wood river land trust newsletter fall 2007

8/8/2019 Wood River Land Trust Newsletter Fall 2007

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The cottonwood orest trail at Draper Wood River Preserve

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ailey residets ad Wood River

Lad Trust are celebratig the com-

pletio of a log-aticipated lad trade thatexpaded the Cedar Bed Preserve from 4.5

to 84.5 acres. Wood River Lad Trust first

idetified the area for protectio i 1997

as part of a effort to create a protectedgreeway alog the Big Wood River iHailey. The greeway would protect

healthy river fuctio ad wildlife habitat,

lesse impacts of floodig, ad provide a

place to ejoy hikig, swimmig, fishig,

ad bird watchig year-roud.The first step towards protectig this

riverfrot area came with a doatio from

Erie Gore ad Cheri Ashworth i 2001.

As part of the ew Cedar Bed subdivisio,

Gore ad Ashworth doated 2.3 acres, ad

the Cedar Bed Preserve was bor. A

opportuity to purchase 2.2 adjacet acres

at a bargai rate arose i 2003, leadig

to a successful fudraisig campaig thatexpaded the Preserve to 4.5 acres.

I mid-July, after more tha two yearsof discussio ad egotiatio, Wood River

Lad Trust received 120 acres of lad pre-

viously owed by the Idaho Departmetof Lads icludig a mile of Big Wood

River frotage i Hailey i exchage for a

4.6-acre lot i Idia Creek. 80 of these

acres are adjacet to the Cedar Bed

Preserve, makig the ew preserve aexpasive 84.5 acres i the ceter of tow.

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Protecting the heart

of the valley...now anfor the future.

Hailey Preserve Grows by 80 Acresand Gets New Name

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Bill BurnhamBoard Member

the late 80s ad early 90s, Billad his wife, Kaye, took may sum-

mer trips to wester resort areas hopig

to fid the perfect secod home tow.

Although they loved to ski, they wat-

ed to experiece the moutais, rivers,streams, forests, ad wildlife durig the

glorious summer moths. Their deci-

sio to settle i the Wood River Valley

tured out to be a easy oethe areasbeauty, its traquility, the friedly adivolved people, ad the recreatioal

opportuities made it the clear choice.

They bought a home ad moved here

part-time i 1995.

Less tha two years later Bill missedthe area so much whe at home i

Atlata, Georgia, that he ad Kaye

WHo We ARe

agreed he would retire early ad theywhould move full-time to their home i

Elkhor.

I 1999 Bill became a member of

the Board of Directors of the Su Valley

Elkhor Associatio. Bill explais thatthe group ows hudreds of acres of

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Kaye and Bill Burnham

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ope space ad other evirometallysesitive lad. I became more ad more

cocered, he says, about ways to

esure that sesitive areas throughout

the Valley were protected ad preservedfor geeratios to come . . . After dis-

cussig this with my fried ad former-

Board Presidet of the Lad Trust, Joh

Flattery, it became obvious that the best

way for me to pursue these goals wasto get ivolved with Wood River Lad

Trust.

Bill has bee a member of Wood

River Lad Trusts Board of Directors

sice 2005. This is a very active adivolved Board, says Bill. The mem-

bers are passioate about Wood River

Lad Trusts work, ad Im excited to be

helpig the orgaizatio meet its goals.

For the ninthconsecutive year,Wood River LandTrust is fortunateto announce a2:1 year-end

challenge grant.

CHALLEnGE GRAnT 2007

Anonymous donors and our Board of Directors have generousy pedged$170,000. To receive this gift, e must raise $340,000 by December 31, 2007.This means that every doar you donate before the end of the year i bematched by an additiona $.50.

The Year-End Chaenge provides an exceent opportunity to make your gift goeven further in the protection of the Vaeys and, ater, and idife habitat.

A donations are tax-deductibe. Pease hep us reach our goa today!

Visit the BuidingMateria Thrift Storeat its ne ocation

- 3930 S. Woodside -beginning

November 1, 2007.

