TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST

The Truckee Donner Land Trust Spring/Summer Newsletter preserves and protects scenic, historic Volume 43 ❖ May 2013 and recreational lands with high natural resource values in the Truckee Donner region.

Wow! What a year. Royal Gorge moves ahead; page 4 Readying Lacey Meadows for you to enjoy; page 6 A Thank You to our Donors; page 8 New acquisitions in the Martis Valley; page 22 Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 2 Ex e c u t i v e Di r e c t o r ’s Me s s a g e Dear Friends, Honestly, the pace leading to our close of escrow on Royal Gorge in late December has not slackened. We had a party, a toast, slapped high fives, and went straight back to work. A deal such as Royal Gorge has a lot of moving parts, as they say. One of the post-acquisition tasks we are dealing with regards the business property included with the deal. None of the assets we suddenly came to own were included in our appraisal, or in our negotiations with the receiver and the bank that foreclosed on the previous owners. At the Land Trust, we hadn’t paid much attention to these Skinny skis find a good home in Loyalton. Students from Loyalton High School load a horse peripherals until Sugar Bowl, trailer with their new Nordic equipment. already occupying Summit Station and busy running a Nordic ski area, asked what and the thought of throwing good gear into the landfill our plans were for the three broken-down grooming made me sick. “Make Adirondack chairs,” someone machines taking up valuable parking spaces. suggested. In addition to the grooming machines, the Land Enter my good friend Megan, a dedicated high school Trust became the new owner of a grader, a giant teacher in Loyalton (and a Truckee High grad). “We’ll take blower (similar to those used by Caltrans), 600 pairs of ‘em,” she said. skis, three meat slicers, four snowmobiles, etc., most of Loyalton is a small town 45 minutes north of Truckee which was sorry-looking and in ill repair. Wondering if in the northwest corner of one of the largest and most we would ever be able to rid ourselves of all this gear, our beautiful sub-alpine meadows in North America. It is newly acquired assets suddenly began looking more like quintessentially western. Despite its allure, Loyalton has liabilities. Thankfully, Sugar Bowl bought a lot of what been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn, wasn’t broken. much like Mayberry fallen on hard times. It’s no secret that used 3 to 5-year-old rental skis Recently, we loaded 234 pairs of Nordic skis and don’t fetch much; seven to 10-year-old boots even less. boots into the Loyalton PE teacher’s horse trailer. A Shipping would have cost more than the skis are worth, basketball player who spends his summers team roping helped load. “Thanks, Mr. Norris, but the skis look awfully skinny.” I love , perhaps more than “buying mountains for kids,” as my son once described my occupation. The thought of 300 Loyalton school district students striding on skinny skis through winter in the incomparable Sierra Valley makes me very happy. The moment that horse trailer pulled away toward Loyalton was the most joyous through all the months I’ve been working on Royal Gorge. “Maybe we’ll start a biathlon team,” the PE teacher told me. “These kids really know how to shoot.”

Warm regards,

Perry Norris Fireworks over celebrating the close of escrow on Royal Executive Director Gorge, December 20th, 2012. Photo by George Lamson. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 3 A b r i e f & r e c e n t Hi s t o r y o f Ro y a l Go r g e And the amazing story in The Campaign to a nutshell of how it was Save Royal Gorge saved. In August 2012, the Truckee Donner Land While for centuries Native Trust and its partners Americans intensely used what is rolled the dice and signed now called Summit Valley and Royal an agreement to purchase Gorge for hunting, trading and sus- the land for $11.25 tenance, and later the emigrants and million. This gave the the transcontinental railroad helped Land Trust, its partners, and the Donner Summit A Sandhill crane at Van Norden Meadow. Photographer George create “the most important square Lamson noted, “It put on quite a show.” Photo by George Lamson. mile in history,” that community a dauntingly story is too long and important to short, five-month deadline species of amphibians, 20 species of tell in this space. Our recent history to save the property. And so began mammals, and is visited by nearly begins… one of the most astounding, grassroots fundraising campaigns 100 species of birds. More than 500 America’s Largest Nordic ever conducted in the . species of vascular plants occur in the region. At least 16 rare and Opens Saved! protected plant species thrive there When John Slouber opened with one of the richest diversities After months of fundraising and Royal Gorge in the 1970’s, Nordic of butterflies documented in North intensive negotiations, the famed skiing in the U.S. was in its infancy. America. property was forever protected It seems everyone on Donner on December 20th 2012. The Summit has a John Slouber story to acquisition comprises 3,000 acres on The Caretakers tell, but he was a visionary. Since Donner Summit – the Royal Gorge – The Truckee Donner Land then, the sport has grown to near 351-acres in Negro Canyon, and Van Trust owns the land and leases the European popularity and Royal Norden Meadow. The acquisition Nordic ski trails in winter to Sugar Gorge became renowned the world is considered one of the most Bowl to run the ski area. When the over, boasting over 200 kilometers important conservation victories for ski area is closed, usually mid-April of skiing on nearly 6,000 acres of the Sierra in a generation. to Thanksgiving, the property and scenic terrain. trails are open to the public. A public The Land outreach process is now underway A Landscape in Peril to help guide the future management The historic and scenic Royal In 2005, the resort was sold to of the property (See article pages 4 Gorge property, west of Donner Bay Area developers who quickly and 5.) Pass, contains tall peaks, old-growth announced plans to construct a large forests, lakes, streams and meadows, resort with 950-units and 85,000 and is steeped in history with Year-Round, World sq. ft. of commercial space. Local portions of Native American trade residents and environmental groups Class Recreation routes, the Overland Emigrant Trail, were up in arms; it was too much Along with outstanding Nordic and the transcontinental railroad. and a bad fit with Donner Summit’s skiing and snowshoeing, by June, Van Norden Meadow is one of proud (but a little funky) character. wildflowers and birds abound to the few large sub-alpine meadows Due to a poor economic climate delight recreationists, with Van north of Yosemite’s Tuolumne and a lack of investors, the property Norden Meadow being a favorite Meadows. The property contains went into foreclosure, opening a spot. In the backcountry, snow-free the headwaters of the North Fork path for the Truckee Donner Land ski trails offer chances to summit American and South Yuba Rivers, Trust and its partners, The Trust for peaks with views exceeding 75 critical for California’s water supply. Public Land and the Northern Sierra miles. The Land Trust will develop Partnership, to purchase it. additional trails, offering technical The Wildlife challenges and connections with trail A vast wealth of wildlife calls networks extending from Auburn to the region home. It has numerous Truckee and beyond. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 4 P l a n n i n g f o r

With the acquisition of the 3,000-acre Royal Gorge property on Donner Summit now complete, the Land Trust has turned its focus to readying the property for the public’s enjoyment this summer, and to gathering public input for guidance on future management of the property. The $11.25 million purchase was made in late December after an unprecedented and truly miraculous fundraising campaign. More than 1,200 individuals gave to the campaign, with gifts Nordic skiers enjoying America’s largest and most scenic nordic ski area. Photo by ranging from $20 to $1 million. Mark Wadell, MacBeth Graphics. “I have spent 25 years in the non-profit sector and have never Trust is confident it has the Lakes homeowner, to manage seen anything like it,” said Perry financial resources to care for community workshops that Norris, the Land Trust’s Executive and manage the property. An will shape management of the Director. “I am humbled by our endowment will ensure funds are property for the next 50 years. community’s overwhelming available for future generations. A series of public meetings support.” The Land Trust has will be held to gather input on Due to this tremendous contracted with Heidi Kolbe, future recreational planning. fundraising success, the Land a skilled facilitator and Serene Informational meetings are also planned for forestry management, meadow restoration, and the dam on Lake Van Norden. Interviews will be conducted with a number of stakeholder groups and an online survey will also be available for those who wish to comment. Sugar Bowl, which has agreed to a minimum 10- year lease to run the Nordic operations, by all accounts did a fantastic job in its first year, investing in neglected infrastructure, and providing first rate grooming. The Land Trust is now looking forward to summer. “The Land Trust has no agenda other than to protect the property’s conservation values while making it available for people to enjoy,” “ said John Svahn,

With surrounding Forest Service lands, more than 6,100 acres is now available for the public to explore. Map by George Lamson. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 5 P l a n n i n g f o r R o y a l Go r g e

Land Trust Stewardship Service has made Director. “We hope to this their Number make Donner Summit One priority in the as popular a summer region. destination as it is in “Restoring winter. “We’d like the meadow and to know what the improving the habitat community wants.” will be our focus Land Trust staff going forward,” said are busy implementing Fran Herbst, head of a short-term plan to acquisitions for Tahoe ready the property for National Forest. extensive public use. Also included Because the property in the Royal Gorge was closed in summer A historic photo of Van Norden Meadow. acquisition is 355 acres to the public for over Photo courtesy of Donner Summit Historical Society. in Negro Canyon that 40 years, we expect abuts acreage the Land Trust swarms of hikers and acquired in 2006. All of Negro bikers eager to explore. Clearing also in the works. The Land Trust Canyon, an important tributary to trails, adding directional signage, hopes to complete an exchange Donner Lake once threatened by and creating trailheads are the Land with Sugar Bowl, trading 266- residential development, is now Trust’s objectives once the snow acres Sugar Bowl owns on Van protected as well. melts. Norden Meadow for the five-acre The Land Trust has also Summit Station property that retained an experienced licensed includes the lodge, maintenance forester, Danielle Banchio, to sheds, and parking areas at Royal Save the Date! develop a forestry management Gorge. plan. Preliminary plans call for “It will be great to make Van Help guide Royal Gorge’s Future! the thinning of 125 acres after Norden Meadow whole again,” Memorial Day weekend. The said Svahn. Kick-off meeting June 15 preliminary plan is available now Long term, Van Norden Forestry Management July 6 on the Land Trust’s website. Meadow and Lake Van Norden A number of other transactions will be conveyed to the United Van Norden Meadow States Forest Service. The Forest associated with the acquisition are & Lake Van Norden dam TBD Wrap-up & preliminary findings Aug. 31 - check www.tdlandtrust.org for times & locations

