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hanks to two generous families, a voluntary conservation agreement

now protects 103 acres in the popular hik-ing, biking, and fishing area of Colorado Gulch, just south of Hailey’s city limits. The generous donation made by the land-owners, Grant, Sheri, and Cat Stevens, and Jeff Pfaeffle and his family, permanently protects approximately ¾ mile of riverfront on the west side of the Big Wood River accross from the City of Hailey’s Heagle Park. Located near the Draper Wood River Preserve, this conservation agreement adds

to a growing corridor of protected land along the Big Wood River in and near Hailey and includes healthy riparian areas along the River and a native cottonwood forest. The upland areas are part of a large migration corridor for mule deer and pro-vide winter habitat for elk.

Two years ago, Wood River Land Trust’s Healthy Waters Healthy Future project identified the area near Colorado Gulch as a high priority for protection of the River and its fish. Protecting this area will preserve the natural functions of the

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his newsletter marks the end of my term as President of Wood River

Land Trust’s Board of Directors. I want to thank my fellow Directors and our terrific staff for their commitment to Wood River Land Trust’s mission. We have raised the amount of protected lands to approximate-ly 10,000 acres of unique open space and wildlife habitat. Often, we are protect-ing traditional farm and ranchland from development pressure or riverfront lands for public access. While our “bread and butter” activity is to enter into conserva-tion agreements with private landowners, we are increasingly working on complex, multi-year projects involving local, state, and federal agencies. Examples include the Draper Wood River Preserve and our upcoming Croy Creek Restoration Project.

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lans for the remodel of our staff housing next door on Second Avenue are nearly complete, and we will soon go to the City

of Hailey for design review. Eddy Svidgal Architects AIA created an exterior design for us that the Hailey Historic Preservation Committee would call “Hailey Historic”—one that is in keeping with this old Hailey neighborhood.

The plans call for the front room to be extended on the east side, providing an opportunity to use the full basement. That will give us a total of 3 bedrooms for staff, to provide housing for interns year-round.

We are researching green building options and will work with the Building Material Thrift Store to use recycled materials. Landscaping will be drought tolerant to minimize water usage. If you can donate materials, time, or services to this effort, we would love to hear from you.

Our thanks to Eddy Svidgal and crew for donating their time and creative efforts to this project. In honor of Lyn and David Anderson’s generosity, we are naming the new home Anderson House.

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Notes on the Neighborhood: Anderson House

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Draft of front elevation concept

Letter from the Board President, Clark Gerhardt

Where has your Wood River Land Trust hat been? Send photos to info@woodriverlandtrust.org.

Native plants are drought tolerant, hardy, and beautiful

eri is a Wood River Valley native and is happy to be

home after living away for 10 years. Having a degree in Marine Biology, many people ask what she is doing in Idaho. She has lived all over the country and has had studied several marine ecosystems, includ-ing Caribbean coral reefs and West Coast rocky banks. She has had the unique opportunities of diving 300 feet underwater in a submersible and collecting deep-sea fish from com-mercial fishing boats for her master’s degree.

After a few years working as a fishery biologist at sea she missed the Rocky Mountains and being on land. Last summer, Keri worked as the Silver Creek Preserve Assistant Manager and spent most of her time doing hands-on land management,

Keri York horseback riding in the Salmon River Mountains

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Meet our BoardTrent Jones

atives of the southeast, Trent and his wife, Cecile, moved to

the Wood River Valley in 1994. After spending his first summer in Idaho working at Silver Creek Outfitters, Trent took a position with the Idaho Nature Conservancy (TNC) that fall where he spent the next 8 years involved with conservation real estate activities around the state. Trent also served as TNC’s field representative for central Idaho where he worked with local communities and landown-ers to preserve working ranchlands and resolve natural resource conflicts. With these experiences as background, Trent left TNC in 2003 and joined Hall and Hall Ranch Brokers, a rural property brokerage firm founded in 1946 and based in Billings, Montana. Hall and Hall emphasizes preserving the Western landscape and working with conserva-tion-minded buyers. Trent’s business takes him across a wide territory and involves travel to British Columbia and South America’s Patagonia region.

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monitoring projects, and interacting with visitors. She learned a great deal about the Silver Creek and Big Wood River watershed and its ecology. After this experience, she decided to con-tinue working in land conservation.

