vision2020@moscow.com: Palouse Land Trust meeting 11/14
Palouse Land Trust meeting 11/14
Bill London (london@wsunix.wsu.edu)
Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:01:15 -0800 (PST)
Sixty people filled the Community Center for the Palouse Land Trust's
first annual meeting (the chance to consume wine and dessert may have
worked its magic).
A half-dozen speakers talked about a variety of land-use topics,
some directly related to the land trust, some not. The Palouse Land Trust
is one of about 1,000 land trusts in the US, all focused on preserving
open space or non-development of important properties.
Nancy Mack of the Pullman Civic TRust talked about the rail to
trail conversion of the Chipman Palouse TRail (between Moscow and
Pullman). They are raising $ now for a basic plan, with no lights, no
water fountains or bathrooms. They hope to get the bids out in Feb 1997
and have it happening next summer. The land trust could preserve adjacent
space.
RAndy Rice of Moscow Parks and Rec Dep't said that Moscow is
aggressively acquiring land for both neighborhood and linear parks. Three
parks were recently acquired. The Palouse Land Trust was reponsible for
the gift from K.. Berman of her property along the creek for parkland (the
PLT's first success). Rice says a similar gift is again in the works.
Juanita Linkhart of the Conservation Data Center of the ID Fish
and Game talked about the undisturbed native grassland environments on
Paradise Ridge and Tomer Butte that are not now protected. 4 native
Palouse plants (3 near endangered status) are found there. PLT could help
protect that habitat.
Jay Pengilly, chair of the Moscow Planning and Zoning Commission
concluded with a summary of the usefulness of land trusts to towns trying
to preserve open space.
What can we do???? glad you asked...join the PLT, suggest
landowners with property that needs protection, make a donation, buy a
T-shirt. For more info on the PLT, contact John Norton, Pres. 882-5169.
BL
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