A fascinating feature, the arch below the summit of Mt. Rowton. Photo by George Lamson. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 6 La c e y Me a d o w s & We b b e r La k e :

The Webber Lake Hotel was built in 1860, the same year Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States. Along the northern edge of Webber Lake ran Henness Pass Road, which became one of the most popular routes across the Sierra. In that same year, Dr. Gould Webber of Loyalton began stocking Webber Lake for sport fishing. In the Sierra, just a little more than a decade after the infamous Donner Party winter, a new era had begun. We believe, that with our late-2012 acquisition of the 3,000-acre Webber Lake property, once again a new era begins. For the first time in nearly 150 years, most of the property will be open to the public. In 2017, when our lease expires with the current operators of the private fishing camp, Webber Lake itself will be open to the public. The richness of Webber Lake and Lacey Meadow from historical, recreational and natural resource perspectives is hard to overstate. Lacey Meadow, at nearly 1,500 acres, is one of the finest examples of a sub- alpine meadow in the entire Northern Sierra. For a number of birds and mammals, many Map to come? threatened or endangered, the meadow provides critical habitat. The Land Trust has been planning for the public’s enjoyment of the property and on-the- ground work is underway. Main access will be off Jackson Meadows Road, with a second trailhead to be constructed off Meadow Lake Road (see map). Hiking and biking along historic Lacey Meadows Road is enjoyable and Access and trails to Lacey Meadows from the Jackson Meadows Rd. off of SR 89 north of Truckee.

The Land Trust has been planning for the public’s enjoyment of the property and on-the-ground work is underway.

A hydrologist and range specialist from Balance Hydrologics ponder native plant composition (and wishing all Sierra meadows are as healthy.) Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 7 La c e y Me a d o w s & We b b e r La k e : A n e w e r a b e g i n s .

We extend our deepest gratitude to Barbara Johnson and the late Clifton Johnson. Clif’s father, William Henry Johnson, began grazing sheep on the property in the late 1880s. The Johnsons have been remarkable stewards of the property and have cared for the land. A field of Arnica thrive in the pourous soil of a gravel bar near Lacey Creek.

fairly easy, making a pass by the old Johnson Family homestead at the northern end of the meadow well worth the trip. The wildflower displays beginning in June are extraordinary. We extend our deepest gratitude to Barbara Johnson and the late Clifton Johnson. Clif’s father, William Henry Johnson, began grazing sheep on the property in the late 1880s. The Johnsons have been remarkable stewards of the property and have cared for the land. Suffice it to say, it took about a year (and a lot of chicken soup) before the Johnsons were sure they could entrust their legacy with us. When they agreed to sell, they turned down more lucrative offers in order to sell to the Land Trust. This acquisition augments a strong conservation effort in the Little Truckee River watershed, including Upper Perazzo Creek (2007), Perazzo Meadows (2008), Coldstream Meadow (2009), Independence Lake (2010), and the Henness Pass/SPI conservation easement (2010-2012). These projects, with the addition of Webber Lake, total nearly 17,000 acres in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Checkerboard. The Webber Lake acquisition was made possible through the generous support of our donors and funding from a number of State agencies, including the Wildlife Conservation Board, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and the Natural Resources Agency. The Trust for Public Land and the Northern Sierra Partnership also partnered with the Land Trust on the acquisition.

Lacey Meadow. The seldom visited Lacey Butte is in the background to the right. Photo by ©ElizabethCarmel.com. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 8 Th a n k Yo u t o Ou r Do n o r s The Land Trust and its partners gratefully acknowledge the many individu- als, businesses and foundations that made gifts to the Land Trust in support of operations, Webber Lake and Donner Summit Canyon from January 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013. These donors provide fundamental and annual support for the Land Trust’s mission. Please note: Not included in this list are donors to the Royal Gorge Campaign. Look for a separate mailing to recognize those donors.

$1,000,000 or More Valenzuela Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Silvani-Lacey California State Parks J. Thomas & M. Catherine Van Gordon & Ruth Steindorf California Wildlife Conservation Board Berkem - Ayco Charitable Mr. & Mrs. Joe Stemach - Marin Northern Sierra Partnership Foundation Community Foundation

Robert & Christine Wendin $100,000 - $999,999 $5,000 - $9,999 Thomas Winn Foundation The California Natural Resources Anonymous Agency Martin & Holly Bern $1,000 - $2,4999 Sierra Nevada Conservancy John & Sharon Brauman Matthew R. Anderson United States Forest Service Robert & Margaret Churn Mark L. & Jaime Andrews

Ralph & Carol Eschenbach G. Leonard & Mary Anne Nyburg $25,000 - $99,999 Bill & Sara Jo Goerke Baker, Jr. Anonymous Ed & Donna Henney Mrs. Nancy C. Bean Barbara Grasseschi & Tony Crabb Cindy & Ron Olander Family Anne Chadwick - Tahoe Truckee Walter & Esther Hewlett Foundation Community Foundation Rod & Jonnie Jacobs Patagonia Chance Family Fund - Silicon Valley Mr. Jim Loughlin Vail Resorts Charitable Fund Community Foundation Tahoe Truckee Community Rob & Shana Chrisman Foundation Nature Fund & $2,500 - $4,999 Kevin Clark - Pacific Field Service, Martis Fund Larry & Jeanne Aufmuth Family Inc. Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 Critchfield Cohn Family Fund - East Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Barnholt Drs. Sue Desmond-Hellman & Nick Bay Community Foundation John R. & Gina Biondi Hellman Family Fund Mr. Wayne Crow Robert & Deborah Colpitts Lahanton Community Foundation David and Lucile Packard Foundation Susan Groshong & Bob Dillard fund at the Tahoe Truckee Gordon & Carolyn Davidson DMB/Highlands Group, LLC Community Foundation Donner Lake Property Owners Iris Durland Helene & Charles Linker Association Steve & Jan Hamill The James and Susan McClatchy Fund Donner Lake Woods Homeowners Mr. & Mrs. Jon Hartung - Sacramento Region Community Association Robert & Mary Hery Foundation Marijo & Bruce Douglass Jim & Denny Hoelter Morgan Family Foundation Julie Thornton & Craig Falk Ilfeld Family Fund - Tahoe Truckee Sheri & Jack Overall - The Overall Nancy Light & Chris Fichtel Community Foundation Family Foundation Bob & Penny Fink Robert & Jeanine Pamela Polite & Dennis Fisco Landsinger Tom & Cynthia Foster Barbara Lovero & Jean & Michael Fournier Chris Ottenweller Mike & Sue Friedenbach Page Foundation Drs. Lisa Querimit & Frank Galli Vicki Peet & Isaac & Renee Goff the Zimmerman Mr. & Mrs. Peter Golze - Sam & Family - The Jennie Rovit Memorial Foundation Kansha Robert & Kathleen Kearley Green Foundation Geoffrey & Barbara Griffin Plumas Bank Margaret Lewicki & Ernest Grossman Community Fund David & Gale Harding - Tahoe Truckee Mr. & Mrs. Alan Harris Community Mr. & Mrs. William Haskell Foundation Todd & Carol Huckins John & Sidney Scott Searching for acquatic insects on the Winter Creek Wetland, a small R. William Hauck & Padget M. Kaiser 15-acre parcel owned by the Land Trust. Belinda Tam-Kimura & Loren Kimura Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 9 Th a n k Yo u t o Ou r Do n o r s

KT Foundation William Wendin Thomas & Carolyn Kulczycki Nancy Wendt Cushing Edward & Barbara Larson Lee & Sharon Woolman Mr. Jon Lee Mr. & Mrs. Steve Yale - Susan Ellis & Mark Linton Fund - Summit Medical Silicon Valley Community Services, Inc. Foundation Charles & Janet Zipkin Kerri & Mark Lubin Mrs. Joanna Zito Matt & Marina Maclean The Zoback Family Fund

