Stewardship of the Land

Over 231 hours in 10 months!!

Field data recorder for cheatgrass study
Trail work party regular volunteer
Land Trust Ambassador for events, outings, and Halloween trick-or-treaters at the office.

Wenatchee Valley Museum docent and teacher for youth programs like Youth on the Columbia

Monthly volunteer host for Environmental Film Series

As a volunteer professional landscape designer, developed and taught a ”designing with native plants” workshop for Cascadia Conservation District and for Earth Day.

As a Sustainable Wenatchee Board member, staffed events, taught composting workshops, and fulfilled board duties.

Working with WVC staff to get the Wenatchee campus certified as a Tree Campus USA.

Volunteered with the Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation’s Beaver Project, in Winthrop, WA.  She fed and cared for beavers being held at temporary shelters. She recorded data, helped with beaver releases, and monitored sites for evidence of beaver.

Attended an all-day community science training for the Sagebrush Songbird Survey (WA Audubon & WDFW)

Served as a CDLT Ambassador, assisting leaders on outings in the Wenatchee Foothills.

Participated on NCW Audubon Society field trips where observations were entered into eBird.

Serves as a Dean’s Advisory Board member for Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, Martha hosts regular gatherings for graduates living in North Central Washington.

Community science volunteer for eBird projects with CDLT

Offered a variety of free educational events for the public through the Wild Birds Unlimited’s Wenatchee store. Her wall-mounted dissected owl pellet is a bit hit!

2018 Community science volunteer for Cornell Lab’s Project FeederWatch program for two years.

Volunteer guide for snowshoe tours, Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery

Volunteered for two trash clean-up projects in Wayne National Forest, Ohio, with grandchildren

Year-round trash pickup on trails, where ever she is in the world on layover as a flight attendant

Taught a granddaughter about the value of big sagebrush growing at her home.

By intention, she is paying closer attention to the native plants and animals she knows.  Whenever she is with someone else out-of-doors, she shares her natural history knowledge.

She actively promotes participation with Team Naturaleza! to her friends and family

Malerie is passionate about native medicinal & food plants of WA. 

As a volunteer with The Plant Ally shop in Leavenworth, she leads collaborative plant identification walks and workshops.  She discusses plant collecting ethics as part of her programs. 

Pulls invasive baby Russian thistle weeds on daily dog walks along the Sage Hills Trails, Wenatchee Foothills.

Embarked on a multi-year native plant restoration project within Puget Sound, on 13.5 acres with 260 feet of beach, tidelands, an old farm house, regenerating conifer forest, and a creek.  Tom’s goal is to leave it as a legacy property for future generations with maximum natural beauty due to functioning habitats.

Planted sagebrush seedlings and cleared trails for CDLT

Wrapped plants for Arbor Day distribution for two years

Captained an Eco-Challenge Team, recruiting and encouraging team members for the 2-week competition.

Art-of-Community Podcast featuring Wenatchee Naturalist program

CDLT mailing parties

Planted sagebrush seedlings and cleared trails for CDLT

Wrapped plants for Arbor Day distribution for two years

Captained an Eco-Challenge Team, recruiting and encouraging team members for the 2-week competition.

Art-of-Community Podcast featuring Wenatchee Naturalist program

CDLT mailing parties

Professional journalist, writing non-paid nature articles for The Good Life magazine

Service as a CDLT Trails Ambassador

Newly arrived to our region, they purchased 5-acres of shrub-steppe hillside and promptly began weed control and planting natives.

Their work on private land is benefiting their neighbors by reducing the spread of annual weeds. By replacing weeds with native perennials, the hillside is more resistant and resilient to wildfire.

Trail maintenance volunteer for CDLT and other local trail organizations

For Wenatchee Valley College Outdoor Recreation Management Classes & for the Natural Resources & Outdoor Club, partnered with local land

managers and took students out to do fieldwork, including:

• Trail restoration with CDLT
• Trail building with Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
• Native plant restoration with Chelan County
• Field surveys with WDFW

Wenatchee Naturalists, Valerie and Michael Sarratt, honored by Okanogan Conservation District for the conservation practices, post-wildfire. Both have earned their Wenatchee Naturalist pins for volunteering 100+hours in support of conservation.

