambi RiceJohn RippeyWilliam RitchieKen Robb and Kay Foetisch*Lee Roberts and Ilene DeutschJason RoehmJennifer and Nik RoudaThomas and Wendy RyanEd and Bonnie ScheinMaryjane SchramRoger and Marcia SchultzVirginia SelbergBill and Ellen ShawKyla SjogrenKaren SmallGreg and Rebecca SmithJohn SoellingLaura Jane SpellElisa and Jon SpoelstraLynette and Richard SproulHope StantonSam Steidel and Deborah Laws-SteidelStephen and Alice StolzbergDarlene StoryPriscilla SturgesNeva SuhadolnikCecilia SurerusAndrew SwansonGeraldine and Bob SwensonViviane TallmanDonna TaylorJames Thompson*Diane and Jon TierneyKathy Tiger and Joe

McKeeverLisa TomlinsonJim TowellSusan TriplettDebbie Twombly and Larry MooreDeborah and Carl VandervoortGeorge and Paula VetterWes Wahrmund and Jan Siebert-WahrmundKarin and Peter WalczakJohn and Mary WalterMarilyn WalterFrank Warren, Jr.Steve WascherRobert and Jean Wayne*Fred and Martha WhiteGary and Jean WhiteNancy and Gordon WhiteheadYvonne Whitney and Kathryn BulletsetJoe and Joanne WickershamMike and Sara WilkesCharles and Julie WilliamsonScott Wintermute and Kelli DaffronWilliam and Sally WorcesterSue and Hervin ZerangueLarry and Carol Zetterberg

BUSINESSESHeritage Research Associates, Inc.Neon Mamacita

IN-KIND GIFTSAnonymous (1)Dan and Susan BartlettPaul and Lana Jane BrentLisa Cerveny and David RussellPat and Ken LehmanMartin North Charitable Fund R.J. and Eve Marx

Alan and Wendy NiemMelissa ReichOlive and Dan ReichBri RicksBrooke and Ryan StanleyLynette VillagomezMarti Wajc

BUSINESSBeach BooksBeachcomber Vacation HomesBella Espresso Bill’s Tavern and Brewhouse Burkhardt Gallery Cannery Pier Hotel Cloud & Leaf Bookstore Coast Business Services, Inc.Columbia River Coffee Roaster, Inc.Dough Dough Bakery FinnesterreFlairFound—Cannon BeachFresh Foods Cannon BeachGrizzlies Brand Highlands Golf Course Jetty Fishery Marina & RV ParkLand’s End at Cannon Lower Nehalem Community TrustMorrisey Video Production North Coast Leather North County Recreation DistrictPacificLight ImagesPizza a’ Fetta Public Coast Brewing Co. Sea Level Bakery & Coffee Seaside Coffee Roasters Seaside Liquor Store Spindrift Inn Under the Big Top, Inc. The Wine Shack

A LASTING OPPORTUNITY

What do you give teenage grandchildren for their birthday? Nancy Hopp of Seaside tackled that challenge by making modest donations to North Coast Land Conservancy in the kids’ names. She had read NCLC’s newsletters and liked what the Conservancy had accomplished in the landscape she lived in.

Then two years ago her father died. Suddenly she had an inheritance—to spend on herself, and to pass on to others. When it came time to update her will and identify organizations to endow, NCLC came to mind. “That’s where my heart is: preserving the land,” she says. “I like to give to something that is lasting.”

Nancy’s townhouse is filled with art, much of it inspired

by nature. She loves living four blocks from the beach and just a few minutes’ drive from the Cove, where she goes on stormy days to watch the waves. She supports and volunteers for a number of worthy causes in the community. But North Coast Land conservancy stands out, she says. “Everything it does is forever.”