Keri is excited to once again have the outdoor opportunities that this Valley offers. Her primary interests include hiking, biking, camping, and snowboarding. She is also part of the ballroom dance community in the Valley, and you can sometimes find her serving fries at the Wicked Spud. An aspiring world traveler, she has just returned from six weeks of hiking and working on farms in New Zealand.

We are excited to have Keri on board to help us care for our protected lands.

Meet our New StaffKeri York, Stewardship Coordinator

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Wild Mushroom WalkWednesday, May 28, 5:30 p.m.Kathy Richmond of the Southern Idaho Mycological Society will lead an educational quest for wild mushrooms including the delectable morel at our Draper Wood River Preserve. Where: Draper Wood River Preserve, Cedar Street entrance, Hailey

Wildflower HikeTuesday, June 3, 5:30 p.m.Local botanist Carol Blackburn will lead a hike along Lake Creek Preserve to teach us more about the wildflowers in this beauti-ful area north of Ketchum. Where: Lake Creek Preserve, north of Ketchum. Park at the Lake Creek Trailhead on the west side of Hwy 75.

Sun Valley Food & Wine FestivalFriday - Sunday, June 6 - 8See our ad at right.

Howard Preserve Work DaySaturday, June 14, 10 a.m.Help the Friends of Howard Preserve and Wood River Land Trust manage the weeds at Howard Preserve, and learn more about the area’s noxious weeds and how to get rid of them. Where: Howard Preserve, Bellevue

Draper Wood River Preserve Work DayTuesday, June 17, 4:00 p.m.Please join The Friends of Cedar Bend in sprucing up our Draper Wood River Preserve for summer. Refreshments will be provided. Where: Draper Wood River Preserve, Cedar Street entrance, Hailey

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Join us this summer at one of our many events at Wood River Land Trust preserves.

Fish TalesWednesday, August 6

Share your stories about the Big Wood River at a storytelling event along its banks.

Where: Draper Wood River Preserve, Hailey

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September

Saturday, September 13, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Help us celebrate you—the community members that

make our work possible. Please bring a potluck

dessert. Where: Howard Preserve, Bellevue

For more information about our summer events, please contact Morgan Buckert at 788-3947 or mbuckert@woodriverlandtrust.org.

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Howard Preserve Community Picnic

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his summer, we are continuing our Trout Friendly Lawn program to pro-mote yard care practices that minimize adverse effects on our water and

fish. Choices about backyard plantings, lawn irrigation, and fertilizers all affect the health of the aquifer and the Big Wood River. During our hot desert sum-mers, heavy lawn irrigation impacts the amount of water in the river. Chemicals and fertilizers can also enter the aquifer and have negative effects on fish.

Changing your lawn care practices to keep our River healthy, protect fish, and keep our water clean will make your yard “greener” whether you have a lawn, a xeriscape yard, or something in between. If your water is metered, a Trout Friendly Lawn can save you money on your water bill, but in any yard it can result in better looking plants and lower long-term costs to maintain your plantings. Trout Friendly steps include:

n Conducting an irrigation inspection in your yard

n Upgrading irrigation systems to improve efficiency

n Using organic fertilizers

n Planting native or drought tolerant plants.

Contact Kathryn Goldman at 788-3947 to certify your lawn Trout Friendly this summer.

Wood River Land Trust’s participation in the Sun Valley Wine & Food Festival is sponsored by

Maple Indian Ocean Resources

Vintner Dinner tickets $150 For reservations call Riccabona’s 726-1166.

For Festival tickets: www.sunvalleyfoodandwinefestival.com

Savor Wood River Land Trust

Morels with locally-raised, organic

Lava Lake Lamb at Riccabona’s Vintner Dinner

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Idaho’s Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 7th!

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e hope you will take the day to visit your favorite pond or fishing

hole and celebrate the great outdoors.

