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Special Events
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ANNUAL DINNER SET FOR OCT. 9, 2010
The
Lake County Land Trust holds its annual dinner the second Saturday
in October each year. This year, on Oct. 9, the event will be held
at the Moore Family Winery on Bottlerock Road. Tickets are $60 per
person and include a hosted wine bar and wine with dinner. The
event starts at 5 p.m.
Land Trust members receive invitations for this event, but the
public is also invited and encouraged to attend. This year, local
conservationist and attorney, Peter Windrem, will be the keynote
speaker; retired state park ranger, Tom Nixon, and friends will be
providing music for the social hour and Ciao Thyme will be
catering the event. The silent auction is also going to offer a
variety of neat items for people to bid.
So,
save the date for this fun event. Call the Lake County Land Trust
at (707) 262-0707 for more information or to reserve a space. If
you are a member, expect your invitation in the mail in September.
The Lake County Land Trust holds its annual dinner every year on the
second Saturday in October. The Trust tries to alternate the
location of the dinner to accommodate our supporters who live
throughout Lake County. For 2007 and 2008 the Annual Dinner was held
at the beautiful Lodge at Blue Lakes; in 2009, the dinner was at the
Clearlake Community Center in the City of Clearlake.
The annual dinner was started in 1999 to celebrate the completion of
the Rodman Slough Preserve acquisition project. The tradition has
continued now for over 16 years. The trust honors its supporters of
the year at each dinner and also hosts interesting guest speakers.
Invitations are sent to Land Trust members but the public is also
cordially invited to attend this event.
The Annual Dinner is an important fundraising effort, with most of
the funds coming from the evening’s Silent Auction. The Silent
Auction is a popular and fun event with many supporters donating
services and items.
The annual Spring Dinner
is held the second Tuesday in May, at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro in
Kelseyville.
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Events
at the Rodman Slough Preserve
Nature Education Center
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Archaeologist Dr. John Parker
to lead walk at Rodman Slough Preserve
On Saturday, Sept. 4 starting at 9 a.m. local archaeologist, Dr.
John Parker will lead a stroll through the Rodman Slough
Preserve, at 6350 Westlake road (the corner of Westlake Road and
the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff), off Hwy. 29 between Lakeport and Upper
Lake.
Participants will be taken on an imaginary trip back in time and
learn about the natural changes that have occurred in the Clear
Lake Basin since the last Ice Age. By combining information from
archaeological research with actual artifacts and plant
materials, parker will talk about the people who lived in the
Lake Basin and how they both adapted to and caused some of those
changes. “Bring your imagination and questions about Lake
County’s prehistoric past,” Dr. Parker urges.
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John Parker’s projects have been featured in the national and
international media (including People, Omni, Westways, and Sunset
magazines, FOX, CNN, CBS, and PBS). He is a resident of Lucerne and
has studied the Native American culture of Lake County for many
years. Parker was instrumental in preserving Anderson Marsh State
Historic Park and has been an outspoken advocate for preservation of
archeological sites and Native American culture in the county.
The
Rodman Slough Preserve is owned and operated by the Lake County Land
Trust. The trust holds weekly Saturday walks at the preserve and
this event will take the place of the usual Saturday walk.
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Besides
weekly Saturday walks, the Lake County Land Trust is developing an
educational program at the Rodman Slough Preserve Nature Education
Center.
The Rodman Slough
Preserve Nature Education Center is located at the corner of
Westlake Road and the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff, off of Highway 29 between
Lakeport and Upper Lake. The address is 6350 Westlake Road.
Programs
have been held on “The Oaks of Lake County,” presented by Dr.
Harry Lyons, professor of biology at the Clearlake Center of Yuba
College. A program on resident and migrating birds and waterfowl was
presented in December of 2008 and a presentation of zooplankton and
insects living in the waters of Clear Lake was presented on May 13,
2009. On January 30, 2010, local archeologist John Parker
presented a program on the early history of Lake County.
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Archeologist
presentation at Rodman Slough
Preserve Center focused on early Indian History
Dr. John
Parker presented his fascinating power point program to over 40
interested visitors at the Rodman Slough Preserve Nature Education
Center on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Dr. Parker covered 20,000
years of Native American history and answered many questions from
people attending the program.