George Malone $500 - $999 Dr. & Mrs. Alvin Markovitz Scott Showen & Peter Dan & Sonja Martin - Tahoe Oral Amsden Surgery and Implant Center Anonymous Mr. Ed Matthews Ms. Jeanette L. Bean Judy & Bill Mayorga Bill & Judith Beaty William & Christney McGlashan Hikers at Morgan Point above Lake of the Woods, part of the 7,200-acre John R. & Carol Bennett Phil & Carolyn McIntyre conservation easement along the Jackson Meaadows Rd. Morgan Point is Heidi Biber Mr. Dirk Mellema named in honor of Jim & Becky Morgan. Kathy Depaola & Tim Robert Flanagan & Susan Mendelsohn Bigalke Daniel O’brien & Laura Kodres Mr. Frederick D. Minnes Gregory & Dr. Dana Miller Blair Jeff & Cathy Lang Anne Kimi Fukutome & Robert Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Bonzon Karen Latorra Mithun Leealyn & George Brandt Eric Law Stanley & Georgene Pasarell Robert Brodersen Ms. Suzanne Legallet - Silicon Valley Toni & Dick Paterson Jeff Brown Community Foundation William & Margaret Person David & Linda Brown Fund - Tahoe Dr. Richard & Robin Lewis The Peters Family Trust Truckee Community Foundation Stephen & Tamara Lieberman Dr. Brad & Trish Piatt Janice & Mitchell Brown-Silveira Mike & Ann Linnett John & Barbara Reding Dr. David & Judith Burke, MD Bill & Norma Markley Mr. & Mrs. Craig Ritchey Mr. Ric Campo John & Kathy McCorduck David & Elizabeth Rome Family Mr. & Mrs. Frank Champion Mr. Denman McNear Foundation Christine & Richard Chew Mimi & Burnett Miller Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ross - Bessemer Bill & Evelyn Covington Stephen & Andrea Brideau Miller Trust Mr. & Mrs. John Crary Lynda Moehling Mr. & Mrs. Allen Ruby Mr. Robert Crowder Pam & Jeff Muha Steven & Jennifer Ryder Francoise Beaufays & Luca de Alfaro Cameron & Marcia Murray - Barbara Carol & Michael Sabarese - Tahoe Frederick Dill Murray Fund Truckee Community Foundation Dean & Daria Eppley Mary Montella & Jeff Newman Andrew Sabin Family Foundation on Robert & Cathy Christian Farnsworth Mr. & Mrs. Richard Nicoll behalf of Jonathan Sabin Gerald & Linda Feeney Mr. & Mrs. Frank Noonan Fly Casting Club Dr. William Fry North Star Trust on behalf of Susan Lynn & John Schiek - Community Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gallo Family Cooley-Gilliom Foundation of Sonoma County Fund - Silicon Valley Community Dennis Pagones Melissa & Steven Siig - R.A. Bloch Foundation Hal Parker Cancer Foundation Ms. Gail Baker & Mr. David Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Peter Tyler Simonton - First Descent LLC Giacomini - Sierra Mountain Ms. Lorrie Poch Margaret M. Sohagi - The Sohagi Law Mortgage Kitty & Lee Price Group, PLC Nancy & Max Gisko Michael & Cathy Puckett Matt Warren & Sam Solomon - Michael & Molly Graham - Law Anne Harper & Rick Ronald SnowTech Offices of Michael Graham William & Virginia Schultz Drs. Amy Anderson & George Somero Tina Pete & Jonathan Gray Art & Sue Scotland Fund - Community Foundation for Monroe & Winigred Gross Alan & Ruth Scott Family Fund Monterey County Hilary & Jan Hedman Drs. Irina de Fisher & Scott Sinnott Mr. & Mrs. Jack Svahn John & Noelle Allen Hetz Kendal Smeeth William & Janice Terry Fund - Silicon Mark & Nancy Himelstein Mr. & Mrs. Ben Solomon - The Valley Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Derek Hine Solomon Foundation William & Mary Alice Thauvette Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Craig Sullivan The Thornborrow Family Fund - Jim Holmes Shaun & Suzanne Sullivan Jewish Community Endowment Ms. Nona Liang & Christopher Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Garfield Thomas Fund Keith-Girling Family Fund - RSF Douglas & Marilee Tinker Mr. & Mrs. Richard Volberg Social Finance Thomas & Pauline Tusher Family Roxanne Duffield & Hans Wain Bree & Kevin Klotter Fund - San Francisco Foundation Jack & Judy Warner Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 10 Th a n k Yo u t o Ou r Do n o r s

Mr. & Mrs. David S. Walker Mr. & Mrs. Billy Griffin - New PG&E Corporation Campaign Stephen Boitano John & Carol Whitelaw Moon Natural Foods Mr. C. Scott Powers John & Susan Bollinger Ms. Carole Wunderlich & Mr. Margo & John Groth Family Alexander & Britta Mackey Glenn Borchardt Steve Wilhelm Trust Rogerson Mr. & Mrs. Kent Bourquin Todd Zaayer Charles & Marcia Cohn Page & Ferrell Sanders Family Trust

Growdon Family Fund - Silicon Mr. Edward Bouwhuis $250 - $499 Cathy Howard & Andrew Valley Community Carol Bowa Chris & Sue Adams Guldman Foundation Ms. Juliet W. Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Anderson Arne & Lee Hamala Paul Sassenrath & Family Beverley Brahe Margret Geselbracht & Molly Stuart & Tony Hardy - Mike & Jan Shinn Jack & Lynette Branagh Thomas Armstrong Tony Hardy Construction Judy Silar Rick & Hope Brandsma Thomas Ausfahl Mr. & Mrs. Milton Hardyck Ms. Naomi Silvergleid Herb & Sally Brannen Robert Bjekich Barbara & Jeff Hartley Dorothy Dube & Mark Drs. Dave & Sally Brew Doug & Rita Boehner Fran Haulman Herbst Slomoff William Brinckerhoff John & Patty Brissenden - Hewlett-Packard YourCause Nan Carnal & John Stubbs Dick & Connie Brooding Sorensen’s Resort Mr. & Mrs. Jonel Hill John, Heather & Eric Svahn Cicely Hursh & Marvin Randall Brown Thomas K. & Evelyn M. Hunt Eszter Tompos Brooks Paige Derdowski & Paul & Dot Ingels Robert & Diane Wagner Dave & Terry Brown Kelley Carroll Sara Taddo Jones & Greg Jones Lisa Wallace Mrs. Elizabeth R. Brown Chevron Humankind Program Micki Kelly & Mike Josselyn - Roger & Maria Wets Mr. R. F. Brush Bob Brown, Dick & Ellen Kelly Biological Consulting Richard & Louise Wiesner Mr. & Mrs. John Buchanan Cochran Marty & Brad Woods Fund Carl & Nanon Buchell - Truckee Tahoe Don & Julie Buickerood Community Foundation Nancy Bull Mark Whatley & Danusia Claude & Margaret Burdick Zaroda Mr. & Mrs. Russell Burgess Jennifer Bailey & John Zeisler Mr. & Mrs. Roderick Bushnell William Cadman - Tulocay $100 - $249 Winery Duke & Sally Ackerman David & Andrea Campos Luca & Alisa Adriani John & Sue Carne Charlayne & Nigel Allan Richard & Myrna Cartano Abel Buickerood & Sorrel Janet Whalen & Zach Allen Cartozian Mr. & Mrs. Carsten Andersen Mary Corley & Pete Castro Richard Anderson Dr. Robert Cattolica Robert & Suan Anderson Mr. Steve Catton Dr. & Mrs. Jim Andras John & Margaret Chiarenza Anonymous (4) Mr. & Mrs. Michael Child Spring buds on an aspen. Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Argyres Leslie, Michael & Neil Chin Robert & Anne Marie Arns - Donna Chipps Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crocker Kevin & Diane Kane The Arns Foundation Eric & Maria Clothier Mr. & Mrs. Rodger Chris Kantarjiev Mr. & Mrs. Nick Arvanitidis Alan & Jan Coe Engebrethson Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Keil Steve Ascher Patricia Coe Mr. & Mrs. Charles Robert Kirkwood Marty & Judy Aufhauser Robert Cofer Farnsworth Bill & Chris Krissoff Dr. Howard & Anita Backer Marie V. Collins Roger & Nancy Ferch Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Kveton Ron Hunter & Kaitlin Mr. & Mrs. John Compisi Doug & Jane Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. James Landess Backlund Mr. Gary Convis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Fitzpatrick John & Donita Lane Bank of America Robert Cook Dan & Monica Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Lange Lorelle Banzett Leslie Cooley Mrs. Sharon Fong Peter & Sue LaTourrette Peter Barnett Mr. David Corbin Mr. & Mrs. Paul Franco- Ruth Daniel & Kendrick E. Mr. & Mrs. N. George Bechtel Bill & Susan Cordonnier Ferrara Lee Arlene Becker Karen Ellis & Doug Coulter Constantin & Maude Hank & Eileen Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Richard Beebe Mr. William Courchesne Genigeorgis Paco & Carol Lindsay David & Louise Beesley Dale Cox - Big Trout, Inc. Keith Goebel Randy & Jenny Martin Don & Lone Beeson James Coyle Google Kenneth McCann Family Trust Kurt & Lory Billeter Mr. & Mrs. Tim Crandall Dr. Michael J. & Laurel Gothelf Peter & Joan Melrose Tom Birmingham Ms. Marilyn Crang Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Gray Dudley & Philippa Nigg Dr. Roderick Biswell, MD Kathleen & Robert Crawford Rebecca Nystrom & Marijean North Tahoe Orthopedics Mr. & Mrs. Steven Blake Jonathan Creighton Greene Kevin & Donica O’Laughlin Ms. Anne G. Blake Kevin Crosby Michael & Gail Griesmer Wendy Peoples Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 11 Th a n k Yo u t o Ou r Do n o r s

