North Coast Land Conservancy staff just spotted the first coastal coho of the season making their way up Thompson Creek on one of NCLC’s favorite properties in Seaside. Fall is a beautiful time of year on the Oregon Coast, and this month we have some great programs to engage and inform you about this amazing landscape we all treasure- hope to see you there!
Listening to the Land: Foraging on the North Coast
With Carla Cole, Natural Resource Manager, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Wednesday, November 17, 7-9 pm at the Seaside Public Library
People living along Oregon's North Coast have been eating locally for thousands of years, and indigenous foods – from berries and mushrooms to seafood and elk – continue to be an important part of our region's food system. Carla Cole is a local food enthusiast with an adventurous taste for indigenous foods. Her tales of foraging for truly local food will inspire you to look at coastal native plants in a whole new, and tasty, way. She will also share stories about how native plants have traditionally been harvested and prepared by the Clatsop and Nehalem tribes that have lived on the coast for generations.
Locally harvested refreshments will be provided by North Coast Food Web.
Listening to the Land is a monthly Winter Natural History lecture series presented by North Coast Land Conservancy and The Necanicum Watershed Council. You can find our full schedule here.
Saturday Morning Stewardship: Thompson Creek Invasive Plant Removal
Saturday, November 20, 9am-Noon, Thompson Creek in Seaside
Contact Celeste Coulter at celestec@nclctrust.org or (503) 739-2355 for information and location directions
Giving native plants a chance to grow and thrive is the theme of November's Saturday Morning Stewardship program. Come help remove invasive blackberries from around native plant habitat on one of NCLC's most special conserved properties: Thompson Creek in Seaside. As part of the morning, we'll explore a mature Sitka spruce forest and watch for giant coastal coho who come back this time of year to spawn in the upper reaches of the creek.
Remember to bring gloves, rain gear, a snack and water. Tools will be provided. We will not have access to public restrooms.
Save the Date!
Gifts that Make a Difference 2010
Saturday December 11, 11 am -5 pm
Mc Tavish Room at the Liberty Theatre, Astoria
Give the gift of land conservation this holiday season! NCLC volunteers and staff will be at the Gifts that Make a Difference fair in Astoria on December 11 from 11am -5pm, along with volunteers from over two dozen other North Coast organizations that all work to make our North Coast Community a better place. Come say hello, and enjoy refreshments, music and lots of good cheer to get you in the holiday spirit.
You can honor friends and relatives with a gift to NCLC in their name, and receive a lovely acknowledgment card to give letting them know that their holiday gift is the continued conservation and protection of this beautiful Oregon Coast that we all love and treasure.
If you can't make it to the Gift Fair, but want to give a gift to NCLC in honor of someone this season, please contact our Development Director Teresa Retzlaff at (503) 738-9126 or teresar@nclctrust.org. You can also make a donation either by mail or online. Please indicate who the gift is in honor of, and provide an address if you want the acknowledgement card sent directly to them. We can also send the card to you if you wish to hand deliver it.
We are so thankful for all our wonderful supporters and volunteers! You are the key to helping NCLC work towards our shared vision: a healthy, connected Oregon coastal landscape where people, plants and wildlife all thrive.
Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at North Coast Land Conservancy!
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