OUR PROGRAMS: CONSERVATION-COMMUNITY-EDUCATION

Our 2017-18 Conservation year saw the completion of our Protect the Edge campaign, which added 76 acres to our prior holdings. During this fiscal year, our 149.76 acres of local lands were under the watchful eye of Stewardship Coordinator Shane Sjogren, who leads his team of Trust volunteers in weekly work groups onto assigned properties for maintenance and stewardship projects. (New volunteers for this work are always welcome! Call 503-368-3203.)

The Community Garden at Alder Creek Farm (ACF) continues to reflect the Trust’s commit-ment to the citizens of North Tillamook County. In 2017-18, 34 ACF gardeners and a like num-ber of volunteers put in hours of work planting, cultivating and harvesting an estimated 882 pounds of produce for the community, benefitting the North Coast Food Pantry and the Nehalem Senior Meals Program.

In 2017-18, the Trust fulfilled its commitment to Education by providing an outdoor classroom for almost 300 students who spent class time at ACF. Some were there for lessons and demon-strations in conservation and environment. Others came for school-sponsored days of com-munity service, or for the Forest-to-Sea Science Camp programs. And the kids weren’t the only ones exploring the Farm. Our wonderfully diverse environment attracts birders and hikers of all ages. During the last year, we have continued to offer educational hikes and nature experiences through local programmatic partnerships and the Explore Nature Tillamook Coast program.

Our mission is to preserve land and nurture conservation values in partnership with an engaged community in the Nehalem region of the Oregon Coast.

2017-2018 FINANCIAL REPORT

2017-18 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Allan Olson, PresidentRoxann Balmer, Secretary

Jim Pendergrass, Treasurer

Nancy ChaseDoug Firstbrook

David SipCarl Vandervoort

Mary Ruhl

Kate Morrison, Executive Director

Since our founding in 2002, our work at the Trust has always focused on weaving our land acquisi-tions together with the community that surrounds those lands. During 2017-18, we embarked on the development of a master plan for Alder Creek Farm and surrounding natural

area, seeking a way to assure that the Farm can become a tangible touchstone for a community committed to conservation in the Nehalem region.

In 2017-18, the Trust named local science educa-tor Peter Walczak as the winner of our annual Ferdun Conservation Award. Peter has the gift to open the eyes and hearts of children to the natural world in a way that helps them under-stand their role in it. A walk in the woods or along the shore with Peter is always a magical experience. We’re proud that he uses Alder Creek Farm as one of his many outdoor class-rooms.

Finally, I am pleased to announce that the Trust has just received a significant gift of 111 acres on the south slope of Neahkahnie Mountain! It will be known as the Headwaters property. Our thanks to the community for helping find new ways to bring us all together with the land on which we live.

Allan Olson, PresidentLNCT Board of Directors

Allan Olson, President Board of Directors

Lower NehaLem CommuNity trust Beading the Necklace of People and Place

Peter Walczak, recipient of the Ferdun Conservation Award, leads

the Forest-to-Sea Science Camps

LNCT lands are an outdoor classroom to over 300 local

area students

882 lbs of produce harvested at ACF benifit the North Coast Food Pantry and

Nehalem Senior Meals Programnehalemtrust.org | lnct@nehalemtrust.org | 503.368.3203

532 Laneda Street • Suite C | PO Box 496 | Manzanita, Oregon 97130

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INCOME$252,061

EXPENSES$177,441

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Total Assets $3,965,296 Total Property Value $3,569,923 (15 properties)

LNCT is a 501(c)(3) organization

Thank You Donors!CEDAR CIRCLEAnonymous Garry Bullard & Kay SteppDuncan & Janet CampbellMeryl & Jules EvensGeorgeanne FerdunDoug Firstbrook &

Debbie MoberlySharon & Steven GibsonMatthew Gray & William WalshChip & Toni GreeningMichael Hithe & Kim MillerIrvin JacobTony & Sarah JohnsonGordon & Katherine KeaneDottie KoontzCandace Kramer & Drew PrellManzanita Grocery & DeliAnne MaragosOlivia MercadoAllan & Madeline OlsonNehalem Bay PotteryJim & Chris PendergrassSue McGrath & Bob RieckePatricia RinehartBarry Marshall &