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$50,000 and AboveAnonymous (4)Robert Antonioli Charitable UnitrustDraper Family Foundation John and Elaine French Family Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999Building Material Thrift StoreDisbrow DevelopmentsSarah and Michael MarsOsberg Family Trust/John and Gloria OsbergMacauley & Helen Dow Whiting Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999Anonymous (2)Richard C. Barker Croul Family Foundation/Kingsley and John CroulSusan and Edward CutterClark and Maria GerhardtJamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest/The SYZYGY FoundationHarry and Shirley Hagey/ HRH FoundationMarie and Jack KuenemanJeanne and Bill LandrethThe Lightfoot FoundationJon Manetta and Kathryn McQuadeBill and Sally NeukomKathy and David RichmondSeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation FundSilver Creek Outfitters/Terry RingSteve and Diana StrandbergJoan and Tom SwiftThe Lennox FoundationThrasher Koffey FoundationDoris TunneyGerald and Maryanne Whitcomb

$5,000 - $9,999Lyn and David AndersonJames Deering Danielson FoundationRon and Beth Dozoretz/The

Dozoretz Family FoundationThe Ellison FoundationTracy and Tim FlahertyBing and Debra GordonLeslie and Jack HanksGeorge and Leslie HumeRoy A. Hunt Foundation/Dan & Jodie HuntElizabeth and Scott LucasAnita and Mike McCannLisa and Wilson McElhinnyJames O. Moore Patsy and Mark NickumRebecca Patton and R. Thomas GoodrichDavid Perkins and Nancy MackinnonE & H Humbly Bumbly FoundationHarry and Diane Rinker FoundationLois RosenElizabeth and John StevensonPepper WalkerWard and Priscilla Woods/The Woods Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999AnonymousRick Koffey & Babcock & Brown LP, San FranciscoBank of America Foundation Audrey and Gerald BashawKevin CoyneAlan M. Dachs/The Fremont Group FoundationPeggy and Millard DrexlerHare Family FoundationCarol and Len HarligLana and David LatchfordEd and Julie LawsonCamille McCrayEsther and Michael OchsmanTom and Michael Page/The Page FoundationTsunami Foundation - Anson M. & Debra W. Beard, Jr. and FamilyLynn and Frank Whittelsey

$1,000 - $2,499Lenny Barshack and Erin SmithBrett and Trish BashawSteve and Jill BeckVictor Bernstein and Gail LandisCourtni and Charlie BillowErik and Wendel BoeStoney BurkeCapital Group Companies Charitable FoundationRichard Carr and Jeanne MeyersJay Cassell and Gay WeakeBonni and Peter Curran/Reco FoundationWendy and Jim DavermanPeter and Pat DinkelspielAnn DownMary Bachman and William Downing Linda and Bob EdwardsKevin and Jennifer EmbreeJim and Sandy FiggeSandra and John FlatteryJohn and Diana FloodJerry and Susan FlyntPeter and Ginny ForemanGeorge and Sandra FroleyMr. and Mrs. Mortimer B. FullerMark and Betsy GatesGregory GeorgeDeana and Morley GoldenBetty and Peter GrayJohn K. GreeneSue and Daniel GuggenheimBobby and Fred HaemiseggerTod and Barbara HamachekGeorge’s at the CoveThe Michael and Irene Healy Charitable FundHull Family FoundationPatsy HuntingtonBenjamin JacobsonPhilip and Edina JennisonTrent and Cecile JonesCourtney and Steve KappKathy and Gerald KavkaHampton and Jacqueline KingWade and Heather King & Family

Garrett and Clay KirkMargot Larsen Ritz/Larsen FundJack Latrobe and Laura ClarkeRobert F. and Deborah LawMarlene and Bill LehmanAnn and John LeonardoDebra and Jack LevinElizabeth and John LewisJo and Bill LoweThe Matthias Foundation, Inc.Anthony and Audrey MattosKen and Molly McCainMr. and Mrs. Charles McNameeRebecca and David Meyers/ Meyers Charitable Family FundGordon and Betty Moore FoundationMike and Jane NicolaisGeorge Ohrstrom IISusan ParkinsonWolf Riehle and Feli Funke-RiehleNancy and Richard RobbinsMarie RohnertSusan Reinstein and Brian RossJon and Judy RunstadJohn SchenkElizabeth B. SimonBecky and Peter SmithSteve and Ann SnyderFred SprengerCarl and Frann StremmelBill and Ginny SwigertGail and Jack ThorntonCharles and Cynthia TillinghastBarry and Marjorie TraubValley Paving/Lakeside IndustriesMary and Willy VanbragtBill and Annie VanderbiltWodecroft Foundation/Mrs. Roger Drackett/Martine & Dan DrackettLark and Gary YoungBob and Patience Ziebarth

$500 - $999Mark BenjaminDr. Elizabeth BreenFred and Judy Brossy

Thank you to the following donors who generously contributed to Wood River Land Trust between March 1, 2007 and February 29, 2008.

