wood river land trust newsletter fall 2008

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he southwest end o HaileysLions Park received a acelit this

July thanks to our Croy Creek WetlandRestoration Project. The City o Haileyonce used the area that is now Lions Parkas its landill. Prior to its restoration, the

parks southwest corner was ull o ill andconcrete that had been dumped next to thewetlands along Croy Creek. Because o theareas degradation, noxious weeds were alsoabundant.

The Croy Creek Restoration Project iscreating a larger, more naturally unction-ing wetland along Croy Creek, improvingwildlie habitat and water quality in theloodplain, and providing additional rec-reational and educational opportunities at

Lions Park. The restoration eorts beganby removing over 1,200 tons o concrete,glass, scrap metal, bedsprings, a hot waterheater and stove, an assortment o house-hold waste, and ill. We then planted about150 native shrubs, trees, and grasses such as

red-osier dogwood, black cottonwood, andbluejoint reed grass that will improve waterquality by iltering spring runo. The newplantings will also provide habitat or anarray o birds and other wildlie. A tem-porary irrigation system will water the newplantings until their roots are established.

The Croy Creek restoration site is alsoadjacent to our 85-acre Draper Wood RiverPreserve. We plan to work with the City o

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Protecting the heartof the valley...now an

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Who We ARe

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Meet Our BoardWol Riehle

ol Riehle has been a res-ident o the Wood River

Valley or 11 years, and many oyou may know him as the ormerowner o Bigwood Bread. Priorto the bakery business, where heocused on creating great-tastingorganic breads and working with

local growers, Wol obtained twoMBAs and had a career in prod-uct marketing. He moved to theWood River Valley rom Ham-burg, Germany with his wie, Feli,and their son, Fynn, or the areas natural beauty and remoteness,as well as or the casual, quiet, sophisticated, athletic, and riendlycommunity. Wol is an active mountaineer, and he hopes to hikeand climb in our mountains or many years to come.

When asked to share a little about himsel and his involvementwith Wood River Land Trust, Wol writes:

I eel lucky to be able to call the Wood River Valley my home.

To this day I count my blessings or being able to raise a amilyhere. I frmly believe that an intact environment is important tothe physical and spiritual health o all beings.

As a resident and ather I eel obligated to help protect the valuethat defne this special place: clean air and water, robust healtha beautiul landscape in which to play and grow and be inspiredintact habitats or wildlie, and a community that is passionateabout the magnifcent lands that surround us.

Wood River Land Trust is working and fghting or exactly thatThey protect our natural heritage through conservation, education, and advocacy o smart planning, and they do it proessionally with dedication and passion. Having protected almost10,000 acres or uture generations right here in our backyard isa tremendous accomplishment!

Wood River Land Trust is an inspiration or involvement, cour-age, and community to all o us. I am looking orward to contributing my energy and knowledge to a great cause, one acre ata time!

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would like to share with all o our membersthe thoughts I expressed when I was elected

President o Wood River Land Trust at ourAnnual Meeting in early July.

Together, the sta, board, and private land-owners with whom Wood River Land Trust hasestablished relationships have created a legacy oprotected land, community support or conserva-

tion, and a highly-regarded, ethical conservationorganization o which we all should be proud.

However, we must not let Wood River LandTrusts many past successes overwhelm our dreamsor the uture or conine our uture achievements.Tomorrows success may well depend upon ourwillingness to move away rom what made us suc-cessul in the past and start down dierent paths.We should be willing to reocus in order to get itright or the long haul. It is the long haul that isimportant because the lands entrusted to us areour responsibility in perpetuity, and there is nolonger haul than that.

I thank John Flattery and Clark Gerhardtor the dedicated work each o them has givento Wood River Land Trust while serving aspresidents or the past ive years. Our new VicePresident, Jack Kueneman, and I have tough actsto ollow, but we know that we have an outstand-ing sta to carry the load.

I look orward to working with the sta, themembers o the Board, our landowner partners,and our supporters with the goal o maintainingWood River Land Trusts outstanding reputationin our community.

