Big Storm Rocks Our World
While people were scurrying to high ground, stuck in a torrent of tides and flood waters, or blocked in by landslides and failing roads and culverts, nature's indifference to human infrastructure and its ability to thrive in flood events was made perfectly clear. While high waters threatened the Nehalem Teaching Trail's bridge (pictured here), this flooding provided our riparian plantings an abundance of freshwater, as well as salmon passage upriver. And the bridge survived the flood!
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Thank You, Donors, for Being So Awesome
Your 2015 gifts have been amazing and inspiring. Thank you! As a nonprofit our work in land conservation, education, and community outreach would be impossible without generous support from champions like you. All of us at the Trust wish you a joyous New Year and send you our gratitude for your partnership in conservation!
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Stewardship News
Max Broderick, Stewardship Coordinator
Stewardship work this month has been focused on continuing our planting and invasive species removal efforts at Zimmerman Marsh between the deluges of rains we've been experiencing! We'll continue to establish native plant species at Zimmerman Marsh, Sorrel Woods, Elk Meadows, and Cedar Creek Marsh in the months to come. As soon as January we'll begin collecting willow, twin berry, salmonberry and elderberry cuttings for propagation in our native plant nursery at Alder Creek Farm. We hope you'll join us!
“Rain or Shine” Stewardship Wednesday
Every Wednesday, 10:00 am – noon
Meet at Alder Creek Farm, 35955 Underhill Lane, Nehalem
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Community Garden Notes
Karen Matthews, Community Garden Coordinator
Save the date! Our annual plant sale at Alder Creek Farm will be held on Saturday, April 30, from 9:00 am to noon. Starts will be cultivated in our greenhouse so expect robust, acclimatized plants for your garden. We've received feedback that folks would like more growing information on the plastic tags that accompany each flat. A printer with a back feed exit would help us with this project. If Santa brought you a new computer or printer recently, please consider donating your old one to the community garden. Thank you!
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In Memoriam
Muchas gracias, George...
"We look back fondly on our memories of George trudging through
the mud at project sites, leading meetings, and
sharing his enthusiasm for restoring the river he cared for so much."
Alix Lee, Lower Nehalem Watershed Council Coordinator
George Hemingway was an incredible leader of Lower Nehalem Watershed Council. Under his leadership the Council developed and implemented critical restoration efforts throughout the Lower Nehalem River watershed. George led the Council through policy and structural changes in 2015 ensuring the future of the Council and retiring knowing he left the organization on strong footing. A lovely tribute was prepared by George's colleague at UC San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Read more...
Our hearts go out to Jean and their daughter Gillian and the Hemingway's extended network of family, friends, and colleagues everywhere. Thank you for your tireless service to our community, George Hemingway! You exemplified in every way what a difference one person can make. Donations honoring George's life may be sent to Lower Nehalem Watershed Council, PO Box 249, Nehalem, OR, 97131.
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Community Partners
Happy Marine Reserve, One & All!
Cape Falcon Marine Reserve in effect Friday, January 1, 2016!
Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve Kick-Off Party
Saturday, January 16, 2016, 4:30 – 8:00 pm
Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita
Join the Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve in celebrating ocean conservation with live music (Tsunami Drummers & Two Crows Joy), food & drinks, information about the marine reserve, plus family-friendly activities. Everyone is invited to this free event! For more information, contact coordinator Chrissy Smith at capefalconmr@gmail.com. More information here...
LNCT Presents – Natural Wonders of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve
Friday, February 19, 2016, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont, Portland
Please join us for an evening of informative conversation about seabirds, wildlife monitoring, and ocean conservation with Dick Vander Schaaf of Nature Conservancy, Joe Liebezeit of Portland Audubon Society, and Ryan Cruse of Surfrider Foundation. This free event is open to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information click here...