Mrs. Diane Curtis David & Linda George Mr. Bill Jardine Lettis, Jr. Madeline Davis Charles & Linda Sue Gertner Mr. & Mrs. Larry Jinks Donald E. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Ralph De Vere Mr. & Mrs. Bill Giannini Dr. Diana Johns Mrs. Deborah Dun & Mr. White Mr. & Mrs. William Gibbons- June Lane & Ralph Johnson John Liddle Ms. Joan Dedo Johnson Mrs. Liz Schindler Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lindner Mrs. Jane Delanoy Ernie & Hilda Glenesk Joan & Russ Jones - Truckee Nancy & Bob Link Robert & Renee DeVinck Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Gnos River Winery Tom & Laurel Lippert Kevin & Jennifer Dewald Dr. Rolf Godon Eric & Frances Jorgensen Andrew & Beverly Littorno Mrs. Janice Didriksen Mr. & Ms. Daniel Goeschl Robert & Monica Judson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Long David Olsen & Diana Mr. & Mrs. Michael Good Elizabeth Doherty & Adrian Greg & Kimberly Low Dillaway David Graber Juncosa Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Lucia Mr. & Mrs. Mike Dineen Katie Grassini Kaiser Permanente Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mr. & Mrs. Steven Disbrow Nancy Latimer & Mickey Ms. Judy Dowdy Gray Valerie Doyle Valerie Green B. Craig & Christine F. Drs. John & Deborah Duncan Greenspan Mr. & Mrs. Allen Dunn Herbert & Norma Grench Mr. Harrison Dunning Grant Grunder Frank Smith & Dr. Dian Mr. Paul Grunland Duryea Max & Mary Juanita Deane & Patricia Dvoracek Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Chester Eccles Debra Hakansson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lynn & Ken Hall Family Trust Echenique Ms. Alice Hannam Drs. Pam & John Eisele Mr. Alex Hantke Mr. & Mrs. Emil Erickson Mr. & Mrs. Gary Harbison Family Fund Rachel Hardyck Vivian & Bruce Euzent Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harms Elizabeth Evans David & Carole Harris John & Anne Farr Ralph & Gillian Hayward Connie Fasani Mrs. Joyce Healey One of our favorite spots, Julie’s Rock at Donner Summit Canyon. Photo by Dr. Todd Feeley Mr. & Mrs. Robert Heath Anne Chadwick. Mr. & Mrs. R. Larry Ferral Barb Henderson Laura & Ken Ferree Elaine Henderson Community Giving Luckhardt Diane Thurm & Scott Fickes Edward & Laura Heneveld Otis & Virginia Kantz Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lufburrow Amy Hecht & Michael Fine Ms. Janice M. Nelson & Mr. Catherine Katz Jeremy & Tommie Patsy & George Fish Robert L. Herhusky Charles J. Keenan, III Lukensmeyer Robert Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Larry Hernandez Leigh & Janet Keicher David & Julie Lynch Keith & Ginny Fogg Dr. Dale & Jill Herrero David & Maureen Kennedy Lad & Leslie Lynch Leigh Fong William C. & Alexandra E. Mrs. Yvonne E. Kerby-Miller Mr. & Mrs. Rob Lynch Ms. Marilyn Foreman - The Hersh A. Jerry Keyser Carole Kay & Jack Lynn Foreman Living Trust Tanja Hester Robert Kingsley Andrea Kuster & Paul Lyons Dr. & Mrs. Scott Foster High Country Construction Mr. & Mrs. Derek Kirkland Ms. Kathy Mackenzie Annabel & Errol Foster-Davis Amy Hobbs Helen Bradley & Steven Lorraine P. Shea & Patricia Dr. Miranda Fram Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hodgson Kleiman Malaspina Joe & Coni Francis Steve & Margie Honegger Ms. Joan Klein Gordon & Joan Marks Mr. & Mrs. Richard Frank Sonya Retlzaff-Huggins & Mr. & Mrs. Walter P. Mr. & Mrs. James Mart Marianne & James Franks Dave Huggins, Jr. Knoepfel Jennifer Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Frick Dr. Jane Hunt Ms. Sandra Korth Kathlee Martin Dick Friedman Drs. Sharon Smith & Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Jay Kreimer Neal & Virginia Martin Lisa Frost Hunt Family Trust Robert & Marty Martin Stephen Fry Ralph & Barbara Christy Hunt Michelle LaGrandeur Dr. Kevin & Janice Don Fulda Charles Hutchings Selora Albin & Steven Lane Mc Kennan The Fuller Family James & Janice Hutton Nils & Marie Lang-Ree Renee & John McAmis Bill & Jackie Gage Integrated Environmental Heather & Terry Larkin Doug Sundby & Nancy Yoav & Robin Gal - GS Restoration Services, Inc. Byron & Corrine Lee McCartney Improvision Debra Jackins Matt & Kristy Leffers Betty & James T. McClaskey GE Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Sebastyen Linda Zimmerer & Richard Jack & Joni McCormick - Ms. Lisa Jay Gelfand Jackovics Leijonflycht McCormick Realty Michael & Virginia Genovese Garth & Marcia Jacober Tanya Reuvekamp & Lloyd Richard & Marjorie Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 12 Th a n k Yo u t o Ou r Do n o r s

McCracken Mr. & Mrs. Richard Orsi Fund - Silicon Valley John & Bonnie Sturtz Mr. Douglas McCreary Kay & Monte Osborn Community Foundation Sugar Bowl Ski Resort’s Lake Greg & Susan McDougall Robert Scott & Jane Owen Karen Ury & Carl Rogge Mary Cabin Bill McGuire Mr. Bob Brown & Ms. Mr. Richard & Judith Rohlf Lynn M. Suter Don & Lynn McKechnie Su-Moon Paik Robert & Patricia Ronald Woutje Swets Nancy Ann Nelson & James Dr. Richard & Jean Park Larry & Carolyn Rose Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal Co. McNamara Tim Parr - Parr Goldman & John & Diane Rosenberg Ms. Brita Tryggvi & Mr. Art Ron & Annika Medak Byrne Mr. & Mrs. Guy Rounsaville Takaki Karen & EJ Melzer Patagonia Sharon & Bob Ruffner Kathy & Mark Tanner John & Catherine Milbourn Captain David & Sarah Pate Mrs. Barbara Russell M.G. & Rebecca Taylor Kevin & Theresa Miller Matt & Kristine Miller Paxton Scott Ryan Robert Libutti & Mary Tendall Natalie & Daniel Miller Bernard & Joan M. Pech Gail & John Sande, III Kathi & Darrell Tennant George & Brenda Milum Javier Castellar & Helen Eric & Kelly Sandel Eliot & Christine Terborgh Nick & Darcy Mironov Pelster Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Sandelius Jackie Thomas Peter & Katie Mondavi - Mr. & Mrs. Greg Peot Gabe & Kim Schacter Leanna & Brad Thomas Charles Krug Winery Mike DeClement & Jennifer Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schmidt Sarah Trebilcock Michael, Jennifer & Paul Perga Ms. Maia Schneider Tributary Whitewater Tours Moran Mark & Karen Perlroth William Owens Jr. & Nancie Linda Loew & Gary Trovinger Robert & Deanne Morton Michael & Susan Phelan Schoener Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Co. Mr. Konrad Motzek Michael & Rosalind Plishner Barbara Schwartz Matthew, Elizabeth, Sadie & Joe & Alice Mueller James & Maureen Pope Ms. Pamela Schwarz Joachim Tucker Ms. Sheila Mullins Mr. & Mrs. David Porter Karen Seaward Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Ms. Phyllis Munsey James L. & Marianne Porter, Jr. Eric & Annie Seelenfreund Tuemmler Edward & Gretchen Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Ken Prager Robert & Jean Dr. & Mrs. Tim Tweedie Segale Glenn & Jean Urban James Sherman Nick, Kit & Steve Urbani Mr. & Mrs. Earl Mr. & Mrs. Royce Van Bebber Shirley Mr. Peter W. Van Der Naillen Jerry & Donna Val & Erin Videgain Silverberg Dr. John & Mary Lee Wachtel Mr. & Mrs. Michael Meredith & Robert Silvestri Walkington Dan & Charlene Alan Walls Simmons Mr. & Mrs. Robert Warren Mr. & Mrs. Michael Katrine Watson - Chase Simmons International Ann Reisenauer & Tom Watson - Truckee River Dick Simpson Associates Beverly Singer Knute Anscomb & Peter Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Werbel Marcy Helm Mr. & Mrs. Dan Wettstein - Smallen Kevin Ward & Chris The Civil War was just starting and Kansas, Nevada and Colorado were not yet Rena Smilkstein O’Conner states when the Webber Lake Hotel was built. Mr. Edward T. Smith Kay Whipp Winifred Clegg Carole & Robert White Mr. Stan Murphy Dave & Caroline Pratt Smith Buzz & Jan Wiesenfeld Thomas Murphy V.J. Bonnard & Gale Rankin Philip & DeAnn Spalding Gary & Betsy Willcuts Mr. Michael Murray Scott Rapp - Adventure Maps Mike & Carol Spiering Mr. Howard Williams Kim Myrman Donald Rees Rose Stadtner Amanda Williamsen Dr. & Mrs. Saburo Nagumo Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rei Mr. & Mrs. David Stanley Michael & Mary Ellen Wilson David & Catherine Nason David Reneau Hellmuth Starnitzky Noel & John Wilson Stella & John Nichols Susan & Rick Reynolds Mrs. Johanna Stek Gregory Wimmer Mr. & Mrs. Brian O’Melveny Dr. & Mrs. Robert Richardson Bill & Jodi Sterling - The Mike & Lisa Wise - Wise Matt O’Neil - Sitkoff O’Neil Alfred & Dorothy Rincon Sterling Co. Insurance Mr. & Mrs. Charles Eric & Elaine Ring Terry & Zoe Sternberg Ms. Helen Wolfe Oldenburg Jane & Jerry Risk Joyce Stewart & Family Jerry & Donna Wood - White Richard Oliver River Ranch Lodge Mrs. Judy Hemingway & Mr. Buffalo Marcia Spector & Rodney Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Roberts Doug Stock David & Sheila Woods Omachi Mr. & Mrs. Robert Roche Arlo Stockham Glenn & Leota Woods Carl & Helen Ondry Gerald & Mary Jane Rockwell Tim & Kay Stringari Mr. Rocky Woods - Gabbart Donald J. Orme, D.D.S. Mr. & Mrs. Tracy Rogers Raymond Sturges & Woods Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 13 Th a n k Yo u t o Ou r Do n o r s