Letter from the Board

President, Ed Cutter

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A Special Thanks to This

Summers Extraordinary Interns!or many years now, Wood River Land Trust has been luckyto have dedicated, hard-working summer interns. This

summer is no exception, and our interns were outstanding!Heidi Slaymaker and Lucas Bare spent the summer helping uscare or our preserves and conservation agreement sites, andthey have been vital to accomplishing these tasks.

Heidi hails rom Vancouver, British Columbia, and isinishing up her Masters degree in Forests and Society romthe University o British Columbia. Last summer, she workedor the British Columbia Conservation Corps building trailsin remote areas o the province. Prior to her career in con-servation, she was the assistant coach or the Oregon State

University womens soccer team. A passionate mountain biker,Heidi has been enjoying the areas trails and biking community.Heidi says she has enjoyed having a wide variety o projects towork on and has especially liked exploring the Church Farmproperty boundaries and its habitats.

Lucas is originally rom New Mexico and will begin his lastyear o graduate school in the Bren School o EnvironmentalScience at the University o Caliornia, Santa Barbara this all.Ater completing his undergraduate degree at Bowdoin Collegein Maine, he worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory ona number o genetic research projects. During his inal semesterat UCSB, Lucas will be completing a conservation manage-ment plan or an area in southern Caliornia. Since starting his

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internship, Lucas has hiked a number o back-country trails here and in the Sawtooth Valley.An avid birder, he has enjoyed living with oneo our local bird experts.

We look orward to seeing Lucas and Heidias conservation colleagues in the uture. Goodluck to you bothwe know youll go ar!

CHALLENGE GRANT 2008Wood River Land Trust is pleased to announce its 8thconsecutive Year-End Challenge Grant.

his year, anonymous donors and our Board o Directors have pledged$180,000 towards our protection o local land, water, and wildlie

habitat; to earn this amount, however, we must raise $360,000 in unre-stricted donations by December 31st. This means that every dollar you

donate beore the end o the year will be matched by an additional $0.50.Your unrestricted donations help pay or the basic necessities - dedi-

cated proessional sta, oice space, and general oice needs - that makeour work possible.

The Year-End Challenge makes every dollar o your support go evenurther in the protection o the Valleys land, water, and wildlie habitat.Please help us reach our goal today!

Wood River Land Trust is a tax-exempt non-profit organization; donations are tax-deductible.

Year-End ChallengeGoal:

$360,000

Amount Raisedas of 9/2:$80,220

Amount Needed toMeet Challenge:

$279,780

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connecTIng

ach year as the last long days osummer draw to a close and the

irst crisp hints o all appear, we atWood River Land Trust start thinkingabout our annual Heart o the ValleyContest. This year marks the con-tests 5th anniversary as well as WoodRiver Land Trusts 15th year protectinglocal land, water, and wildlie habi-tat. Reaching these milestones has usrelecting on our work in the Valleyand on the many things that make usall love to live, work, and play in sucha wonderul place.

No matter ones interests or proes-sion, we think all would agree that theWood River Valley abounds with a eel-ing o energy and possibility. Whetheryou are inspired by outdoor recreation,

appreciation o the vast open and scenicplaces that surround us, or regular sight-ings o local wildlie, the Valley pulseswith vitality and vibrancy.

Last years contest submissions over-whelmingly deined the distinguishingcharacteristic that sets the Wood RiverValley apart rom other mountain resorttowns as its sense o community. Thisyear we are asking you to build on thisidea to describe the ways in which theValley eeds, inspires, and nurtures you.

Behold this years challenge: Pleasesend us your photographs, prose, andpoetry that illustrate the ways that livingin the Wood River Valley makes your liedierent than it would be anywhere elseand that describe the things that drewyou here in the irst place and the things

that keep you here year ater yearPhotography submissions

will be displayed and prose andpoetry submissions read at eventsto be held throughout the winter.Submission guidelines are availabwww.woodriverlandtrust.org. Youalso contact Heather Kimmel at 73947 or hkimmel@woodriverlandorg or more inormation.

The 5th Annual Heart o theValley Contest is sponsored by:

Tell Us Why You Love Living in the Valley!Start preparing your submissions today for our largest Heart of the Valley Contest yet!

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Submissions Due Friday,

November 21, 2008.