(208) 788-0014

buildingmaterialthriftstore.org

Year-End Challenge Goal.............$340,000

Amount Raised as of 8/30........$78,995

Amount Needed toMeet Challenge........................$266,005


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Big Thanks to Dedicated

Summer Internse sed out a big thak you to our hardworkig

stewardship iters, Joh McVay ad Jackso

Parker. Joh, who recetly completed his masters degree

from SUnY Evirometal Sciece ad Forestry College

i Syracuse, created a digital archive of our coservatioagreemet documets. Jackso, a studet at Eckerd College

i Florida, orgaized our aual coservatio agreemet

ispectios. Jackso ad Joh both spet log hours work-

ig i the fieldmaitaiig trails, fightig oxious weeds,

ad esurig our lads are well cared for.We wish the best to Jackso ad Joh as they pursue

their careers i coservatio!

John and Jackson in ront o Wood River Land Trusts histori

headquarters

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Jeff Adams

Joy ad Eric AlleKe Aderso

Tom BergiRiley BermaCarol Blackbur

Florece ad Tom BlachardGay Boecker

Bobbie BoyerElizabeth Bree

Carol BrowMary Jae Burs

Susa CadyLy CampioMark Caywood

Kyle ColePatrice Cole

Steve CrosserArt Dahl

Jey Emory DavidsoRick DavisLida ad Bob Edwards

Carl EvesoDaralee ad Joh Fiell

Polly FrostmaPeter Gray

Dick HayIree ad Michael HealySarah Hedrick

THAnk you. . .

Jeff HobartPatricia Hull

Aie KaiserJea Kavaagh

Alliso KeedyHampto Kig

Chris KochBob LawMeribeth Lomki

Paddy McIlvoyErica Miller

Gerry MorrisoLyea newcomerPatsy nickum

Carme ad Ed northeEsther Ochsma

nicola PottsKathy Richmod

Jaso Roth

Becky SmithBreda Smith

Bob StevesBrett Steveso

Reed StokesReggie Swidle

Jeifer TuohyLiza WilsoElizabeth Zellers

Thanks to All Our Volunteers-

We Couldnt Do It Without You!

Ken Anderson and MJ Burns join an ambitious group o

volunteers or a day o work and un at Boxcar Bend

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Kathy Richmond displays a

delicious morel

connecTIngMeandering for Mallow

his years wildflower hike took place o Jue

5th at the 17-acre Lake Creek Preserve adwas led oce agai by botaist Carol Blackbur.

The sky looked threateig, but the weather stayed

fie ad cool, makig the hikig up, up, up the hill

ot quite so challegig. We saw may ative

wildflowers Globe Mallow, Scarlet Gilia, HotRock Pestemo, Arrow-leaved Balsamroot, ad

Yarrow were just a few. There was also a member

of the Lily Family that Carol had ot see therebefore, ad her ethusiasm was ifectious.

We hope youll joi us ext year for a fie eve-ig hike to see beautiful flowers ad paoramic

views, ejoy covivial compay, ad lear about

our ative flora. Or, visit the Preserve o your ow

ad let us kow what flowers you fid!

espite the cold drizzle at

Draper Wood River Preserve

(formerly Cedar Bed Preserve),

this years Mushroom Walk crowd

was large ad ethusiastic. KathyRichmod, Simba Sprigs coserva-

tio agreemet door ad member

of the Souther Idaho Mycological

Associatio, led the walk for the

secod year ad shared her kowl-edge about mushrooms.

Kathy shared some poiters

ad the set the huters to search

throughout the preserve. Most of

the participats huted for morels,but may mushroom species, both

edible ad poisoous, were foud

ad idetified.

Mushroom Madness

Learning about wildowers at Lake Creek Preserve

Caddis Capers:

A River Successs the fishig seaso heated up,local kids headed out to the

River. Silver Creek Outfitters ad

Wood River Lad Trust teamed upto create Caddis Capers, a fly-fish-

ig ad coservatio class for kids.

About te local youth joied us for

a fu morig o the Big Wood

River.The kids explored the River

with a stream health scaveger

hut, leared about etomology,ad had a castig cliic i Hule

Meadows Pod as well as a picicluch. It was a excitig morig

o the Big Wood ad everyoe was

all smiles by the ed of the day. A

special thaks to Terry Rig ad

his staff at Silver Creek Outfittersas well as our great voluteers who

helped make the evet a success.