Gary & Diana Wright Loydine Dianne Fix Linda Suter & Rob Stewart Foreman Wunderlich Christopher & Jessica Fowler Julie & Craig Wyreman Ms. Martha Frantz Jan Zabriskie John & Pat Fraser - Truckee Mrs. Nancy Zachariasen Realty Ron & Gisela Zech David Frisbey Dawit & Cori Zeleke Jim Garrissere Bonnie & Jim Zellers Mr. Richard Gould Dennis E. Zirbel, Architect Mr. & Mrs. Peter Graf Robert & Geneve Greene $50 - $99 Jerry Greif Mr. & Mrs. Osvaldo Ancinas Mr. & Mrs. Jim Haagen-Smit Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Mike Hafer Karen & Pedro Arroyo Mike Haire Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Ashcraft Radford & Geraldine Hall Pierce Meadows, a 2009 project since conveyed to the United States Dr. & Mrs. Terry Baker Mr. & Mrs. Dick Hamilton Forest Service. The Land Trust eradicated a legacy road to prevent Mr. & Mrs. Charles Banfield Larena & Joseph Hannon damage to the meadow by OHVs. Mr. & Mrs. George Barnes Margaret F. Harding Sheree & Richard Luttrell Monica Rohrer Mrs. Joan Beahm Kerry & Mark Hawk Mr. & Mrs. Don Mahony Michael & Kathleen Roman Ms. Helen Beale Donna J. Hays & Family Mr. Donald Mann CJ Rowe Mr. Jon Bergmann - Print Art/ Russell Hays III Mr. Robert Maples David & Diane Rowe Sierra Mail Mrs. Georgia Bianchi Heald Terry Martin Mr. & Mrs. Bill Russell Paul Bettelheim Mr. & Mrs. Willie Hector Mr. & Mrs. John Mayol Peg Rutt Ann Biagini Susan Hellyer Douglas & Fredricka Bob Ryder Mr. Arthur Bienenstock Robert & Martha Helseth McGlashan Michael & Emily Salmon David & Gloria Billharz Mr. Jeffrey Holl Dr. Lynn McLellan Thomas & Jill Sampson Family Trust Vic & Kathy Hopner Sara Michie Karen & Jim Sarrail Mrs. Judy Bloch Jodi Hubbell Bryan & Carol Miller Marjorie & Jim Schallau Gail S. Bradley Mr. Miles Huber Sue Barton & Don Morrill Mrs. Emily Desfor & Mr. Jeff Coralie & Joe Burgess Walter & Joan Huber Marty & Don Mosman Schloss Joan & Dale Bush Jay & Marcia Hull Ms. Kim Rietdorf Muratore L. William Schmohl Dr. James W. Carlin Ms. Jane Hunt Paul C. & Patsy Murphy Randy Diaz & Jack Schwartz Ms. Carmen Carr Bruce & Libby Hutchinson Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Nagao Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Schwebel Mrs. & Mr. Kevin Carroll Rob & Linda Ingalls Michael & Colette Needham Family Trust Jean R. Chickering Trust James & Claudia Ingols Michael Neward, CPA Ms. JoAnn Semas Laura Stern & Mark Clifford Ms. Patricia Isham Norm Nicholls Sondra Sharee Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clifford Rodolfo & Mary Jacuzzi Carl & Thea Norum Mr. & Mrs. Herm Shaver Mr. & Mrs. Frank Collin Mr. Allen Jefferis Stephen D. O’Brien Robert & Alice Shellenberger Mr. & Mrs. Hal Collins Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Jensen Bruce & Anita Ochieano David K. Smith Law Office of Brent Collinson Ervin & Denise Jindrich Barbara Oertli Ms. Melissa Smith Mrs. Linda Common Mr. & Mrs. Tom Johns James & Janet Orey Mrs. Kathy Spagnolo Dr. Miles & Patricia Congress Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kahn Nancy Woolf & Fred Paladino Brian Spear Marion & Richard Cooper Bill & Stella Karras Dave & Linda Palley Paul R. Stanbrough Jon & Jodie Crase Ms. Patty Kelley Bill & Nancy Palmer - The Kathleen H. Stephens Nancy D’Amico John Levine & Junie Kikuchi Sign Shop Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sudnikoff David Dasko Susan Knadle-Salocks James & Joy Phoenix Ms. Lucetta Swift Robert DeLaurentis Mrs. Emma Kolokousis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pillsbury Thomas & Stephanie Mr. & Mrs. John Donatoni Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Kurlak John Pope & Sons Szymoniak Mr. & Mrs. William Dosch Jonathan Laine Michael & Marybeth Porfido Tahoe Trail Trekkers Arlene Downing-Yaconelli Ms. Valerie Lambertson Art & Pat Poulin The Thompson Family Sharon Dulberg & Ilana Linda Cashion & George John D. Edgcomb & April Margie Allen & Mitchell Drummond Lamson Powers Tobias William & Margaret Eadington Norman & Patricia Landsberg Tom & Peggy Prescott Mr. & Mrs. Frank Tobin Kathy & John Echols Joshua & Laura Latimer Bruce & Trudy Presser Mr. Timothy E. Treacy Friedrun Sullivan & Gene Mr. & Mrs. William Lerch Steve & Leta Rabenstine Bette & Richard Treiman Edgett Lydia Mendoza & Henry P. Jane Ragan Russell & Pamela Tweet Debbie & Eric Efthimiou Little Marc Rayacich Paul Vatistas - Alpine Home Design & Celia Howe & Peggy Longo - Robert & Susan Reisfelt Evor & Peri Vattuone Construction Backstreet Framers Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Repp Esther Walters The Emmons Family Timothy Lundgren Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Reuvekamp Bob & Deanna Wargowski Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 14 Th a n k Yo u t o Ou r Do n o r s

