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Conservation Conversations! Say it fast! Come and enjoy
Conservation Conversations were a great success, drawing people to the Land Trust office’s conference room to learn and offer their ideas.
In fact, success in getting word out North Olympic Land Trust’s services has contributed to the Conservation Conversation program needing to take a breather. Staff and volunteers found themselves out of breath by the eighth of the monthly sessions (with August off for vacation time). And when Conservation Director Allison Lutz tallied up totals for land already protected in the past year or “in the pipeline” for receiving protection, it was easy to see why.
At this time last year, about 1,300 acres had been protected. At the same time this year, an additional 684 acres have been protected or are in the process of receiving protection — many by year’s end. This is a 52% increase!
Lutz and other Conservation Conversation planners want to resume a similar program as soon as possible. They are looking at offering opportunities to talk with landowners who have completed conservation agreements — on the properties the Land Trust is protecting permanently.
Keep watching this site for more information. If you’d like to get your name on the mailing list for receiving notification about Land Trust activities, please write info@northolympiclandtrust.org or call the office, 360-417-1815.
This entry was posted on Monday, February 5th, 2007 at 6:37 pm and is filed under Latest News.