OUR STEWARDS

at Lake County Land Trust

Lake County Land Trust (LCLT) owns and monitors hundreds of acres in Lake County and continues to acquire more lands to protect and conserve. As a non-profit organization we rely on volunteers to help with many aspects of our job to assess, monitor, and manage each property, balancing benefits to the community with maximizing conservation values. Stewarding one of our preserves is a pivotal volunteer role at LCLT.

Our stewards have an assigned preserve and commit to monitoring the property, communicating with neighbors as to any issues that arise, helping with maintenance, and reporting to LCLT on their preserve’s status.

Jean Goulart has been stewarding Rabbit Hill Preserve and has even organized an event with some local youth to erect directional signage at the peak of the hill. Our Boggs Lake steward is Virginia Hamlin, a Cobb resident, who has kept a careful watch on this preserve for the last few months. Upper Lake resident and committed steward of the Rodman Preserve, Michele Quere, has been keeping our birds feeders full, our gate & lock working, and reporting property concerns. Michele has put in countless hours at the Rodman’s Nature Center helping with general operations. Welcome to our newest stewards, Nancy Harby and Drew Tritchler, who will monitor our Melo Wetland Preserve in Kelseyville.

We are grateful to our stewards and appreciate their commitment to LCLT. If you are interested in helping LCLT continue their mission to protect and preserve Lake County lands by becoming a steward please contact us at lclt@lakecountylandtrust.org or call 707-262-0707 and leave a message.

Steward of Boggs Lake Preserve:

Virgina Hamlin

Stewards of Melo Wetland Preserve:

Nancy Harby and Drew Tritcher (pictured with Nancy's grandson)

Steward of Rabbit Hill Preserve: Jean Goulert (pictured to right next to youth volunteers)

Steward of Rodman Preserve:

Michele Quere

Interested in stewardship? (click here)

Upcoming Events

“Land Tending Days”

~~March 12, 19, 26~~

Rescheduled for

April 2, 16, 23

For some time now volunteers have been “tending,” different patches of these native grasses with success. It is a fun project, and we could use some help. Are you interested in learning how to identify common native bunch grasses and helping them thrive at the Preserve? Do you like being outside and getting your hands into the Earth? If so . . .

JOIN us at the Rodman Preserve in ~~March~~ April:

Meet at 10:00 a.m. Rodman Preserve’s Nature Center
Walk trail to watch a ‘tending demonstration’
Choose a patch of grass from areas marked off
Start removing non-native grasses that surround the natives.
Learn about adopting a small patch to steward over time.
Lunch provided at Noon on the back porch of the Nature Preserve.

You may attend any day you wish. If this sounds like an interesting and fun project for you or your friends RSVP (see insert right) , email us at lclt@lakecountylandtrust.org, or call the LCLT at 707-262-0707.

Help restore native grasses like this California Oatgrass during our Land Tending Days at the Lake County Land Trust's Rodman Preserve.

Are you joining us at Land Tending Days?

LOCATION

Rodman Preserve at 6350 Westlake Road

DATE AND TIME

03/12/23 10:00am - 03/26/23 1:00pm US/Pacific

Select a day to help restore native grasses by removing non-natives followed by lunch. 10 am- 1:00 pm. RSVP by prior Friday of attendance.

April 2

April 16

April 23

Please continue to sign up. You will be notified if the weather requires a rescheduling.

LCOE Cares Sponsors

Guided Walk at Rodman Preserve

March 25, 2023

9:00 am

The Lake County Office of Education (LCOE) is encouraging their employees to enjoy an approximately one and one-half mile walk at the Lake County Land Trust’s Rodman Preserve at 6350 Westlake Rd. Upper Lake, CA. led by local naturalists. The walk is moderate terrain. You could see a variety of song birds, raptors, or even a coyote! The views are beautiful. Register for this event through LCOE by going

the link below.

Click Here to Register

Rodman Preserve

OPEN

SATURDAYS 10-2:OO

Please be aware that if conditions change due to rain and trails become impassable, the Preserve will once again close. Watch for our Facebook page announcements!

6350 Westlake Rd. near Upper Lake

We loved to see photos taken while visiting any of LCLT preserves. Send us your photos with a brief description. Click here to submit your photos.

Annual Dinner

There has been a change of plans. Watch for Annual Dinner update as the details become available.

Expanding Our Understanding of the Natural World

Through recommended books, podcasts, articles, etc.

After PBS Newshour featured J. Drew Lanham on their Arts and Culture Series, CANVAS, in February, I was drawn to get this book.

Poetry and prose are not a genre I usually read but I was intrigued how a professor of forestry and environmental conservation and an ornithologist would write using his belief that conservation efforts must be a blending of rigorous science and evocative art. In reading his book Sparrow Envy; Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts I found it tender, wise, thoughtful and at times humorous. My favorite quote is in his chapter Meanings & Regulatory Ramble, ii. How to Adore Birds:

“#9) Be the bird. See the miracle in each and every one of the. Conservation is the act of caring so intensely for something that you want only the best for its survival and future being. This intense care and love is called conservation.”

- Meggie Harper