Carolyn & Dick Warmington Michael Drum Steven & Nancy Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. Dan Eggen Mr. & Mrs. Jim Westphal Bette & Douglas Farrar Angela White Judith Fasani Mrs. Joan Willis James Ferguson Alan Wilmunder Mr. & Mrs. David Fielding Dr. Norman Kahn & Diana Mr. Matthew N. Follett Winyard Karyn Freested Mr. & Mrs. William Wright Dr. Peter & Sue Loff Fry Mr. & Mrs. Ken Wuertz Louis J. Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Rick Wynne Ben Grasseschi Mrs. Mary Conroy & Gerald Griffin Mr. Gary Zouzoulas Sandy & Bill Haley Robert & Kay Hammar Under $50 Richard & Cheryl Harper David, Julie & Chris Africa Nathan Hartwig Mrs. Leona Anderson Babette Haueisen Mr. Dick Angus Dave Hays Anonymous (2) John Healy Prarie Smoke (Geum triflorum.) Photo by Anne Chadwick. Fred & Florie Baumann Ms. Patty Heck Ruth Beck Dr. & Mrs. Milton D. Mr. & Mrs. James Miller Vivian Sumner Linda Beeson Heifetz Mrs. Judy Pleich Miller John Taylor Steven & Mindy Benton Kathryn Brown & Jim Mr. & Mrs. George Moore Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Taylor Ms. Linda Bezinover Hendon Mr. & Mrs. Rick Murphy The Taylors Carolisa Blesse Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Margaret Nance Susan Sheffield Thomson Tevie & Iris Bornstein Herrick Mr. Roger Nixon Sheila Toner Susan Collins & Edward Dr. & Mrs. Milo Hewitt Mrs. Dona Novack Anna Reynolds & Bill Bower Ms. Kathleen L. Horan, Ann Nunziata Trabucco Jessica Buickerood MD Corinne Oakes Marilynn & Bob Trounson Sarah Currier & John Coke Mr. & Mrs. Philip Hudner Lynn Richardson & Doug Drs. Daniel & Janis Tuerk Caccamo Laura & Peter Hueber Oblak Mrs. Patricia Underwood Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hyatt Robert & Elaine Ockner Shannah Van Winkle Betsy Carpenter Mr. & Mrs. Francis Jasinski Gregory & Bettee Palmer Sarah Trebilcock, Eric Eve & Joseph Cartan Mrs. Celesta Jennett Josh Peterman Larusson & Rob Vandyke - Julie S. Carville Edith & Glenn Jobe Debra & Graeme Plant The Villager Nursery Steve & Robin Cavagnolo Jakub Kalousek Jeffrey & Lavan Rassuchine Ms. Jane Voss Brent & Dianne Collinson Lisa Kapellas Malena & Spence Raymond Linda & Glenn Wegner Suzie Cordero Lori Kelley Ms. Lillian Richards - Robert Col. & Mrs. William Welker Nancy & Fred Cotton Kermit King Social Club Needham Memorial Fund Ms. Frances White Mrs. Colleen Cusick Pat & John Kessler Mrs. Linda Rintala Mr. & Mrs. Milan Wight Frank & Jennie Desmond Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Klein Mrs. Kathrin & Mr. William Margo & Claude Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Howard Dienger Mrs. Patricia Kleis Robberson Glee Willis Eugene & Alix Doherty Helmut & Undine Krauss Mr. & Mrs. Ripley Robinett Ms. Maral Wingo Dr. & Mrs. Philip Langley Mr. & Mrs. Richard Robinson Gregory & Francie Winnen Peter Leibrock Aileene & Robert Roth Marilee Wintz Dr. Bobbie Head & Brian R. Louis & Phyllis Salaber Laura Woods Lewis Rejina Salomon Kellie Wright Justin Lichter Maria Sargent Zachary Zadrozna Richard & Barbara Lutz Mr. Charles Schmuck Ms. C. Denise Ziganti Chris MacIntosh Mrs. Juanita Schneider Ms. Frances Macomber Catherine Schnurrenberger We apologize for Gennardo & Marilyn Wade & Virginia Sherwood Malzone Shira & William Shore any errors in these Mr. Philip Matthews Mr. & Mrs. William Sims acknowledgements. Ernie & Kathy McCoy Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Smith Call us at 530-582- Norma D. McDade Mr. Donald Snider Janet McMartin Darrel & Elaine Snyder 4711 if you have Mr. Richard F. Mead Laura & Patrick Somers any corrections. Mr. & Mrs. Reinhard Mr. Peter Standish-Lee Mechelke Barbara E. Sullivan John Davis with a Lahontan Cutthroat trout before releasing it back into Independence Lake. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 15 Tr a i l b u i l d i n g w i t h Go o d Di r t y Fu n Exciting news, as the Truckee Donner Land Trust is moving forward on several new trails this summer. Land Trust staff will be flagging and designing new trails at Independence Lake, designing a new trail linking State Route 267 at the Northstar signal with Waddle Ranch Preserve, and flagging new portions of the Donner Lake Rim Trail. Staff and volunteers will be busy. If there is a silver lining to the meager winter of 2012-2013, it is that it provides an extra couple of months for trail work. By the end of this summer, hikers and cyclists making the trek around Independence Lake will no longer have to bushwhack from the North Shore Trail to the South Shore Trail. A new trail is slated to be built that will not only eliminate the bushwhacking, but will meander through a beautiful mature red fir grove and showcase the cascades of upper Independence Creek. The trail will have an ecological benefit as well; currently the creek crossing passes through a Lahontan cutthroat trout spawning area. The new trail will bypass this area and prevent impacts to this threatened native fish. Staff is also coordinating with the U.S. Forest Service It is nice to be reminded of our region’s rich history. Photo by Geoff Griffin. in designing an exciting, new trail linking two spectacular and protected lands: Independence Lake and Cold Stream grants from Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s Meadow. The trail will link the Independence Lake basin Nature Fund and the Lahontan Community Foundation, with the Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail, staff will map out the trail this summer and work with creating a myriad of backpacking opportunities. This trail the Truckee River Watershed Council to curb erosion on is in the planning stages and is likely a five-year endeavor, legacy roads in the area. Construction will begin in 2014. but we are excited to take these first steps. Finally, ten years after protecting Schallenberger In 2013, a new access into Waddle Ranch Preserve Ridge and conveying it to State Parks, the Land Trust is being planned that will pass through beautiful will begin flagging the Donner Lake Rim Trail sections Elizabethtown Meadows (a part of the Martis Valley across this scenic ridgeline. The Land Trust will also meadow complex, south of Waddle Ranch and roughly work on a new portion of the Wendin Way trail that across the road from Northstar). Thanks to generous accesses the Donner Lake Rim Trail from the Donner Lake Interchange. Currently, Wendin Way is a newly constructed single-track trail for the first half, and a badly eroded dirt road for the second half. The Truckee River Watershed Council will rehabilitate and decommission the old road and a new trail will be built this fall. The Land Trust has always relied on volunteers to construct its trails, and these new trails will be no exception. The passion and dedication of volunteers cannot be matched in constructing and maintaining trails. If you would like to join us, please contact Kevin Starr at 530-582-4711, [email protected].

Land Trust Trail guru Kevin Starr demonstrating how to cut trail 2013 Trailbuilding Dates tread with a group of pro-riders from Shimano Bike Equipment. Photo by Sterling Lorence. This year, trailbuilding will be once a month on select dates from June through early October. Sign up by visiting Truckee Trails Foundation at www.truckeetrails.org, and click on Good Dirty Fun. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 16 Spe c i a l Tr i b u t e Gi f t s The Land Trust gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, businesses, and foundations that made gifts to the Land Trust in honor or memory of a loved one from January 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013. These gifts are a great way to pay tribute to a person’s love of the Truckee Donner region. Gifts in honor of: Angel & Sadie Alan & Kathryn Fowler Bob & Pat Breckenfield The Freedom Voluntary Exchange An early project of the Land Trust was protecting Mike & Ted Bank Rik & Chris Frost a rare fen containing Pitcher Plants. These The Barry, Morrow, Treon, Lincoln, Lisa Querimit & Frank Galli carnivorous plants thrive in soil too poor in Cabral & Gardner Families Sierra Mountain Mortgage & minerals for other plants to survive. Photo by Ryan Bartlett Dave Giacomini Ralph & Barbara Hunt. Grayson & Olivia Beck Ken & Helen Girling The Boitano/Leonard Wedding Guests Charlie Goodman Bob & Gingi Olstad Karen Brens Abbey & Nicholas Grimmer Lorrie Poch Anne Chadwick Jill Zwagerman & Scott Growdon Wayne & Eva Poole Cokie Mark & Martha Growdon PRBO Conservation Science Gerald & Syl Colligan Isabella Hafer Petaluma, CA Bob & Sherry Conrads Juliet Hafer Edie Jackson & Tom Richardson Patty Daffurn - Serena Creek Retreat Nancy & Milton Hardyck Teddy Runge Joan Dedo Don & Joyce Harvey Kari & Chris Rust Eugene Doherty Donna Hays Laura & Mike Ryan Geoffrey Douglass The Heidelman Lodge Ryan Group Architects Doris Stoessel & Jack Ellis John & Sue Hiatt Sandbox Design Studio Leonard Ely Jr. Nona Liang & Christ Hunt Andy Schwartz The Guy Haskin Fernald Family The Hunt Family Sirius Sherwood-Harrington Ken & Marcia Fess Sue Hyde Beverly Singer Tory Finn Diana & John James Len & Ditty Smith Eleanor & Dick Johnsen Jean Snuggs Judith Bud & Bobby Sperry Looking for the Karen Martin-Keller & David Keller Eric Gustaf Svahn perfect gift for Kevin Kinnebrew Jim Telling Janamarie Knadle-Salocks Bill & Mary Alice Thauvette someone who seems The Krewedi Family Blake Tresan to have everything? The LaGrandeur Family Laurel Turner Give the gift of Julia & Mike Laney Glenn & Jean Urban Ruth Daniel & Kendrick Lee The Utchen children & their open space for all Robert & Nancy Link Families occasions. Emily Lubin Gary & Janice Valenzuela Katie Lubin Tom & Cathy Van Berkem An honorary gift is a Michael Lubin Oliver Vetter thoughtful way to show Nancy Maclise Dr. Clifford W. & Helen L. Wauters your friends and family Anne Mahony Greg Weinbender Gene Markley Judith Wells-Walberg how much you care about Ann McBride Ellie Huggins & Dan Wendin them and the environment. Kenneth McCann Family Trust Alberta Wilmunder Call the Land Trust at Carl Moczwdlowsky Maral Wingo 530-582-4711 for more Esme, Lucy & Zoe Morrison Worldloppet XC Skiers come to Tahoe Shanna O’Hare & John Davis Jacky & Ping Wu information. Chris & Ed O’Neill Nikki Young Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Adventure Maps, Inc Bronwen Jewelry Cabona’s Snow Removal & Vacation Rentals Spe c i a l Gi f t s c o n t . Chase International – Trinkie Watson Cottonwood Restaurant DMB/Highlands Group, LLC Gifts in memory of: Sue Johnson-Sage Donner Lake Property Owners Association Marge Adkerson Dr. Jerry L. Jones Donner Lake Woods Homeowners Association Louise Anderson Ryan Kelley Donner Summit Area Association Karl Kohler Dragonfly Helen Beale East West Partners Marshall Bean Lt. Nathan Krissoff, USMC Echenique Construction Elizabeth Bettelheim Milena Lamarova First Descent, LLC Emo Biagini Bob Lambertson Floyd Construction, Inc Jim Biggar Matthew Collin Lynn Gabbart & Woods Ted & Virginia Malm GLA Reality Advisors Mango Borkowsky GS Improvision Benjamin Brackett Donald C. McCormack Tony Hardy Construction, Inc. Tim Brattin Betty & Bob McGlashan Heidelmann Lodge Joel Brody Eddie McGowan Home Concepts Sallie Brown Nick Moll Integrated Environmental Restoration Services, Inc. Robert G. Needham Kelly Brothers Painting, Inc. Robert & Paula Buickerood Law Offices of Michael Graham Chaco Chris Nelson Law Offices of Porter Simon Amy Chamberlain Wyona Oakes The Lodge at Allen L. & Alma S. Chickering Ken Orchard Los Gatos Construction Co., Inc Beloved dog Cody Fred Penfield Martis Camp Tristan Perlroth Martis Valley Associates – Anne Dain Goeschl Judy Conradson North America Ski Training Center Harry & Mary Cornwall Stephen Oliver Peter New Moon Natural Foods Patricia Crow Jim & Lorraine Peters Northern Sierra Partnership Timothy Glenn Davis Kathy Polucha Kessler Pacific Field Service, Inc. William Charles Druehl Margie Powell Paco’s Truckee Bike & Ski Roxanne Pyle Parr Goldman & Byrne Bill Durland Patagonia Joan Egan Brunilde Quassiati Plumas Bank – Shelly Wright Leonard W. Ely Gary Rausch Print Art/Sierra Mail Randy Forbes Jon Richards Puma Springs Vineyard Don Foreman Maggie Rochlin REI, Inc. Rolf Rosander The Richardson House Bill Foster River Ranch Lodge Sally Work Franks Larry Sage Ryan Group Architects Florita Frost Janis Sarnquist San Francisco Fly Casting Club Betty Fry Beth Schwarzman Save Van Norden Meadow Charlie Goodman Leon Silar Serene Lakes Conservation Association Joe Smiell Serene Lakes Property Owner’s Association Leo P. Grassini, II Sierra Crest Dental Murry Greenberg Margaret Smyth Sierra Mountain Mortgage Lee Groshong Trish Strickland Sierra Pacific Organic Coffee Company R. David Hays, Jr. Virginia Mae Raymond Sturges Silver Sage Center for Family Medicine Marian Elliott Hodges Robert M. Taylor The Sohagi Law Group, LLC Edwin Thomas SnowTech Sorensen’s Resort Richard W. Thompson Sotheby’s International Realty John Thornborrow South Bay Ski Club Stu Treon State Farm Insurance – Tahoe City Jay Trepanier Sugar Bowl’s Lake Mary Cabin Georges & Ollie Marie Sugar Bowl Ski Resort Summit Medical Services, Inc. Victoire Sunshine Tahoe Heath Wagener Tahoe Oral Surgery and Implant Center Elliot Wagner Tahoe Trail Trekkers Gary L. Walters Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal Co. Kathy Williams Mark Tanner Construction, Inc. Trails and Vistas Steve Yaconelli Trailscape.net Helen Yule Tributary Whitewater Tours