Hoping or fsh at Hulen

Meadows Pond

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To THe LAnd

O Wood River Lad Trusts wish list sice1997, this trade preserves oe of the most

popular atural areas i our commuity.

The areas cottowood forest is a crucial

part of the river system, ad the trail co-

ectig Cedar Bed ad Lios Park is usedyear-roud for walkig, joggig, ad sow-

shoeig, bird watchig, ad simply relaxigo the baks. I additio to improvig

water quality ad decreasig flood risks, the

cottowood forest also provides importatwildlife habitat. Moose, elk, deer, river

otter, ad a variety of birds are commoly

see i the Preserve.

A ong-anticipated and trade expands the Cedar Bend Preserve from4.5 to 84.5 acres

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The trade was a success due i part to

the geerosity of a umber of local residets.

Foremost are Priscilla ad Raey Draper,

who made a leadership gift that eabledWood River Lad Trust to purchase the lot

used to trade for the State of Idaho lad. We

also thak Bruce Smith, ower of Alpie

Eterprises, a local surveyig ad mappig

compay, who sold his 4.6-acre lot i IdiaCreek to Wood River Lad Trust at a bar-

gai rate for use as the trade lot.

The Idaho Departmet of Lads ows

lad for the purpose of geeratig reveue

for the states schools. Because of its char-ter, they are ot able to make discouted

trades or bargai sales of lad. Therefore,

fidig lad at a comparable value for trade

was essetial to the trasactios success.

Smiths bargai sale (offerig a sellig pricebelow market rate) offer made it possible for

Wood River Lad Trust to raise moey from

private sources to purchase the lot it the

traded to the State. Matt Luck of

Widermere Realty also geerously

waived his real estate commissio.

Thaks to the support of the

Drapers, Bruce Smith, ad a umberof others, 80 acres alog the river

are forever protected ad ope to

the commuity. The Cedar Bed

Preserve was reamed the

Draper Wood River Preserve at a

private dedicatio ceremoy o

July 25th i hoor of the Draper

Familys commitmet to protect-ig the Big Wood River ad its

cottowood forests ad wildlife

habitat.

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connecTIng

ach year as summer slows ad

autum creeps i, we aouce

our aual Heart of the Valley co-

test. The theme of this years cotest,

our 4th, is Sustaiig the Heart of ourValley. There are coutless reasos we

love livig i the Wood River Valley.

Some reasosfabulous skiig, hikig,

bikig, ad fishigare almost ui-

versally amed. Other tows, though,such as Aspe, Jackso, Lake Tahoe,

ad Whistler have these ameities, but

we do ot log to call them home.

This years cotest asks you to

explore the fudametal elemets thatset the Wood River Valley apart from

other moutai resort areasthe thigs

that if take away would rob us of our

uique idetity. It could be local produce

that keeps us healthy, people ad places

that ispire us, wildlife ad uforget-table vistas right out the back door, or

busiesses ad evets that add to the

commuitys vitality . . . coutless people,

places, ad thigs come together to cul-

tivate ad urture the bouty that makesthe Wood River Valley home.

Thats this years challege . . . show

us where, withi what, or with whom

this essece is foud by sedig us your

photographs ad short writigs (essays,poems, ad memoirs). Photographs

will be displayed ad readigs of t

short writigs will be held through

out the witer. Submissio guide

lies are available o our website,www.woodriverladtrust.org. You

ca also stop by our office or co-

tact Heather Kimmel at 788-3947

[email protected]

more iformatio.

This years cotest is geerously

sposored by:

Tell Us Why You Love Living in the Valley!

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Board o Directors

Clark Gerhardt, President

Ed Cutter, Vice President

Joan Swift, Treasurer

Robin Garwood, Secretary

Jerry Bashaw

William Burnham

John Flattery

Trent Jones

Heather King

Patricia Klahr

Jack Kueneman

Bill Lehman

Liz Mitchell

John Fell Stevenson

Steve Strandberg

Tom Swift

Chris Thompson

Barbara Thrasher

Doris Tunney

Liz Warrick

WRLT StaScott Boettger

Executive Director

Morgan Buckert

Membership Assistant

Melanie Dahl

Executive Assistant

Kate Giese

Director of Conservation

Kathryn Goldman

Project Coordinator

Diane Kahm

Development Assistant

Heather KimmelProgram & Membership

Coordinator

Robyn WatsonMajor Gifts Officer

Nathan WelchPlanning Coordinator

Advisory Committee

David Anderson

Peter Becker

Ranney Draper

Rebekah Helzel

Dave Parrish

Larry Schoen

John Seiller

Bruce Tidwell

This newsletteris published by:

Wood River Land Trus

119 East Bullion Street

Hailey, Idaho 83333

208-788-3947 (telephone

208-788-5991 (fax)

[email protected]

www.woodriverlandtrust.