Parker shared
his extensive knowledge of the area’s history; including villages
that at one time were located at or near the present Rodman Slough
Preserve. He had artifacts to share and explained to the crowd
how Native Americans were able to adapt to their environment from
the last ice age, through global warming (thousands of years ago),
up until the arrival of European man. He described the various
village sites around Clear Lake, and explained that the Pomo
culture, also prevalent in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties,
originated in Lake County and migrated westward. Early residents
of the Clear Lake area most likely came from the Central Valley,
he explained.
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Archeologist John
Parker presented a power point program
to a large group of interested visitors at the
Rodman Slough Preserve Nature Education Center.
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Dr. Parker discusses a type of stone used by early
Native Americans with visitors to the Jan. 30, 2010
program at Rodman Slough Preserve. |
Dr. John Parker presented a power point
program
to over 40 people at a Jan. 30 program at the
Rodman Slough Preserve Nature Education Center. |
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Lake
County Vector Control District representatives
presented
a fascinating program at the Rodman Nature Center.
The
May 13, 2009 presentation by biologists from the Lake County Vector
Control District (LCVCD) was informative and fascinating. Over
20 people gathered at the Rodman Slough Preserve Nature Education
Center to learn about the programs and projects of the Lake County
Vector Control District, as well as to look at the fascinating
creatures that live in the waters of Clear Lake and Lake County.
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Biologist
Brittany Mills, discusses the different
insects and arthropods seen through the
microscopes at a Rodman
Nature Center program.
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Jamesina
Scott addresses the audience at the
LCVCD program at the Rodman Slough
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Visitors
enjoyed looking through microscopes at Daphnia, gnat larvae,
“water boatmen,” and other interesting animals as part of the
program entitled: “What’s That Swimming With Me?” Presenting
the program were: Jamesina Scott, Ph.D. District Manager and
Research Director for the LCVCD; Bonnie Ryan, vector biologist, and
Brittany Mills, assistant biologist. The Lake County Land Trust will
be presenting nature education programs at the center on a regular
basis throughout the year.
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Member
Benefits
As
part of our member benefits program for the Rookery Membership Club,
the trust presents an annual “Lake County Land Trust Coffee,” a
Lake County Land Trust Invitational Reception, and other events. In
2010 the annual coffee was held on March 27 at the Rodman Slough
Preserve. Rookery Club members at the White Pelican, Blue Heron,
Osprey, and Golden Eagle levels enjoy benefits ranging from the
Land Trust Coffee, a special reception during the summer at Rodman
Slough, and an invitational wine tasting at a local winery. The
Member Benefit events are a way for us to connect with our donors
and friends and communicate information about the trust’s current
programs and projects.
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Carol Walfoort, Pamela Capito, Bill Lincoln and Pete
McGee enjoyed visiting during the Land Trust March 2010
coffee event. McGee is president of the Land Trust.
Visitors learn about Land Trust projects and programs
while enjoying coffee and other refreshments. The coffee
is a Member Benefit for members at the $100 (White
Pelican) a year level and above.
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Joyce Anderson and Howard Friel enjoyed a late morning event
at the Rodman Slough Preserve for the 2010 Member Coffee
for “White Pelican, Blue Heron, Osprey, and Golden Eagle,”
members of the Lake County Land Trust’s Rookery
Membership Club.
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Land
Trust board member, Susanne LaFaver visits with
Doug and Judi Moody, Kim Bradley and Cindy Poindexter at
the 2010 Land Trust Coffee that hosts
members of the Rookery Club.
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Barbara Molini, Kim Bradley, Land Trust board member,
Nina Marino, Cindy Poindexter, and Christian Ahlmann listen to
Land Trust speakers discuss projects and programs at
the March 2010 Member Benefit Coffee.
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Saturday
Walks
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Toni
Scully of Lakeport and her granddaughter,
Hanna, enjoy a winter outing at the
Rodman Slough Preserve.
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Walks
are held at the Rodman Slough Preserve, 6350 Westlake Road, every Saturday throughout the
year, weather permitting. Walks start at the Nature Center on the
corner of Westlake Road and the Nice-Lucerne Cut-off at 9 a.m.
September through May and at 8 a.m.
June through August.
Call Gaye Allen Roberta
Lyons at (707) 994-2024 for more information. Only guided walks are
offered at the Preserve because of the need to protect the abundant
wildlife that makes this area so special.
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