Authur Cohn & Barbara to our Business Partners Thank You Truckee River Associates Cohn Zeller Truckee River Winery Katy Zirbel Truckee Tahoe Airport District Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Vail Resorts The Villager Nursery Photo by Stefan Mcleod Photography. Vision Design Dennis E. Zirbel, Architect Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 18 The La n d Tr u s t Ac h i e v e s a Mi l e s t o n e

After a lengthy process, in Accredited land trusts are communities,” said TDLT February the Truckee Donner authorized to display a seal President William Thauvette Land Trust earned accreditation indicating to the public that Lawrence R. Kueter, Chair of from the Land Trust Accreditation they meet national standards for the Accreditation Commission, Commission, a program of the excellence, uphold the public referred to the efforts of the entire Land Trust Alliance. trust, and ensure that conservation Land Trust staff in earning this The Land Trust efforts are permanent. The seal distinction: “Congratulations is one of only is a mark of distinction in land on this achievement. I know 201 land trusts conservation. everyone at the Truckee Donner nationally that “This effort will pay off in Land Trust has worked hard have met the strict the future as we have better to earn this honor. This is a standards required procedures, documentation, milestone for you and the land for accreditation. transparency, and credibility trust community.” in the land trust and wider

Mee t o u r Ne w e s t Bo a r d Mem b e r s Anne Chadwick alpine and Nordic skiing, cycling, Ted is a member of the Writer and photographer kayaking, and hiking. Truckee Rotary Club, a charter Anne Chadwick splits her time member and past President of between the Sierra Nevada and the Contractors Association of Sebastopol, California. She is Ted Owens Truckee Tahoe, and a member Ted Owens was raised in active in several organizations of the Truckee Masonic Lodge northern California in a family devoted to protecting the #200. He served on the Truckee of outdoor enthusiasts, enjoying environment and Planning Commission and skiing, backpacking, fishing advancing the arts the Town Council and was and hunting. He majored in and she chaired selected in 2003 to serve as Political Science at Cal Poly the Fire Safety Truckee Mayor. San Luis Obispo Committee for Ted was elected and afterward the Serene Lakes to the Nevada went to work as Property Owners County Board of a government Association. Retired Supervisors in affairs manager from a career 2004 and 2008 for a statewide in agricultural where he served insurance trade policy and as Chairman of association. communications, the Board in 2005, Trading in the Anne has traveled 2008 and 2012. suits and ties, Ted extensively for As Supervisor, Anne Chadwick moved to Truckee work and pleasure. Ted served on full time in 1989 She has served on the Land several statewide to join his father Trust’s Stewardship Committee boards including in the family since 2009 and has been active in Ted Owens California’s construction raising funds for the preservation Sierra Nevada business. of Royal Gorge. Anne enjoys Conservancy representing the Central Sub-region. He also worked extensively with the Land Trust on several Award Alert: The Land Trust is “Relentless” acquisitions. At the California Council of Land Trust’s annual conference, “I joined the board because the Truckee Donner Land Trust was one of eight organizations the Truckee Donner Land Trust recognized for its outstanding work in 2012. The Land Trust was goes about conservation the right way, creating a win-win-win for honored for its “relentless and tenacious pursuit” to protect Royal private landowners, the public Gorge. and conservation,” Ted said. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Andregg Geometrics Page 19 Atypical Design The Backcountry California State Parks Save the Date Carmel Gallery Downtown Truckee www.TheCarmelGallery.com Cedar House Sport Hotel 2013 Events Anne Chadwick Photography Matt Chappell/Chappawitz.com Northern Sierra Partnership Second Clair Tappaan Lodge Annual Celebration Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP Conservation & Preservation Counsel Friday, July 5th Barbara Grasseschi & Tony Crabb The first and highly successful NSP celebration was held Scott Cross/Streamscapes last year at spectacular Independence Lake. This year, we’ll be Earthworks Incorporated celebrating at the newly conserved Royal Gorge! The fun begins Bob & Penny Fink at 9 a.m. with hikes, nature walks, bike rides, and outdoor David Galson classrooms. At noon, guests will enjoy a delicious catered BBQ. Dan Goddard Construction Geoff & Barbara Griffin Friends and family are heartily encouraged to attend. Stay Anne Grogan tuned for more information on how to RSVP by watching our Hartley Appraisal Services website and e-newsletters. If you are not signed up to receive Holdrege & Kull Consulting Engineers and Geologists our e-newsletters, you may do so at the top of the page at www. Jackson Appraisal Services tdlandtrust.org. Jake Hudson Integrated Environmental Restoration Services, Inc. Trails & Vistas Sara Taddo Jones George Lamson & Linda Cashion September 7th – 8th Law Offices of Porter Simon For Trails & Vistas 10th Anniversary, the location for the Martis Camp area’s magical, musical art hike is the Pacific Crest Trailhead in Stephen McLead Photography the Tahoe National Forest on Donner Summit. This unusually Jason Moghaddas/Feather River Land Trust creative experience allows people to appreciate the Sierra Mountain Forge, Inc. landscape in a truly unforgettable manner. For tickets visit www. Mountain Hardware & Sports trailsandvistas.org. Mark Nadell NASTC Resort Hike Ambassadors—Invite Us Along! Sam Okamoto/Drunken Monkey Is your hiking club planning an outing on Land Trust Orbitaldesignlab.com properties this year? We’d love to join you! Hike Ambassadors Paco’s Truckee Bike and Ski are Land Trust Directors who share your love for hiking and can Patagonia enhance your experience with stories about the ecology, history Bill & Molly Person and people of the land. Learn what part the Land Trust played Lorrie Poch in making these trails available for public recreation. If you like, The Pour House we’ll work with your hike guide to customize a focus - birds, Puma Springs Vineyards butterflies, wildflowers, historical events, the land acquisition The Richardson House process - and fit it into your plans. (We even have a professional Resources Law Group photographer who can share tips on capturing the spectacular Resources Legacy Fund scenery.) Call or e-mail K.V. at 530-582-4711, [email protected] Sierra Business Council Squaw Valley to invite a Hike Ambassador to join you on these trails: Jodi & Bill Sterling – Salomon Sugar Bowl Academy • Castle Valley Sugar Bowl Ski Resort Tahoe Donner Association • Coldstream Meadow Tahoe Institute for Natural Science • Donner Lake Rim Trail Tahoe Mountain Resorts – Jeff Brown & Breck Overall Tahoe Quarterly • Independence Rim Trail Association • Negro Canyon Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Jean & Jeff Thatcher

