News & Press

A new StoryWalk® book has been installed at Jacobson Preserve in Wenatchee! Walk the beginning of the trail to read "Round" by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo (2017).

About the book: 

Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) is thrilled to share our new t-shirts! 

Stop by the CDLT office and purchase a Land Trust shirt. By sporting one, you show that you care about protecting local lands and waters. All sales directly fund our work to protect, steward, and connect you and future generations to the natural places you love!

Shirts are sold at a suggested donation of $20. As of now, we are only selling shirts in person. 

Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) is thrilled to share the latest issue of the Foothills Magazine with you! This issue is all about the CDLT and is the product of a collaboration between the editor and current and former CDLT staffers. 

This beautiful magazine is filled with articles, photos, and maps focusing on CDLT’s founders, acquisitions, and appreciation of the community! Special thanks go to Angela and Dania, who shepherded all this content to the finish line, and to Sharon Jordan, the magazine's editor, who has been such an advocate for the Land Trust.

Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is excited to share the video Opportunity of a Lifetime: Community Conservation in Chelan County, which tells the story of current work to implement the Upper Wenatchee Watershed Community Lands Plan.

WENATCHEE, WA – Mule deer herds need a quiet place to save energy during the lean winter months. That’s why Sage Hills trails system will close to all outdoor recreation starting Dec. 1 until around April 1.

WENATCHEE - The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) recently announced the acquisition of a 398-acre property in the Wenatchee Foothills, which encompasses Castle Rock.

The property transfer came from Frank Peryea and Betsy Beers, who have been associated with the parcel for over two decades.

WENATCHEE — The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust (CDLT) continues adding acreage to conserve recreational trails for everyone, but it’s coming with some growing pains.

In December, the CDLT worked with the city of Wenatchee to acquire 430 acres of land from the state to double the size of the Saddle Rock Natural Area.

And recently, the CDLT acquired a 20-acre parcel to expand the area even more.

“(But) with the more land we acquire, the more people have been using the land,” said CDLT executive director, Eunice Youmans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Wenatchee Mountains Checker-mallow Working Group received the 2022 Recovery Champion awards, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced Friday.

The group helped recover the endangered Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow plant that only grows in a few meadows of Chelan County.

Two of the award recipients, Brad and Kathy Schmidt, conserved the second-largest population of checker-mallows at their Mountain Home Lodge, just outside of Leavenworth.

WENATCHEE, WA – The Wenatchee Foothills trail systems will re-open for outdoor recreation April 1.

Every year, several trails in the Wenatchee foothills close to provide winter refuge for mule deer and other wildlife, typically Dec. 1-April 1.

“We want to thank everyone for giving local herds some space,” said Von Pope, Chelan PUD Wildlife Biologist. “The greening of the foothills provides their first source of good calories for months.”

WENATCHEE — The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is pleased to announce it is applying for renewal of accreditation. A public comment period is now open.

The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, conducts an extensive review of each applicant’s policies and programs.

Wenatchee World | Jan 20, 2023 | by Suzanne Hartman, Board Member / Micky Fleming Lands Program Manager Chelan-Douglas Land Trust
 
 
In the waning hours of the 117th Congress on December 23, 2022, the Omnibus Spending Bill was passed. Buried deep within that bill was legislation known as The Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act (H.R. 4164/S. 2256). Not something that grabbed the headlines at year’s end.

by Andrew Bowman, president & CEO of the Land Trust Alliance.

After years of hard work and persistence by the Land Trust Alliance, our land trust members and our allies on Capitol Hill — and in the face of well-resourced opposition — Congress finally passed the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act as part of its year-end “omnibus” spending bill.