Board o Directors

Ed Cutter, President

Jack Kueneman, Vice President

Joan Swift, Treasurer

Robin Garwood, Secretary

David Anderson

Jerry Bashaw

John Flattery

Clark Gerhardt

Trent Jones

Heather King

Liz Mitchell

Wolf Riehle

John Fell Stevenson

Steve Strandberg

Barbara Thrasher

Doris Tunney

Liz Warrick

WRLT StaScott Boettger

Executive Director

Morgan Buckert

Membership Assistant

Melanie Dahl

Executive Assistant

Kate Giese

Director of ConservationKathryn Goldman

Project Coordinator

Diane Kahm

Development Assistant

Heather KimmelProgram & Membership

Coordinator

Robyn WatsonMajor Gifts Officer

Nathan WelchPlanning Coordinator

Keri YorkStewardship Coordinator

Advisory Committee

Peter Becker

Ranney Draper

Rebekah Helzel

Dave Parrish

Larry Schoen

John Seiller

Tom Swift

Bruce Tidwell

This newsletter is published by:

Wood River Land Trust

119 East Bullion Street

Hailey, Idaho 83333

208.788.3947 (telephone)

208.788.5991 (fax)

[email protected]

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materials, and larger householditems. Proceeds rom the saleo materials are dedicated to

Wood River Land Trustspreservation o land, water,

and wildlie habitat throughoutthe Wood River Valley.

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To The LAndAnother Sizzling

Summer at Wood

River Land Trustand Trust staers stayed busy throughoutthe summer with a long list o events.

Our summer event series kicked o with our3rd Annual Mushroom Walk in May. Held

at the Draper Wood River Preserve in Hailey,the Mushroom Walk was attended by almosta hundred people. Kathy Richmond, SimbaSprings Conservation Agreement donor andmember o the Southern Idaho MycologicalAssociation, led the walk once again andshared her enthusiasm and knowledge withall o the attendees. A variety o mushroomswere ound, including a handul o morelsouravorite!

Our Wildlower Walk was led by CarolBlackburn, our avorite botanist, on a cold andrainy day at our Lake Creek Preserve. Though

halted by a cold spring, we ound plenty olowers to identiy and caught the beginning othe epic Arrowlea Balsamroot season.

Wood River Land Trust also participatedin the Sun Valley Food and Wine Festivalin June by highlighting local morels at sev-eral events: A vintner dinner was held atRiccabonas to beneit the Land Trust, cookingdemonstrations eatured morels, and a secondmushroom walk took ungus seekers on anotherexpedition in search o the tasty morel.

We are also indebted to the many vol-unteers who spent their weekends helping

us spruce up our preserves or summer. TheHemingway Chapter o Trout Unlimited, SunValley Adaptive Sports, Friends o Howard,and dozens o individuals helped us pick uptrash, pull weeds, and build trails at our pre-serves.

Despite a busy season o summer events,were looking orward to rolling out a newseries o winter events as well . . . stay tunedor more!

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Kathy Richmond shares herknowledge o mushrooms atour annual mushroom walk

Identiyingwildowers atLake CreekPreserve

ast all, with the help o Ed Papenberg rom the Idaho Department o Fis

Game, we collected sagebrush seed to aid in ire rehabilitation eorts. Wso much un we plan on going out again this year to Cowcatcher Ridgeone protected areas in Bellevue. Look or details in November!

Collecting Seeds for Sowing

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Martha Hale and Nathan Welch gather sagebrush seed at Cowcatcher Ridge


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Kids Rule!rother and sister Michael andAmelia Madsen made the most o

Earth Day in April to beneit Wood RiveLand Trust. Working with their buddiesAsher and Isaac Loomis, they sold home-made baked goodies at Hailey Elementarywith the goal o donating the proits. Atschool, their mom, Tori, brought them by

the Land Trust oice, and they generouslygave us their coee can ull o the daysearnings$45.45!

Michael is 9 and going into the 4thgrade and is quite adept at such inancialmatters. Amelia is 6 and is entering 1stgrade this year; her greatest joy is playingoutdoors, something all o us at the LandTrust love to do, too.

Thank you or thinking o us, MichaAmelia, Asher, and Isaac!