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Jen Steele and Jon HoekstraMike Stevens and Liz MitchellBob and Carol StevensMrs. E. Parry ThomasChris ThompsonDr. Lucy Tompkins and Dr. Stanley FalkowThaddeus WalczakJulia and Jeffrey WardLiz WarrickMacauley WhitingJames and Sally WillGordon M. Younger

$250-$499Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. BernhardSarah and Jack BlumensteinRear Admiral Donald Boecker and Gay Scott BoeckerGail and Doug BoettgerChris Bracher, Wood River Women’s Charitable Foundation Member’s Fund in the Idaho Community FoundationJohn BrezzoAmy BrowningBill and Kaye BurnhamConnie and Vern BuwaldaTeresa and Malcolm CampbellLisa CorteseTed Dale and Crystal ThurstonSteve and Mary Kim Deffe’Lyman and Debra DrakeDana DuGanChris and Holley duPontSteven and Elizabeth DurelsFlat Top Sheep Company/John & Diane PeaveyKenneth A. FoxCricket and Tony FrankDan GilmoreRita and George GolleherMary and Jim GoodyearLinda and Charlie GoodyearDiedre and Larry GordonGordon and Sally GranstonFred Gray and Linda ParkerSusan and Ron GreenBeth and Bob GuntonLinda HackettSteve and Lynne Heidel

William and Diane TingueWilliam L. TooleyReva and William TooleyMary Lynn and Rusty TurnerLois UkropinaFred and Jill VogelGeorge WadeLynne and Kenneth WeakleyWebb Landscape, Inc. Jaci Wilkins, Wood River Women’s Charitable Foundation Member’s Fund in the Idaho Community FoundationCheryl and Jared WilliamsWood River InsuranceRichard J. and Esther E. Wooley TrustBenjamin & Theresa Wood & The Works of Grace FoundationJulie Wrigley

$100 - $249AnonymousBarb and Mark AckerJoy and Eric AllenDave and Carole AlmondAlpine AquaticsBarbara and Chip AngleLise and Rob ApplebaumLynn and Claire BaileyDan and Annelle BallbachJulee and George BarberBill and Betty BarnesBarrie Family Partners/Carolina W. BarrieJanet and John BartonRuby and Peter BeckerJim and Peggy BermanKay and John BestemanFred and Gayle BiekerLorna and Thomas BigsbyThomas D. BigsbyJean and James BiondiGary and Heather BlackBlaine Soil Conservation DistrictJacob and Ruth BloomHugh BlueLisa and Paul BodorBill Boeger and Lisa StelckSally and Scott BoettgerGuy Bonnivier

Harvey and Margaret HinmanTim and Marianne HoganGlenn JanssPage and Maureen JennerJim and Mary JonesMr. and Mrs. Robert JudellMark and Kathryn Kieckbusch Mattie Kling, Wood River Women’s Charitable Foundation Member’s Fund in the Idaho Community FoundationAndrea and John LaporteDeborah Law, Wood River Women’s Charitable Foundation Member’s Fund in the Idaho Community FoundationCaroline MacomberJan and Bob MainMargie and Jon MastersonMarie and Edward MatthewsPenny and Chris MazzolaWilliam T. McConnellMark and Hilary McInerneyDr. Allen Meisel and Dr. Gail Lutz MeiselRebecca and Robert MitchellRichard MullCarmen and Ed NorthenOliphant Family Donor Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe FoundationBarrie and Peter O’NeillJohn OrbSusan C. OrbSuzanne and Alex OrbPfizer Foundation Matching Gifts ProgramJim PhillipsNick and Sharon PurdyThomas and Mary ReesBill and Joanne ReynoldsNils Ribi and Patti Brolin-RibiCarl F. SchaberLaura and Michael ShannonNancy and John ShepherdGary SletteGraham SmithAnnette and William SmithVanessa SnowDoug and Beth StaggTodd and Georgia StewartMichael and Lynne SweeneyAnne and JB ThedersDave TheobaldPenny and Ted Thomas