• Lacey Meadow to our In-Kind Donors Thank You TIP Printing & Graphics, Inc. Town & Country Storage • Perazzo Meadow Town of Truckee • Royal Gorge Don Triplatt Truckee Tahoe Airport District • Schallenberger Ridge Truckee-Tahoe Mortuary • Donner Summit Canyon Cathy & Tom Van Berkem Jan & Buzz Wiesenfeld • Van Norden Meadow Charles Zipkin & Janet Zipser Zipkin • Waddle Ranch Preserve Dennis E. Zirbel, Architect The Land Trust would Page 20 like to thank the following foundations for Bu s i n e s s Pa r t n e r Pr o f i l e their recent grants: Emmigrant Trails Dr. Andy Pasternak & JoAnn Ellero, Greenway Trust Silver Sage Center Family Medicine Grasseschi-Crabb Family While living in Foundation Wisconsin, Dr. Andy Pasternak and his wife Kansha Foundation JoAnn Ellero visited friends Lahontan Community in Reno with whom they skied at Royal Gorge. Andy Foundation, a Donor and JoAnn were so taken Advised Fund at Tahoe by the skiing and the Sierra Truckee Community they immediately started to plan their move out west and Foundation have now enjoyed 15 years Mellam Family Foundation in the region. The couple started Morgan Family Foundation Silver Sage Center for Family Medicine in Reno, providing Northern Sierra Partnership high quality health care to the community. They focus Page Foundation particularly on patients interested in making healthy Patagonia changes in their lifestyles. REI, Inc. In an effort to give back to the community, they have Andy Pasternak, MD, MS, and JoAnn Ellero. Resources Legacy Fund been proud members of One Percent for the Planet since Tahoe Truckee Community 2007. In addition, they support the Truckee Donner Land Trust for its commitment to Foundation Nature Fund and preserving what Andy and JoAnn love about their home. “The Land Trust, while promoting opportunities for healthy outdoor fun, The Martis Fund preserves land for future generations. Royal Gorge is a shining example,” Dr. Vail Resorts Charitable Fund Pasternak said. The couple enjoys skiing, mountain biking, hiking, trail running, kayaking, bocce ball, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and bird watching. Dr. Pasternak reminds A Special Thanks everyone: Use sunscreen! The Land Trust would like to thank Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s The Martis Fund for its generous grant of $25,000 for Buck for Open Space Partners restoration and construction of trails at Elizabethtown Meadows. Acquired in Donate a $1 Today 2012, Elizabethtown Meadows is located on the east side of Highway 267 and Preserving open space in the greater Truckee Donner region will provide trails connecting to Waddle is simply good business. The Land Trust would like to thank the Ranch Preserve. The Martis Fund is a collaborative project of Martis Camp following conservation-minded businesses and their customers landowners, DMB/Highlands Group and encourage you to give them your business. (developers of Martis Camp), Mountain Area Preservation Foundation, and Cottonwood Restaurant Sierra Watch. Dragonfly The Land Trust also received a grant for $5,000 from the Lahontan The Lodge at Tahoe Donner Community Foundation via the Tahoe Paco’s Truckee Bike and Ski Truckee Community Foundation. The grant is for the Middle Martis Creek Sierra Crest Dental, Robert Colpitts DDS Riparian, Road and Trail Restoration Project. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 21 Fl o o d i n g w r e a k s h a v o c a t Do n n e r Su mm i t Ca n y o n

Between December 2 and 4, 2012, the west end of Donner Lake received 14 inches of rain that fell on top of an existing snowpack causing a 100 to 200 year flood event. The flood devastated many of the trails at Donner Summit Canyon, one of the Land Trust’s most visited acquisitions and now part of Donner Memorial State Park. The post-flood damage is extensive: the bridge over Summit Creek needs replacing, culverts have been overrun, and in several places, the trail was eroded down to bedrock and is unrecognizable. In places, Summit Creek jumped the creek bed and quickly eroded a new channel into the trail. Hydrologists with State Parks are in the process of analyzing whether to leave the creek in its new home and reroute the trail, or push the creek back into its The flood cresting near the bridge at Summit Creek. The water is about a foot and a half deep on the Old Dutch Flat Wagon Rd. previous drainage and reconstruct the trail. Staff plans to have at least a temporary bypass in place for the summer hiking season, if not a permanent one. Last fall, the Land Trust prudently installed a series of rolling grade dips on the trail. These dips were very successful in diverting the storm flows off of the trail and back into natural drainages. Although the damage is extensive, it is localized to certain areas due to the success of the grade dips.

This culvert will be replaced with a rock-hardened low water crossing.

The Land Trust and State Parks also plan to remove several damaged culverts and replace them with rock- armored, low water crossings that will not clog with debris. The Land Trust also plans to replace the existing bridge with a new one that will span the entire creek without center supports that are prone to clogging. The repairs are costly and unexpected. Still the Land Trust views the acquisition and stewardship of Donner Summit Canyon a wonderful conservation victory among many.

Please use caution when hiking and biking at Donner Summit After the flood, parts of the trail remain intact. Canyon this summer. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 22 C o n s e r v a t i o n e f f o r t s

Post Waddle Ranch, the Land Trust makes progress toward a conservation grand slam.

grand slam,” said Perry Norris, the Land Trust’s Executive Director. Toward that goal, Truckee Donner Land Trust continues to steadily make progress in the Martis Valley. Since 2006, the Land Trust has completed three acquisitions and three conservation easements totaling 2,109 acres. This includes the protection of the 1,482-acre Waddle Ranch Preserve acquired in 2007 for $23.5 million, one of the most expensive and complicated conservation transactions in the Sierra. The Land Trust is now working on two new projects: Hopkins Ranch, once slated as a golf resort subdivision; and a 232-acre conservation easement across from the entrance to Northstar Resort. Both of these projects should be completed by year end. Hopkins Ranch comprises 242 acres south Elizabethtown Meadow. Remnants of Elizabethtown, a minimg camp in the 1870’s, of Shaffer Mill Road. DMB Highlands Group, the can be found at the edge of the meadow. developer of Martis Camp, has agreed to donate the property in fee to assure its permanent protection. The overarching conservation goal in the Martis The acquisition protects a scenic viewshed and includes Valley is to create contiguous natural lands and habitat the proposed alignment for the Martis Valley Regional from Waddle Ranch Preserve to the Mt. Rose Wilderness and Toiyabe National Forest, an area covering more than 70,000 acres. Still something wrong with this file. I can’t As a transition zone between the relatively wet open it in Photoshop, place it or anything. I Sierra Crest and the drier Great Basin Ranges to the east, the Martis Valley is have never had this happen before? ecologically important. Plant communities thrive throughout its creeks, wetlands, forests and Can you make an entirely new pdf? meadows. Its protection provides an unbroken corridor from the Valley to the Mt. Rose Wilderness and beyond, ensuring hundreds of species of birds and mammals can survive and flourish. “To borrow a sports metaphor, this is nothing short of a conservation Current acquisitions, new and existing trails on Land Trust properties in the Martis Valley. Spring/Summer 2013 Newsletter Page 23 c o n t i n u e i n t he Ma r t i s Va l l e y

Trail, a paved multi-use trail that would link Truckee to The Vail/Martis Valley conservation easement will Northstar, and eventually North Lake Tahoe. provide opportunity for a new trail linking Northstar Vail Resorts, the operator of Northstar, is the to Waddle Ranch Preserve, crossing recent Land Trust successor to agreements made by its predecessor, Booth acquisitions. (See map previous page.) Creek, with Mountain Area Preservation and Sierra Watch “Given the popularity of trails at Waddle Ranch, as part of the “Martis Valley Settlement.” The agreements building new trails for hiking, biking and running in required the donation of a conservation easement to the the Martis Valley will fill in a piece to our local trails Land Trust on acreage once planned for development. The network,” said John Svahn, the Land Trust’s Stewardship acreage is directly across from the entrance to Northstar. Director. “Working with DMB Highlands Group and Vail The Land Trust is also partnering with business Resorts has been a true pleasure,” Norris said. “They are groups and advocacy groups to achieve a conservation committed to insuring the Martis Valley is a special place outcome for Sierra Pacific Industries’ 6,800 acres that for generations to come.” spans from the Vail/Northstar conservation easement to Brockway Summit.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS William Thauvette, President Janet Zipser Zipkin, Vice President Chris Fellows, Secretary Geoff Griffin,Treasurer Gina Biondi David Brown Jeff Brown Anne Chadwick William Goerke Make a secure or recurring donation Ted Owens J. Thomas Van Berkem from our website: www.tdlandtrust.org

ADVISORS Martin Bern John Cobourn Lance Conn Kathleen Eagan Bob Fink Penny Fink Ralph Hunt Judy Mayorga William McGlashan Stefanie Olivieri Jim Porter Craig Ritchey

STAFF Perry Norris, Executive Director Kellie Wright, Development John Svahn, Stewardship Kevin Starr, Stewardship Noah Brautigam, Stewardship K.V. Van Lom, Communications and Administration Dave Mandrella, Independence Lake Preserve Marina Manager

COVER PHOTO: “Hey kids, wait for dad!” Photo by: Mike Schwartz - The Backcountry. Spring storm at Lacey Meadows. Photo by Sam Okamoto Photography. This newsletter is printed on recycled paper using soy ink.