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ThAnk you

Je AdamsElizabeth Albrecht

Joy and Eric AllenKen AndersonDevan AnnanBen BainbridgeDick Barker

A.J. BeesleyTom BerginHeather J. BlackCarol BlackburnFlorence and Tom BlanchardGay and Donald Boecker

Jerry BoeselKaren BossickBobbie BoyerElizabeth BreenErin C. BurbankRose BurbankM.J. BurnsCinda Caine

Kyle CallaghanChase H. CaulkinsMark CaywoodMichael E. CoinerTaylor L. Coiner

Madeline M. CordovanoIris Correa

Jenny Emery DavidsonMadison L. Dee

Jonathan DiemLaura A. ElgeeSamantha K. Engel

Carl EvensonJill C. FeldhusenDaralene and John Finnell

Woody FriedlanderSpencer W. FullmerBrita A. Gaeddert

Janice GilletteNicole L. GilletteKathy GrottoLars Guy

James Z. HagueHaleigh-Mykel HallDick HaySarah Hedrick

Je HobartMike HowardScott HowardPatricia HullLiv Jensen

Thanks to All Our Volunteers

We Couldnt Do It Without You!

Renee and Alexis Shapiro volunteer or a dayo work and un at Boxcar Bend Preserve

Richard KahnBruce Kaplan

Jenna KavanaghBruce KremerLyndsey R. LascheckBob Law

John Lowe

Juan MartinezKim MazikMisha R. McGonigalPaddy McIlvoyLarry MeyersGerry MorrisonLayna M. NelsonMegan StevensonCarmen and Ed NorthenTransito Padilla

Alex C. PalmerEd Papenberg

Jack PetersMary Ann Peters

Tori J. PaeeMaria PollanMal J. PriorLauren ReutterKathy RichmondIrene and Jim RobinsonLara RozzellNathan, Heidi,

and Larry SchiersTammy and Jazzy SchofeldGlen, Vicki, Renee,

and Alexis ShapiroAshleigh ShareBrittany Shipley

Brenda SmithJesse J. SoulignyGreg StahlEddie SvidgalErika SwangerBruce TidwellKahli D. Steenstra ToussaintPamela and Dick TuckerStephanie B. TurnerGordon WaitDiana Wilde

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Hailey to connect the restored wetland areato the Draper Wood River Preserve with atrail, boardwalk, and overlook system alongthe west side o the Big Wood River nearthe areas beaver ponds. Interpretive sig-nage along the trail will provide inormationabout the ways wetland areas beneit waterquality and wildlie.

This project was unded by a grant romthe Idaho Department o EnvironmentalQuality (DEQ) and local partners. TheDEQ grant covered 60% o the projectcosts, and local sources provided the balance

o the projects $165,750 budget. Financialand in-kind support or the Croy CreekRestoration Project was provided by BlaineCounty Flood District, Blaine County,City o Hailey, Idaho Association o SoilConservation Districts, Rinker Foundation,Sawtooth Environmental Consulting, andWebb, Inc. Wood River Land Trust com-pleted the project with help rom the Cityo Hailey Public Works Department, ErwinExcavation, Big Wood Landscaping, andover 15 volunteers.

Extreme MakeoverConservation Style: Restoring

the Croy Creek WetlandsContinued from cover

Hulen Meadows FloodplainManagement Project

ood River Land Trust is working with the City oKetchum and the BLM to create a Recreation and

Public Purpose (RPP) agreement that will allow the City oKetchum and Wood River Land Trust to share managemento 217 acres near Hulen Meadows just north o Ketchum.This partnership will give the City o Ketchum a permanentlease on the land and create a recreational asset or the com-munity. As part o the cooperative management plan, Wood

River Land Trust will improve the health o the loodplainand associated ish and wildlie habitat along this stretch othe Big Wood River. Depending on the outcome o hydro-logic studies and the availability o water rights, managementactivities may include restoration o the Hulen Meadows site,enhancement o the riparian habitat to the north along theriver, and construction o a permanent river oxbow.

To learn more about this project and how you can con-tribute, please contact Kathryn Goldman at (208) 788-3947or [email protected].

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