Education and Outreach
While we have had to postpone all our in-person programs until it is safe to gather face-to-face, there are still things happening and opportunities you don’t want to miss.
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Annual Baker Beach Bioblitz
Sunday, June 7th, from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Rather than meeting together, we are encouraging households and individuals to participate in this annual bioblitz using the iNaturalist app to document the biodiversity during low tide. You can download the iNaturalist app and join the Baker Beach Bioblitz 2020 project and participate with others, while maintaining social distance. The iNaturalist website has tips on how to make observations using your smartphone. It’s a fun way we can be apart, but work together on monitoring any changes over time of the diversity of species along our coast. Email [email protected] with questions. |
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North Coast Otters –
Going virtual on May 27, World Otter Day TCLT is one of the organizations participating in the otter art project and looks forward to the day when we can display our otter, painted by artist Maureen McGarry, in our SimmonsGallery office. Until then you can enjoy a virtual otter art festival at otterart.humboldt.edu on May 27th 2020. There you can enjoy a sneak peek of the 100+ otter sculptures ready to be placed at participating shops, restaurants, galleries, and visitor centers. The festival transition from virtual to “‘in person”’ will be timed to ensure safety and support local businesses, and provide an opportunity to celebrate our North Coast community. |
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Virtual Humboldt Trails Summit w/ State Senator Mike McGuire
Saturday, June 6th, 9 to 11 a.m. via Zoom
Last year TCLT participated in the Humboldt Trails Summit and this year will be the first Virtual Humboldt Trails Summit on Saturday, June 6th, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. via Zoom and Access Humboldt channel 12. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the progress that is being made on local trail projects and get an update from State Senator Mike McGuire on the status of the Great Redwood Trail. The public is encouraged to send their questions about trails in advance to: [email protected]. To join the Virtual Humboldt Trails Summit, you must register here.
More details about the event and how to connect are available on the Humboldt Trails Council website or their Facebook page.
Conservation and Stewardship Project Updates
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The ‘Horse Pasture’
Donated by the Saunders family in 2018, this property has seen some recent improvements. Fencing has been repaired and we have worked to remove invasive weeds (broom, cotoneaster and wild radish) in preparation for allowing horses to once again graze upon the open field. As an added bonus, the pasture now has several swallow nesting boxes, built by Steven Vander Meer and installed by volunteers Andrew Orahoske and Mindy Hiley. |
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Houda Point
We are continuing to work on finalizing our county coastal development permit before we start implementing the public access improvements funded by the State Coastal Conservancy. Improvements will include ADA accessible parking and path, restroom area, picnic tables, benches and interpretive signing.
Luffenholtz Beach
As the new landowner and property steward since 2019, TCLT will be starting a planning process later this year to design access and safety improvements to the trails and visitor areas at Luffenholtz Beach and Tepona Point, with funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board.
Little River Trail Project
The Project Team, including TCLT, and coordinated by the Redwood Community Action Agency, has been assembled and we will be kicking off the project with community outreach, technical studies, environmental analysis, and engineering design for the Project Approval and Environmental Document (PA&ED) phase of the Little River CA Coastal Trail project which will connect pedestrians and bicyclists from Clam Beach to Westhaven. The future trail head will be on TCLT’s 15-acre parcel at the end of Scenic Drive above Moonstone Beach.
Strawberry Rock
TCLT continues to take the lead on fundraising to purchase the trail easement and redwood grove project area, including Strawberry Rock, from Green Diamond Timber Co. TCLT has secured $500,000 out of an estimated $1,000,000 appraised value. Huge thanks to the Footprint Foundation for a $25,000 grant for project management and preliminary trail planning. We are continuing to raise funds needed to secure this trail easement. Learn more here.
Leave A Legacy
Over the past 40 years, TCLT has grown to include 26 coastal, open-space, public benefit properties, owned outright fee-title and via conservation easements. To help TCLT sustainably support our land stewardship goals, TCLT invites you to consider TCLT in your will and estate planning. For example, a long-time land trust member is developing language w/ TCLT to will their residential property upon their passing. This important gift will help TCLT purchase future conservation lands and help to cover the annual costs to maintain our public access trails and vista points. Learn more here.
Stay safe, healthy and find comfort in the natural world.
We are continuing to work on finalizing our county coastal development permit before we start implementing the public access improvements funded by the State Coastal Conservancy. Improvements will include ADA accessible parking and path, restroom area, picnic tables, benches and interpretive signing.
Luffenholtz Beach
As the new landowner and property steward since 2019, TCLT will be starting a planning process later this year to design access and safety improvements to the trails and visitor areas at Luffenholtz Beach and Tepona Point, with funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board.
Little River Trail Project
The Project Team, including TCLT, and coordinated by the Redwood Community Action Agency, has been assembled and we will be kicking off the project with community outreach, technical studies, environmental analysis, and engineering design for the Project Approval and Environmental Document (PA&ED) phase of the Little River CA Coastal Trail project which will connect pedestrians and bicyclists from Clam Beach to Westhaven. The future trail head will be on TCLT’s 15-acre parcel at the end of Scenic Drive above Moonstone Beach.
Strawberry Rock
TCLT continues to take the lead on fundraising to purchase the trail easement and redwood grove project area, including Strawberry Rock, from Green Diamond Timber Co. TCLT has secured $500,000 out of an estimated $1,000,000 appraised value. Huge thanks to the Footprint Foundation for a $25,000 grant for project management and preliminary trail planning. We are continuing to raise funds needed to secure this trail easement. Learn more here.
Leave A Legacy
Over the past 40 years, TCLT has grown to include 26 coastal, open-space, public benefit properties, owned outright fee-title and via conservation easements. To help TCLT sustainably support our land stewardship goals, TCLT invites you to consider TCLT in your will and estate planning. For example, a long-time land trust member is developing language w/ TCLT to will their residential property upon their passing. This important gift will help TCLT purchase future conservation lands and help to cover the annual costs to maintain our public access trails and vista points. Learn more here.
Stay safe, healthy and find comfort in the natural world.
“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