Dr. Christine BrozowskiVirginia Cirica and Lawrence GoelmanChristi ClarkCynthia Green ColinRobert and Cheryl ColmanTed DaleCandace and Tom DeeSally and Cecil DrinkwardChuck and Nancy FerriesBill and Gay FruehlingRobin and Lee GarwoodBart and Nancy GreenEd L. GrubbBill and Anke HallEllen HarrisRebekah and Lawrence HelzelDave HillGreg and Wendy HosmanDon and Beverly JeffersonJohn and Diane KahmTrish KlahrJames and Cynthia KnightGeorgie LindquistCarol and Greg LindstromMr. and Mrs. F. Steven LinkIgnacio and Marta LozanoGeorge MacomberJanet and John McCannHal and Sharon McNeeJackie and Andrew McRobertsCandy and Don MillerJohn Milner and Kim TaylorCarmen and Jim MooreJane and Tom OliverVicki and Pat PatmanW. Jeffers PickardThomas and Michelle PraggastisKent PressmanDuane Reed and Suzanne Strom-ReedBetsy and Robert ReniersRobert and Beth RoheDiana and Allen RussellRoger and Kathy SangerRussell Satake and Anita LusebrinkFrank and Harriet ShrontzLinda SissonThe Skjonsby FamilyChris and Caroline SpainStarbucks “Make Your Mark” Volunteer Program

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Branching Out NurseryDavid BrayElizabeth and Frank BreenDavid F. BrownMarvin and Alice BrownMichelle and Jefferson BrunerRobert B. BuckJack and Elizabeth BunceBill BuntingSteve ButlerJane Butler and J. D. WilsonDavid CaldwellEltiena and Bill CampbellElaine and Elliott CaplowMark Caywood and Deanna GladPage Chapman III

John F. ChlebowskiClearwater LandscapingDoug ClemensPenelope and Harold CoeReed P. CollingwoodPamela and Kenneth CollinsMr. and Mrs. Drury W. Cooper IIIElizabeth CopleyCindy Ward and Clients/Cornerstone Realty Steve CrosserDonald C. DahlgrenPaul DalzellElaine Daniel and Jim BaileyJohn DavenportFrances DavidsonMark Davidson and Jenny Emery DavidsonLauren and Richard L. Davis IIJerre and Tom DawsonPeggy DeanDave DedererRoss DinkelspielJonathan and Susan Dolgen Family FoundationJohn and Carey DonderoBuck DrewJim and Jamie DutcherTammy EatonKurt and Kelly EggersJanet and Gregg FalconePamela FeldRichard Fenton, Jr.Fred M. FiloonDaralene and John FinnellJulie FirestoneChristine and John FlemingTerry Friedlander and Robin LeavittJulie and Brian GallagherBob and Debbie GilbertDavid GilesMrs. William F. Gillespie IIIPenny and Ed GlassmeyerJessica and Frank GlotfeltyBill and Mary Jane GodejohnMolly! Goodyear and Mike WolterCharles and Elaine GouldBaird and Michelle GourlayMaureen GroperKathy GrottoRob and Esperanza GrundyCharles HallPaul HansenScott HansonGeorge and Beverly Harad Carl and Pat HarrisJudy and David HarrisonCarol and Craig HartmanJohn and Margund HaskellJoseph Haviv and Wendy Moss-Haviv

Francie and Mike HawkeyDick HayTom and Roberta HeinrichHemingway Chapter Trout UnlimitedDr. Tom HendersonTom and Alice HennesseyGeri and John HerbertAlex HigginsColleen and Jerry HigmanJohn HillUrsula and David HinsonGary and Sally HirstJim and Sheri HodgeMary HoganJ.K. and D.L. HolmanSpencer Hosie and Diane RiceJeri Howland and Jerry EdelbrockSusanne F. HubbachWendy and Jim JaquetMartha and Ross JenningsStan and Harriet JosephElizabeth and Loren KahleRobert and Linda KahnGail KearnsBliss KnowlesDick KolbrenerLex and Celia KunauDiana LandisMarge LilleyBeatrice LongleyLoring LowellElise G.B. LufkinJohn W. LundinRobert LynchMary and Steve LynchJory MagidsonPeter and Sandra MaierJim and Kay MarronAndrew Mayo and Christina GearinMurray and Mary Sue McClainAnthony J. McEwanArthur McIntosh IIIJim and Willa McLaughlinThelma and Doug McTavishJerry and Sheila MellsChuck MercerIsabel MerrittMr. and Mrs. William E. Mildren, Jr.Jeannette and Charles MillerJane and Steve MitchellGerry Morrison and Julie WestonMarr and Nancy MullenRoy and Judith MurdockRichard and Carol NelsonWilliam E. and Adrian NorrisDarlene NortonOrganic SolutionsThe Organizers/Patricia BoldingKaye and Hugh O’RiordanJanet and Harald Oyen