Tax ID# 82-0474191

Last Chance To Reap

Additional Benefits ForConservation Donations!

Receive added benefits fr cnservatin

dnatins f and in 2007.

A TEMPoRARY lAw: Increasesthetaxdeductionforconservation

easement dnatins frm 30% f andners

incme in any year t 50%;

Allowsqualifyingfarmersandrancherstodeduct

up t 100% f their incme; and

Increasesthenumberofyearsoverwhicha

dnr can take deductins frm 6 t 16 years.

These ne rues ny appy t cnservatin

agreements and and dnatins made by December

31, 2007.

Submissions Due November 16,


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To THe LAnd

he we first came to Idaho

17 years ago we were struck

by the awesome beauty of this state

ad especially the strikig moutaisad forests aroud ad just orth

of Ketchum. The Boulders, White

Clouds, ad Sawtooth Moutais

became a source of ispiratio tous. While carig for sick ad dyigpatiets with cacer ad blood

disorders i Califoria was deeply

rewardig ad challegig, it was

also immesely stressful. We decided

to look for property i Idaho. O askiig trip i 1989, we discovered a

chuk of relatively udisturbed lad

with a small home ad decided to

purchase Simba Sprigs, to be used

as a getaway from our freetic life iCaliforia.

A few years later, after mayvacatios from Califoria, we decided

we could o loger bear to stay away

from our ew home i Idaho. Wepicked up lock, stock, ad barrel ad

moved to Simba Sprigs. Suddely,

we were surrouded by peace, beauty,

ad cotetmet. We became aware

of the magic of wilderess ad wildlifesurroudig us i our ow backyard.

Sice that time we have become avid

preservatioists of wild ature ad

wild life. Simba Sprigs is home to

hudreds of species of plats ad wild-life ad hosts lots of migrat mega-

faua icludig black bears, moutai

lios, wolves, martes, lyx, deer, elk,

ad eve a occasioal proghor

ad moutai goat. We have couted80 species of birds, icludig bald

ad golde eagles, orther goshawk,

great hored owls, orther pygmy

owls, as well as may sogbirds.

Our forest of mature ad old growthDouglas Fir ad aspe ad our two

Why We Protected Simba SpringsBy Kathy and Dave Richmond of Clayton, Idaho

small creeks ad may sprigs pro-

vided susteace to us ad our visi-

tors, both huma ad aimal.

It soo became apparet to usthat we would eed to do some-

thig to esure that our 635 acres of

heave, surrouded o all 4 sides by

the SnRA ad BLM lad, would be

protected after we died. We had readabout coservatio agreemets ad

ivestigated a couple of orgaiza-

tios who would help us pla for the

future of Simba Sprigs. It wast

util we iterviewed the woderfulstaff at Wood River Lad Trust, how-

ever, that we kew we had foud our

solutio.

Scott Boettger ad Kate Giese

ad the rest of the staff listeed toall of our cocers ad spet may

hours workig to assure our agree-

met was exactly what we eeded.

O April 30, 2007 our Simba Sprigs

Coservatio Easemet was fializedad recorded. We ow ca rest assured

that this piece of Gods creatio will

remai i as pristie a state as possible

i perpetuity, thaks to Wood River

Lad Trusts commitmet.

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Satooth Nationa Recreation Area

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An autumn vista at the ney protected635-acre Simba Springs


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With Your Support: 6,421fALL 2007

n THIs Issue:

Hailey Preserve Grows

y 80 Acres and Gets

New Name

..Page 1

Tell Us Why You Love

iving in the Valley

..Page 6

Why We Protected

imba Springs

..Page 7

Golden Day by Kim Clayton,

Honorable Mention

Photography Division,

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