• As Benson Creek home-owners directly impacted by the 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire and subsequent flash flood, worked in partnership with the Okanogan Conservation District to restore the riparian creek corridor.
• Awarded the 2015 Cutting Edge Cooperator for outstanding vision and implementation of innovative conservation practices

Mara Bohman has earned her Wenatchee Naturalist pin for volunteering 20+ and 50+ hours in support of conservation.

• volunteer teacher for Wenatchee River Institute field days with elementary school students
• Researcher and writer for a blog about Columbia River natural and cultural history
• Organized a 2018  Columbia River Salmon speaker & discussion series, partnered with local conservation organizations.  Coordinated speakers, wrote newspaper articles, developed flyers, and hosted 3 events in Wenatchee, Cashmere, & Okanogan.

Bill Deuters has earned his Wenatchee Naturalist pin for volunteering 20+& 100+ hours in support of conservation, serving Chelan-Douglas Land Trust and the Washington Native Plant Society:

• researched, designed, and built 5 knapweed weeding spades, with 10 more under production in winter, 2016-17, to be donated to CDLT and WNPS in spring, 2017.
• Volunteer for trail improvement and stewardship projects for CDLT in the Wenatchee Foothills.
• Volunteer for the Conservation Committee, North Central WA Audubson Society’s field site review for the Upper Wenatchee Community Lands Project.

In addition to her “day” job as Trails Coordinator for Chelan-Douglas Land Trust, Hanne volunteer evening and weekend hours as part of the trail crew building the 2-mile Glacier View Trail on Horse Lake Reserve.  Hanne’s daughter, Marlo, was along for the ride!

Lessa Broker volunteered doing both conservation education and stewardship for three local conservation organizations:

• Leesa earned her Wenatchee Naturalist pin for volunteering 20+hours in support of conservation.
• Helped with a wetlands restoration planting project on MEND property in Leavenworth, as a Washington Native Plant Society volunteer project
• Volunteered for Leavenworth Bird Fest
• Volunteered as a Kids-in-the-Creek field teacher for Cascadia Conservation District.

• Wenatchee River Institute teaching volunteer for Field Days with local elementary students.
• Initiated a native plant restoration project at Wenatchee River Institute (WRI), recruited volunteers, held a series of work parties, and raised donations to transform an overgrown blackberry bramble into a native plant Garden  of Gratitute to honor WRI’s founding director, Jeff Parsons.

Organized, solicited donations, and implemented the 2013 & 2014 Leavenworth Earth Day Fair silent auction, which serves as a fund-raiser to support Wenatchee River Institute’s community project.

Using Xerces Society materials, researched the natural distribution of Monarch butterflies and their native host milkweed plant in WA. Wrote an article to encourage residents to plant milkweed as a way to support monarch butterfly populations. Grew, harvested, and shared seeds with neighbors so others could cultivate milkweed.

• Columbia River Natural & Cultural History Awareness
• Matt took the Wenatchee Naturalist course to further his knowledge base in preparation to stand-up paddleboard the Columbia River, from the source to the mouth, in the summer of 2013. In his year of preparation, Matt did all his research, logistics planning, and supply preparation.

• Led the Link Transit NCW EcoChallenge, May 13-26, 2017, leading her team to first place rank. As a participant, implemented energy-saving measures at home, planted a home garden, and began a seed-exchange program at work.
• Added climate awareness components to Link Transit ArtLink program, presented to 1000 3rd graders annuals in 2 counties
• Participated in “Plastics-free” July

• Co-captained the 2017 LINK Transit Eco-challenge team, promoting Earth-friendly awareness at work and in the community, a program of Climate Conversations NCW.
• Constructed backyard garden beds to convert grass into food production enabling growing all of their own produce.
• Installed energy-efficient programmable thermostat in their home.

• Trained to become a RareCare Volunteer for the University of Washington Botanic Gardens. The program monitors rare plant populations in WA
• Volunteered as a citizen scientist for the 2017 Year 3 of the Sagebrush Songbird Survey Program

• Volunteered with Cascadia Conservation District on a riparian planting project at Mission Creek and for a tire clean-up on the Little Chumstick Creek.
• Volunteered with The Nature Conservancy to map resources, field-check mapped features, and realign a hiking trail in Moses Coulee.
• For Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, surveyed a sharp-tailed grouse lek in Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area.

Class of Fall 2016

• Led a neighborhood group in collaboration with Chelan County Fire District Staff to plan and apply FireWise principles to private home properties that adjoin wildlands.
• Coordinated use of heavy equipment and neighbor volunteers to cut and remove woody shrubs, reducing fuels.