Dr. Michael Paul and Mrs. PaulSteve and Marylyn PauleyPaula and Keith PerrySue PetersenMarda PhelpsKristy PigeonPriscilla PittiglioMr. and Mrs. Stephen PowersHope Hughes-PressmanLouise and Leigh RabelPatricia RadekeBarbara and Don RauPeggy RichardsLyle and Mary Ann RiveraBuffalo and Katherine RixonPatricia and Donn RobertsBrent RobinsonKaren and Jonathan RothLee D. Rowe, MDDianne and Calame SammonsLyle and Gloriana SaylorHarold R. SchatzLisa and Norman SchlachterLeonard and Phyllis SchlessingerDr. and Mrs. James SchultzJames and Natalie ServiceStu ShafferAlexis ShapiroGeorge ShapiroVicki and Glen ShapiroSandy ShawNancy and David J. SheffnerLarry Shipley and Nancy WilliamsJohn and Alison ShoemakerJill Smiekel-GeorgeDon SmithBarbara and Charles SmithJudy and Richard SmookeCharles and Barbara SnowAllen and Barbara SpaffordDavid and Barbara SpeerJeffrey Steinberg and Sherry Warner-SteinbergMichelle and Clint StennettBrett StevensonSun Valley Long Term Holdings Paul SunichTricia SwartlingAnn and Doug TaylorMartial ThirskConrad and Jeremy ThomasBruce Tidwell and Char RothJoanne and William TraversPamela and Richard TuckerBruce and Helen UllmannRobert and Mary Van FossanDiana and Karl WadsackMax and Sharon WalkerLiz and Wick WarrickLiza and Parker Weekes

Memorial GiftsDonations were generously made to Wood River Land Trust between March 1, 2007 and February 29, 2008 in memory of:

Hank Alham

Annie

Robert B. Browning

Doris Cavnes

David R. Copley

Patty O. DeGraw

Joan Dugan

Troy C. Ewart

Coni R. S. Fitch

David Friedenberg

William F. Gillespie III

LaVon Grotto

Marjorie Heiss

Dr. Marvin D. Henry

Billy Higdon

John Paul Kearney

Debra Miller

Jack Miller

Edith B. Moore

Kenneth Olsen

Donald Pieper

Art Richards

Bill Tennille

Jason Thirsk

Kamela Weber

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Ann FrancisWoody and Margery FriedlanderAnn FullerRalph Fullerton and Myra FriedmanDennis and Gail GalanterD. K . and Louise GallagherAnn and Mack GasawayJames GeierMary GerlachKate Giese and Jeb WoffordMike and Ann GieseTom and Ellen GlaccumGlenna GloverKathryn Goldman and Carl EvensonMary S. GrahamMartha M. HalePam HammondGordon and Elaine HarfstDiane K. HenryConnie and Gary HoffmanBob Holland and Polly Noe-HollandHelen HolmesRuss and Sally HornJacqueline M. and J. Robert Howard Karen Mott and Laura HubbardKlaus O. HuschkeMary Ann JenkinsThaddeus and Virginia JohnsonMichele and Bernie JohnsonJean and John KearneyJames and Linda KennedyCindy and Bob Kesting/River Run RealtyHeather KimmelDavid KnutsonSally and Olin LancasterLatimer FamilySheila and Ray LiermannRobert Lonning and Elizabeth JeffreyKathryn LopezJean and Tony MabbattPaul and Jan MacGregorJack MacPhersonJohn Maine and Kim BaltzellJoselin MatkinsCarol and John MatkinsIrma and Robert MaurerBob and Arva Parks McCabeRich McIntyre and Karen GreeneBetty and Bob MeltzerRon and Joan MendelsohnC. M. MerzEdith MiddletonHelen MillerJohn and Nancy MohrJennifer MontgomeryJanet Kellam and Andy MunterSharron and David MurrayCurtis (Trip) NaborsCraig and Katherine NalenJuanita Neher

