CDLT acquires 169.5 acres on Mountain Home Ridge above Leavenworth through a joint project with The Trust for Public Land and funded by The Icicle Fund.

CDLT receives bequest of Leavenworth riverfront property and home from former Leavenworth mayor Lorene Young.

CDLT establishes a 30-person "Friends Of Our Community Trail" (FOOT) Committee to work on the Valley Trail project.

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announces it intends to surplus 400 acres in Douglas County that includes the Apple Capital Loop Trail along the Columbia River.

Following a protracted legal battle to extend the eastside Loop Trail five miles north to Lincoln Rock State Park, The Wenatchee World editorializes, "We should have stopped talking a dozen years ago. The trail will be a supremely logical extension of one of the most successful and valued trail systems in the state, or for that matter, anywhere. It would be built for public use on public land, for the betterment of the entire community." Eventually, the courts would clear the way for the extension, known as Rocky Reach Trail.

Chelan-Douglas Land Trust steps up its efforts to establish the Valley Trail. It could eventually extend more than 20 miles along the valley floor, connecting communities and offering recreation, exercise, and a bicycle-commuting route. Chelan County adds the trail to its Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Plan. The trail would later be added to Leavenworth and Cashmere parks and recreation plans and the Upper Valley Regional Trails Plan.

Gordon Congdon resigns as Executive Director. He is replaced by Bob Bugert.

Executive Director Gordon Congdon reports the CDLT has recently received grants totaling nearly $2 million to acquire land or development rights to protect land along the White River and its floodplain. As a result, 411 acres with over three miles of riverfront are permanently conserved.

CDLT undertakes its largest fundraising effort to date with At the Crossroads–Building an Endowment to Conserve Our Natural Legacy campaign. $1 million matching grant from Icicle Fund inspires generous supporters, resulting in $2.67 million raised for a permanent endowment fund.

CDLT and Wenatchee Sportsmen’s Association announce that options have been acquired to purchase 813-acre Burts Ranch and 720-acre Wallace Ranch (originally Cherry Springs Ranch homesteaded by the Barnhill family)at the north end of the Wenatchee Foothills. CDLT purchases both properties with a loan from the Icicle Fund and a grant from the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service. Together they make up most of what would become the Horse Lake Reserve.