PLANNED GIVING

MEMORIAL GIFTS The following were remembered with one or more gifts in their name in 2017

Lisa AlbaGwen AllenBill BooneDennis BourdonnecJoyce BoutonBill BrayLouis BurzyckiRobert CharkhamAlyce CheathamJohn ChristieDon & Betty ChurchBob CoeAntionette DeWitBrian DoyleJohn Thomas DrumhellerNadine “Bea” DudleyJohn DuncanGordon EngelstadWalter H. Evans, IIISharnelle FeeJanet Martin GadsbyHelen GastonDr. Charles GeibergerDavid Gillis

Bob GreenMatthew GuderianHal & Evelyn HankelPaul HannemanSis HayesBetty HollandJerry HoppMichael HulingBette HutmacherRay & Dorothy JohnsDr. Mac JonesKatie M. JorgensonRon KaiserYassi KashfiEdward Marvin KeyKarl KonkaMike KnopAngie & Jerry LangteauIrene LavoratoReta Sabey LeithnerDavid LeonelliTerry LewisLeslie D. LloydLinda LloydDaniel, John & Roger

MaddenRobert MadgePete MarkRoland W. MersereauRobert MilesPrue MillerChris MonckCathy MorganStephen Murdock

Barbara NelinJane OwenJohn PattersonRon PhillipsColleen PowellAnn RadichPat ScanlonMel & Tilly SchaferJenny Holtz SetonDoris SnodgrassMark J. SomersShirley SopkoJohn StahlGordon StoryJune StrombergKeith SurerusCharlie & Frank SvecAl TaylorMargaret ThierryRobert E. ThompsonNiki TippettTulaCarol VernonMary VoelkeJudy WalshLester WeatherlyJames R. WheatleyHilda WhiteThe Mel Wick FamilyLaurie YarbroughFalcore Zerangue

John and Lisa AllenBetsy AyresDavid BaileyMarilynn Blacketer and Steve WarnerSebastian BonafedeJennifer BraunTiana BrionesMary BruingtonJames ByrneBarbara CampbellLaurie CaplanPaulina CockrumMike CoddingtonTeresa DeLorenzoSusan and Thomas DickersonJohn and Stephanie DudleyKatherine Duzik Carolyn EadyAaron FendersonStan Geiger and Marilynn StriblingJane GillisCarol HackettBonnie Henderson and Charlie Zennaché

Randall and Jeanne HendersonJulia HesseDaniel and Priscilla HochhalterNancy HolmesTom and Kirsten HorningJoyce HuntRichard HurleyBill and Ruth HutmacherDonald and Margaret JacobsenPatricia JohnsTim JosiElizabeth KetchamNate Koenigsknecht and Anne TattamMargo Lalich Dick LedgerwoodTammi Lesh and Lance WaldronRon LoganJulia MabryKathleen MalinVaughn and Mary MartinJohn and Deb MersereauMichael and Caroline NeunzertLorraine Ortiz and Terry FullanVianne Patterson

Jay and Penny PaulsenLynne and Larry PectolCatriona Penfield and Jeremy RustLisa PhippsMartha and Stan PineMaurie PolakCarolyn PropstJeffrey RoehmJudith and John ShawGreg and Rebecca SmithJim and Laura StewartMary ThamannSam and Julie ThomaJill ThurstonRoger and Florence TruaxSusan VitelloKatie Voelke and Scott KirbyFred and Martha WhiteRobert and Dianne Widdop Pat Wollner

BUSINESSESCannon Beach Book Company

SUSTAINING STEWARDS

From left, Sophie, Grace, and Alyssa Thoma at the barn picnic

A FAMILY AFFAIRBarely a month after moving from St. Louis, Missouri, to Seaside last July, the Thoma family packed a picnic and headed to Circle Creek to join North Coast Land Conservancy’s annual party at the barn and to see what NCLC was all about. They successfully bid on a basket of treats at the silent auction. And they became Sustaining Stewards virtually on the spot. “We usually

contribute to environmental causes,” says dad Sam Thoma, “and we really liked the idea of protecting the local environment around here.” This outdoorsy family regularly hikes, bicycles, and runs together; he thinks they’ll be adding weed-pulling on NCLC lands to the list this summer.

