8:00am – 2:00pm (Time may change to afternoon/evening if temperatures are running too high)
Leader: Doug Huddle
Limit: 10

NOTE NEW DATE!!! Observe mountain goats heading to high country on Barometer Mountain, Lasiocarpa Ridge and Chowder Ridge. Tour will include strenuous, ½ mile hike each way. Contingent on weather, this hike offers chances to see mountain goats, golden eagles, pikas, nesting raptors and neo-tropical birds. Call or email the Whatcom Land Trust office to register 650-9470.

Gear: Ten Essentials Day Pack suggested. Good hiking boots, layered clothing, rain gear, sack lunch, water, binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras with lenses, sunglasses and bug repellant strongly encouraged.

Come join us on Saturday, June 12th for the kickoff of the 2010 Jr. Stewards program!  We’ll be at Marine Park in Fairhaven from 10:30 – 12:30 to experience the low tide (at the beach) and distribute booklets (at the shelter).

The Jr. Stewards program is a free, environmental education program for kids and their family. Kids get a booklet of activities to do at 3 specific locations, and 1 location of their own choice. By the end of the program (Aug. 27), they complete a Reflect & Respond page and send it to us. Depending on how many places the child visited, s/he receives entries into a drawing for great prizes!

We hope you’ll join us at the kickoff to get your booklet! If you have questions, feel free to call Connie at 650-9470.

May 8, 2010, 5-9pm at the Lakeway Inn

Please join us for Whatcom Land Trust’s 10th Annual Auction.

This event sells out every year, so don’t wait. Make your reservation soon!  The early bird deadline is April 2nd.

Reservations are only $60 per person if received by April 2nd, and $75 afterwards.  Be a table captain and invite your friends!  Full tables of 8 are $400 before April 2nd, and $500 afterwards. Call 650-9470 to register!

The following local businesses have generously donated food or materials to recent Whatcom Land Trust work parties: Starbucks Coffee, The RE Store, Avenue Bread & Deli, Avellino, Cascade Joinery, & Erin Baker’s Wholesome Baked Goods.

We are entrusted with an extraordinary natural heritage. Saltwater shorelines, forests, lakes, farms, mountains, and wildlife habitat are all part of a legacy that only we can preserve for future generations. The desire to share this heritage with our children and grandchildren unites all who treasure Whatcom County.

The Mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.