Barbara RippeyMark & Mary RobertsDavid RubinMary RuhlGary & Melinda SeeligHenry & Kim StevensJanice Stewart & Gordy AllenPaul SunderlandLinda Kozlowski & Bill SupakKathryn Stock & Deb TinninSusan Tone & Phil BlantonUnfurlReed & Christina Wilson

DONORS Mark AllredAmazon SmileAmsted Industries FoundationRoberta AndoBob Applegate &

Debbie GorhamElizabeth ArchRoland Atkinson &

Jo Ann WeaverAlexander & Virginia AyresBetsy AyresTom & Barbara AyresKaren BabbittMark & Roxann Balmer

Andrew Barker & Fred KassabPenny and Ray BartlettMarilyn Beach & Terence BarrMark BeachChris & Liz BeckmanJan & David BellJudith BennettKenneth & Linda BierlyKatja Biesanz & Coby LeedPeggy BiskarBlanton & Son Construction LLCDanna BlattmannJohn & Dianne BloomSharon & Robert BorgfordPaul & Kathy BoxGerry BoyerDeanna BrinkmanJames & Kathy BrittEllen BrownMary McArther & Bob BurganWorth & Barbara CaldwellSharon CanadaSally Ann CanepaDan & Liz CarrollPatrick CarrollDennis & Debra CarverBruce Casler & Nancy HoffmanMary ChapinBetsy Chase & Paul KnightNancy ChaseJennifer & Watt ChildressLouise ChristiansonMary ClarkDavid & Toni ClayLouise BlackElizabeth ColemanMichael & Patricia CollmeyerDeborah Columbo &

Doug MartinJane Comerford & Joan CampfCommunity Supported FisheryAnne V Osborn CoopersmithCricket Cordova & Dale ChapmanJohn CottrellDave & Debbie CraigRachel Crowley & Ted WendellGwen Davidson &

Doug LuboskyRegina DavisBill De Jager & Sheila NolanLane deMollCarl Vandervoort &

Deborah DeWitRalph Dobiejko & June BaumlerAlan Drengson &

Victoria StevensSteve Duncan

Laurence & Kay EasonBarbara & Robert EdstromBarbara EdwardsonMike Ehlen & Janice GainesSusan EvansFinesterreDavid & Marilyn FlemmingSuzanne FontenotChris Foster & Teresa RobertsonGail FrankJames FrankCharles Fuller &

Rebecca MikesellEd & Mary GallagherNadia Gardner & Mike ManzulliRick GatesDiane Kay Gibson C.P.A.Jim GibsonJane GillisDavid & Gloria GostnellGlenna Gray & Craig MackieDouglas & Katherine GreenJennifer Greenleaf &

Thomas CocklinHahn and Associates, Inc.Charles HallJohn & Elaine HanbyJill Hanson & Andrew WorseyDebbie HarmonSusan Hayden & John BeastonDavid & Alsion HeibultMargaret HerringtonKaren Hightower & Jana FussellKathie & Greg HightowerSusan HoeffelLeigh HoffhinesDave HoltCory & Brooke HuaHuckleberry Farm StudioIntel CorporationAllan & Pamela JacobsonBrenda JohnsonChristopher JohnsonJulianne JohnsonMichael JohnsonNancy JohnsonPatricia JohnsonThomas & Jeanne JohnsonWally & Judith JonesDes & Donna KahrsRon KalinaHaim KenigCindy & Michael KirklandStan & Greta KopecKroger - Fred Meyer RewardsDavid & Irene KronerSusan Knight & Glen Lamb

Maranne & Winston LaszloRenee Delight LaTorre &

Bob LaTorreJan LayneMary & Larry LeveretteKetzel LevineJoyce LewBernadette LohseJohn LohseMegan Lucas & Dave StewartCarter & Jennifer MacNicholMelissa MadenskiTimothy & Kathryn MahaffyNeal MaineLinda MakohonBill & Katherine MaloneyManzanita Beach GetawayMichael ManzulliTerri MaragosStewart & Karen MartinDave Matthews &

