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A Community Unites to Heal the Balsamroot Landscape After July 4 Wildfire

On July 4, 2024, fireworks sparked a wildfire in the Wenatchee Foothills near the Balsamroot Trail and the Broadview neighborhood. Firefighters from the Wenatchee Valley Fire Department worked tirelessly through the night, successfully extinguishing the flames within 24 hours. The fire left a 305-acre burn scar, impacting 175 acres of City of Wenatchee land and 130 acres of private property.

November 22, 2024

Contacts: Angela Morris, Chelan-Douglas Land Trust Associate Director, (509) 667-9708, [email protected]

The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is pleased to share the Spiva Butte story, which is now featured on the Cornell Lab Land Trust Conservation Initiative website. 

Story Snip: 

Why Bird Conservation?

A new StoryWalk® book has been installed at Jacobson Preserve in Wenatchee! Walk the beginning of the trail to read "You Are Part of the Wonder" by Ruth Doyle and Britta Teckentrup.

About the book: 

Meditative and enchanting, this beautifully illustrated picture book encourages us to explore, connect, and find wonder in nature.

"A lovely invitation to children to see themselves as part of the larger world around them." Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

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.