Nathan Welch and Lara RozzellCathy and Michael WelchHolly and Doug WerthPhebe ThorneNancy S. WilliamsonJeremy WintersteenRichard and Rebecca WorstJames K. WorthyBud YorkinCheryl and Peter Ziegler

Under $100AnonymousMarc AbrahamJohn AckermanThomas and Jane AcombPeter and Patti AhrensSusan and Dan AlbanKim AndersonJoe and Ann ArmstrongMarty and Bill ArveyNancy and Alvis AuseklisJason Babik and Dana HugillLarry BarnesMarjorie and Roy BathumBarbara BehlingSusan BergdahlRobert and Catherine BeyerCarl and Gloria BianchiSusan Eiden BickCarol BlackburnSusan and Rudy BoeschMike BordenkircherJoAnn BoswellLisa and Tom BroderickJohn T. BrownBarbara and Alan BruffeyPaula CaputoCalista and Tim CarterMaurice and Elaine CharlatJohn CharneyDavid and Lyn ChristensenMarty and Don CoatsLeonard and Linda CohenFaus and Bill CorlettJerry CostacosJeff CoupeKristine and Jim CurranMelanie DahlBarbara and Arthur DahlRobert and Claire DanaJoan DanzingerTanner and Jill DavisBarbara and A. Scott EarleJeanne and Dale EwersenEarl and Shirley FeiwellFrank and Claudia FiaschettiJack and Suzie FinneyJoan B. FirmanDenis and Jeff Ford

Francis and Ruthe NortonJohn O’ConnorNancy and James OsbornTess O’Sullivan and Jeremy FrybergerTim OwenNick ParishMark and Roxanna ParkerLinda and Ron ParsonsVern and Dorothy PeayKaren PedersonJan PepplerJames PerkinsCharles Pomeroy and Jude HawkesPeter PressleyPhyllis QuinnCarol ReesKaren ReinheimerTheresa RichardsAlain and Karla RinckwaldRonald F. RobbinsScott and Kelly RobbinsCheryl and Vern RollinRobert RomanoJuli and Michael RoosMiriam and Jack RoseKate and Bob RossoPatricia G. RothwellGlacier Graphics/Jennifer SelfSara and Clark ShaferDebby and Mark SlonimCharles and Leslie Snorf

Gifts In HonorOver the years Wood River Land Trust has received donations from many different sources and stemming from many different motivations—memorial tributes, gifts in lieu of birthday presents, and inclusion in estate plans. One gift that truly gave us pause this past year was a request by Alexis Shapiro that a portion of her Bat Mitzah gifts be directed to Wood River Land Trust. We were struck by Alexis’ generosity and thoughtfulness: it is young, community-minded philanthropists like her who will carry on the good work of protecting the Wood River Valley’s land, water, and wildlife long after we are gone. Thank you again, Alexis!

Donations were generously made to Wood River Land Trust between March 1, 2007 and February 29, 2008 in honor of:

Max Cavnes

Alexis Shapiro

Mike Dederer & Nancy Felts

Scott Christenson

The King Cousins

The Fire Fighters of the Castle Rock Fire

Clay Kirk

Gay and Don Boecker

Scott Runkel

Elizabeth and Nicholas SnowCraig SpillerSt. Francis Pet Clinic/Dr. Karsten FostvedtBob StadshaugGene and Sharon SteinerEvan Lister StelmaGenie and John SwyersMarybeth and William TargettSergio and Denise TavaresPeter L. Taylor, MDMaria TerrazasPam and Denis ThomasFrank TornelloMarcia and David TrookRobert E. VestalGary and Linda VinagreRobyn WatsonMichael and Anne WeberMyron A. WeissMyron Weiss and Victoria HuntJoshua WellsJudith and Tommy WellsNancy WintonCharles WoodRenny WoodKathy WygleJanet Young

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Colorado Gulch Continued from page 1

Letter from the Board PresidentContinued from page 2

Staff is also called upon by various public agen-cies to lend their expertise to important plan-ning issues which have long-term impact on the growth in our area. Additionally, Wood River Land Trust reaches out to the commu-nity through activities such as the Heart of the Valley Contest, the Trout Friendly Lawn program, and the Community Picnic at Howard Preserve.

Whether you are a full-time resident or a second homeowner, you have a significant financial and emotional investment in the Wood River Valley. Wood River Land Trust is working hard to ensure it remains a special place where change is measured and outdoor resources are protected.