Nature Lesson Carol Vernon was a nature lover with a theatrical streak, as her daughter Gayle Seely tells it. Sometimes on outings in the woods, Carol would pick up a frog or a salamander and present the reluctant amphibian to her three squirming kids, declaring “Nature lesson!” She was especially fond of birds. The last home she shared with her husband of 64 years, Al Vernon, overlooked Neacoxie Creek in Gearhart, and Carol was fond of watching the seasonal parade of bird life through their picture windows: hummingbirds, cedar waxwings, wood ducks. “Carol loved to see them come through,” Al recalls. When cancer overtook Carol, Al had her hospital bed installed in the

living room so Carol could watch the birds.

After Carol’s death in October 2014, Al went to Fairweather House and Gallery and purchased five large framed photographs of birds—Carol’s favorites—taken by naturalist Neal Maine. Al had served on the board of North Coast Land Conservancy for a decade beginning in the late 1980s and had become friends with Neal; together they

had helped launch the Conservancy. Al gave the photographs to Providence Seaside Hospital to brighten the walls of the infusion center where Carol was treated.

Al and others also made memorial gifts to North Coast Land Conservancy in

Carol’s name. In April 2015 Al, the couple’s three children and their spouses, and two of Carol’s nieces traveled to the memorial grove of ancient Sitka spruces

at Circle Creek Conservation Center to join in The Forest Remembers for the first time. It’s an annual reading of the names of all those memorialized with gifts to North Coast Land

Conservancy throughout its history. The family has been back every year since.

“The forest is big for us, and Circle Creek is such a special place,” Gayle says. “We always anticipate her name coming up, alphabetically, in the reading of names, but we hear a lot of other names we know and remember too.

“There’s just something so rewarding about being among trees, where everyone is so small, yet so big.”

TRIBUTE GIFTS The following were honored with one or more gifts in their name in 2017 Gwen & Morgan AndersonKay AyaBetsy AyresJane, Lane, Mary, Scott &

Terry BorgGene & Layton BorkanEloise BranchJerry & Sheryl BranchAnna BraunAnnette ButlerNick & Laura CoddingtonAllene CollinsDoug & Faith DeurDavid Dickerson & Ashley

HooverPaul & Margo DueberGail & Lil FendersonSue GabrielRyan GallagherPatricia GorhamJeffry GottfriedDoug & Kathie GreenEric HalperinJeanne & Randall HendersonLynne & Steve HolmesDavid & Jan HorningTom HorningTom & Kirsten Horning

Tobias HussaKit KetchamNate Koenigsknecht & Anne

TattamKen & Pat LehmanMaddy & McKenzie MaineNeal MaineVaughn MartinJohn & Deb MersereauMike Morgan & Beth HollandLynne Murray AlbrightNCLC StaffLorraine OrtizVianne PattersonDick PetroneDoug RayMelissa ReichPhyllis ReynoldsJeff RoehmLiam RosenWendy & Thomas RyanLynn SudduthScott & Kim Santos and FamilyLynette VillagomezKatie Voelke Jon WickershamZoo Book Group

Al Vernon, at right, with his daughter and son-in-law, Gayle and David Seely, at NCLC’s Conservation Christmas Trees event in December.

Sustaining Stewards are those who support North Coast Land Conservancy with automatic recurring donations of any amount. Thank you to (left to right) Corey Davis and Meadow Ayres Davis,

Jon and Doreen Broderick, Bill and Ruth Hutmacher, Vince and Ann Huntington, and all our Sustaining Stewards:

“There’s just something so rewarding about being among trees, where everyone is so small, yet so big.”

Read more about North Coast Land Conservancy’s annual memorial event The Forest Remembers at NCLCtrust.org/the-forest-remembers.

SPECIAL GIFTS