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Lower Nehalem Watershed Council Annual Meeting & Speaker Series
Thursday, January 14, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita
6:30 Refreshments
7:00 Annual Meeting & Board of Directors Elections
7:30 Speaker Chad Durand
LNWC welcomes the community to attend its 2016 Annual Meeting. Following the meeting, Chad Durand of Clearway Environmental, LLC will discuss the Council’s watershed-wide culvert assessment project. Clearway’s team of engineers and fish biologists spent the last several months traversing the watershed to assess and rank around 550 road-stream crossings. Chad’s presentation gives an overview of data collection and culvert prioritization. For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/lnwc1
Ecola Creek Watershed Council Meeting
Monday, January 25, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Cannon Beach City Hall, 163 E Gower Street, Cannon Beach
The meeting is open to the public; please join us. Learn more about Ecola Creek Watershed Council here...
Behind the Emerald Curtain Coming to Manzanita
In 2016 (stay tuned for a later announcement) Lower Nehalem Community Trust will partner with Rockaway Beach Citizens for Watershed Protection (RBCWP) and North Coast Basin Coalition to host a screening at the Hoffman Center film series in Manzanita of Shane Anderson's short documentary, Behind the Emerald Curtain. Pacific Rivers, which produced the movie, is a non-profit organization working to protect clean water and healthy rivers by promoting healthy watersheds. Curtain chronicles forest practices and their effects on our local watersheds. View the trailer here....
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Thank You Kindly
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• A microwave for Alder Creek Farm
Thank You & Welcome to New Members!
• Angela and Robert Wynia and Family
• Mark McLaughlin
• Charlotte vonAhlefeld
Thank You Renewing Members!
• Dianne and John Bloom
• Sherry and Richard Konkol
• Barb and Chuck McLaughlin
• Christopher Johnson
• Wendy and Thomas Ryan
• Robert Ritchie
• Barbara Edwardson
• Janice and David Fisher
• Martha and Mike Cooper
• Matt Gray & Will Walsh
• Erna and Gustav Treske
• Dr. Harry Rinehart
• Lanny Kay Eason
• Carol and Ric Nichols
• Mary and Mark Roberts
• Gwen Davidson and Doug Lubotsky
• Meryl and Jules Evens
• Patricia and Michael Collmeyer
• Betsy Ayres
• Patti and Kevin Costello
• Roxann and Mark Balmer
• John and Maria Phipps
• Melinda and Gary Seelig
• Vivi Tallman & Fred Lackaff
• John Cottrell
• Olaf Sweetman
• Christina and Reed Wilson
• Leslie Taylor and Doug Beers
• Terri Desaro and Craig Nern
• Liz and Dan Carroll
• Sybil Heidel and Robert Bigley
• Linda Henry and Pamela Lowe
Thank You Renewing Business Members
• The Pizza Garden, Jeanne Wells
• Unfurl Clothing, Suzy Freeman & Judson Moore
Thank You Business Members!
• Unfurl Clothing, an eco-fiber and planet-forward clothing boutique
• Blackbird, local, seasonal, fresh downtown dining
• Blanton & Son Construction LLC, the dutiful son you always wanted
• Cloud & Leaf Bookstore, an eclectic selection, just two blocks from Manzanita beach
• Columbia Bank, best possible service in community banking
• Diane Kay Gibson, CPA, individual, business and non-profit accounting since 1984
• Ecologic Tree, LLC, providing ecologically sound plant health care, from the ground up
• Finnesterre, a thoughtful selection of special goods
• Grounded Growth Counseling, licensed counseling for the community
• Hahn and Associates, Inc., Environmental Consultants
• Hans Tonjes, real estate broker
• Longevity Massage, heart-centered, therapeutic massage
• Sarah Smyth McIntosh/Law Manzanita, urban-level legal services at coastal rates
• Manzanita Rental Company, charismatic vacation homes
• Nehalem Bay Pottery, attractive, useful pottery for kitchen and home
• One Green World, unusual fruiting and ornamental trees from around the world
• The Pizza Garden, so much more than pizza!
• Rinehart Clinic, comprehensive, quality local health care 24/7
• Weichert Wellness LLC, the ideal medical practice
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