Our incoming president, Ed Cutter, and his team have my best wishes for their efforts to build on our recent progress. And I want to thank you for your support. We couldn’t suc-ceed without you.

floodplain by providing open areas along the River so it can overflow its banks during spring runoff to recharge the aquifer and pull cotton-woods and shrubs into the River to create fish habitat. “This area is an important link in the future of the fishery,” says Kathryn Goldman, Wood River Land Trust Project Coordinator. “Protecting this open, undeveloped floodplain area contributes greatly to the long-term health of the River.”

The Stevens cite their love of the Wood River Valley, and in particular the Big Wood River and local wildlife, as their motivation for donating this conservation agreement. “We want to preserve the beauty of the Big Wood and Colorado Gulch for everyone in the community and to see the area protected for animals, remain unde-veloped, and provide a place for fishing, hiking, and reflecting,” says Dr. Stevens. Adjacent to Bureau of Land Management and exist-ing Wood River Land Trust land, the Colorado Gulch Conservation Agreement also guarantees the public’s continued access to the Big Wood River and public lands, which local residents use for an array of recreational activities including hiking, fishing, bird watching, and mountain biking.

Familiar with Wood River Land Trust since his days at TNC, Trent became a Land Trust Director in 2007. “Wood River Land Trust’s success in recent years and the lead-ership role it has taken in preserving open space, agricultural lands, and wildlife habitat in Blaine County motivated me to join the Board when the invitation was offered,” says Trent. “I was also strongly influenced by the Land Trust’s unwavering commitment to protect the Big Wood River, which I feel is the defining feature of the Wood River Valley.” Trent spent 4 years on the Hailey Planning & Zoning Commission addressing local land use and development issues. Trent is a dedicated fly fisherman and upland bird hunter and spends much of his free time prospecting the streams of central Idaho for wild trout and climbing the hills of eastern Blaine County for grouse and chukar. Trent and Cecile have 2 children, Parker (10) and Airey (5).

Meet our Board Continued from page 3

Conservation Agreement Boundary

Wood River Land Trust Land

BLM Land

State Land

Colorado Gulch and Surrounding Areas

Board of DirectorsClark Gerhardt, PresidentEd Cutter, Vice PresidentJoan Swift, TreasurerRobin Garwood, SecretaryJerry BashawJohn FlatteryTrent JonesHeather KingJack KuenemanBill LehmanLiz MitchellJohn Fell StevensonSteve StrandbergTom SwiftBarbara ThrasherDoris TunneyLiz Warrick

WRLT StaffScott 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 Kimmel Program & Membership Coordinator

Robyn Watson Major Gifts Officer

Nathan Welch Planning Coordinator

Keri York Stewardship Coordinator

Advisory CommitteeDavid AndersonPeter BeckerRanney DraperRebekah HelzelDave ParrishLarry SchoenJohn SeillerBruce Tidwell

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Wood River Land Trust119 East Bullion StreetHailey, Idaho 83333208.788.3947 (telephone) 208.788.5991 (fax)info@woodriverlandtrust.orgwww.woodriverlandtrust.orgTax ID# 82-0474191

wood river land trustProtecting the Heart of the Valley Now and for the Future

Read Our First-Ever Annual Report Online!ur success this past year—nearly doubling the number of acres we have protected in 2007 and beginning our 14th year protecting land, water, and wildlife habitat in the Wood River Valley—led us to create our

first-ever annual report. The report describes our conservation successes in 2007, outlines our goals for 2008, and summarizes our finances for the last year. In an effort to save our natural resources, we have opted to publish the report electronically rather than use traditional printing methods. You can visit the report on the “Resources” page of our website—www.woodriverlandtrust.org/resources—beginning June 15th.

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We facilitate the reuse or recycling of homes, building materials, and larger household items. Proceeds from the

sale of materials are dedicated to Wood River Land Trust’s preservation of land, water, and wildlife habitat throughout

the Wood River Valley.

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summeR 2008iN This issue:

Colorado Gulch: Protecting the River and Recreational Access...Page 1

Notes on the Neighborhood...Page 2

Protect the River and Save on Water Costs this summer...Page 5

Acres permanently protected with your support: 9,649

Don’t miss our summer 2008 events!

see inside for details

Summer at Picabo Ranch, permanently protected in 2000

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