Dellanne McGregorKaren & Mike MatthewsAntone MatuleEvan & Diane MatznerLaw ManzanitaBrenda McLaughlinChuck & Barbara McLaughlinBrian & Betsy McMahonJohn & Deb MersereauClark MillerSandy MillerJames & Susan MishalaniJames MitchellRonnie & Sharon ModrowDiane MonicoKathleen Moore &

Scott WagnerSandra & David MoreyAnn MorganJohn MorrisTom & Evelyn MurphyDavid Horowitz & Gloria MyersNathan & Ashli MyersJudith Sugg &

Anupam NarayanNehalem Bay Garden ClubLark Miller & Bob NelsonTerri Desaro & Craig NernJo NewhousePeter Newman & Liz ColeRic & Carol NicholsHeidi D. Olejnik, D.C.Allan & Madeline OlsonOregon Parks Foundation FundTerry Fullan & Lorraine OrtizPacifica Land Conservation LLC

Bill & Paula PeekLinda & Thomas PetersonRudolf PetersonTed Knieriem & Patti PetruskaJohn & Marie PhippsChristopher & Kelley PlattSandra PolishukJulia PomeroyCarole PoolChristine & Michael QuigleyDeanne RagnellHenry & Leena ReedSusan Reinhardt & Steve MillerJulie Resnick and Teresa TaylorDolores RossAutumn RoulanKelley RoyRichard Alden & Maggie RudyEdith RuschJohn & Martha RussellThomas & Wendy RyanLeila SalmonRobb & Paula SansumNancy Ashton &

Dennis SchantzenPer Sweetman & Janet SchibelJon Orloff & Jean ScholtzLennon Leiman & Fredrick SeilRay ShackelfordAlan & Gwen ShustermanShane & Kayla SjogrenBeverly Hallberg & Floyd SklootKaren SmallDon Mackie & Becky SmithMark & Holly SmithPerfect Wave ConstructionRob & Angelle SoansJanice SootsConnie SoperJudy SorrelDouglas SparksAdele & Gerard SpegmanMike & Lindsay SpinaStandard InsuranceMichael & Minnie StapletonJohn & Carol SteelePaul Steele &

Margaret VandenbarkMary StevensCasey Storey & Carolyn AmosCloud & Leaf BookstoreVivi TallmanBill & Sara TattamBradford Taylor & Linda StilesDon & Jacque TaylorDoug Beers & Leslie TaylorRoger Taylor

Thomas TaylorRalph & Margaret ThomasDave & Bev ThompsonJacqueline ThompsonLianne ThompsonPhyllis ThompsonCathy TinkerSusan Tone - Re/Max

Coastal AdvantageGustav & Erna TreskeAnn UptonTania UrsinKirby VoosBrandt & Sharon VromanPeter & Karin WalczakSuzanne & Merle WallisRhia WeinhausHilda & Bill WelchBurt & Patty WentWheeler FoundationDawn & Charlie WhiteMichele WilkeyKathryn WilkinsonGerald & Kaleen WineingerJon & Kelli Zbinden

IN KINDAssociation of NW SteelheadersBill’s Tavern and BrewhouseEcologic TreeNehalem Animal HealingMichael & Billie GreenwayHeadlands Coastal Lodge & SpaLongfellow Construction, Inc.Manzanita Fresh FoodsGinnette MarberryRichard MastenikVicki & Byron MeltonKate Morrison & Gavin BondyNehalem Bay State ParkOswald West State ParkNorth Coast Recreation DistrictNorth Coast Land ConservancyDixie PalmerPelican BreweryPortland NurserySalmonberry Saloon, LLCHope Stanton & David GravesSweet SepticWasabi Paddling Club

Thanks to all who made memorial gifts to honor Mary Hewitt, Faith Dorothy, George Lohse, and Howard Walp.

2017 -2018R e p o r t t o t h e Community