Mud Lake
2020 ANNUAL REPORT 25th Anniversary Special Edition
OUR MISSION To conserve and steward lands and waters essential to the quality of life and economic health of Alaskans.
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
STAFF
Amanda Hults, Lands Manager & Stewardship Director Libby Kugel, Communications & Administration Manager Mike Schroeder, Conservation Project Manager Ellen Kazary, Executive Director Dave Mitchell, Conservation Director
At Great Land Trust we have a solid foundation, good friends, wonderful community connections, meaningful work, and a healthy measure of both good luck and courage. In 2020, this has allowed GLT to embrace the opportunities found in times of unexpected change and thrive. As you know, 2020 marked GLT’s 25th anniversary. What started as a fledgling, all-volunteer organization focused in Anchorage in 1995 has grown significantly over the last 25 years. We’ve grown in size, expanded our service area, built partnerships, and gained experience. To-date we have completed over 60 projects, 27 of them including a public access element. We have conserved over 100 miles of priority salmon streams and over 56,000 acres of land. Imagine what we will do in the next 25 years. Everything else may have changed this year – but the permanent protection of these iconic places has not. The legacy we’re creating together is the legacy we’ve committed to protecting – forever. The reasons we are all grateful to be riding out the pandemic in Alaska echo the priorities of GLT: access to public lands, a healthy and sustained wild salmon population, wildlife habitat and opportunities for wildlife viewing, places for all of us to explore and connect with each other or spend restorative time on our own.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mark Dalton, Chair Cathie Straub, Vice-Chair Gretchen Specht, Treasurer Sara Jansen, Secretary John Baker
Kelly Chang Jon Goltz Larry Hartig Bri Kelly Ethan Tyler
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS
Gary Baugh Dick LeFebvre Pat Pourchot Susan Ruddy Marty Rutherford Jim Stratton
Linda Kumin John McManamin Eric McCallum & Robin Smith John Strasenburgh & Ruth Wood Arliss Sturgulewski
Now, more than ever, it is clear that the work we do at Great Land Trust is essential to our quality of life in Alaska. We continue to do what we do best at GLT – use our resources, our ingenuity, convene partners, leverage resources and complete incredible work for the benefit of our community. In addition to the excitement and even the pride in what we have accomplished, there is deep and sincere gratitude. Thank you. Over the years – and especially in 2020 - the outpouring of generosity and community support has bolstered our work. Thank you for overcoming social distancing to stay connected. Thank you for your advice and community advocacy, your continued financial support, and for being champions of conservation and building this legacy with us – for the benefit of Alaskans now and future generations. Together we are protecting what we’re most grateful for in Alaska - the places we rely on to sustain us, to keep us connected with nature and each other, the places that restore our spirits and lift our hearts. Where we find hope, optimism, and joy. The work we are doing together matters. This is the future we are creating – a conservation legacy that will outlast all of us. Thank you for believing in the work we are doing together – now and in the next 25 years. - Ellen Kazary
2020 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Lower Kenai River Frontage
Swan Lake Boardwalk & Trail
The Swan Lake Boardwalk & Trail is part of a project that GLT started in 2014 which included purchasing and conserving nearly 1,000 acres, and constructing two trails. The Wasilla Creek Boardwalk & Trail opened in 2016 and in the spring of 2020, we worked with partners to finish and open the Swan Lake Boardwalk & Trail. The new trail, complete with additional parking, consists of a 1-mile upland loop and a boardwalk out into the Palmer Hay Flats.
The next time you drive between Anchorage and Talkeetna, imagine that the highway is following a beautiful, healthy stream or river that’s full of salmon – eggs laid in rock beds, just-hatched juveniles making their way out to the ocean for the first time, and young fish swimming upstream to breed. This imaginary river is equal in length to the number of miles of salmon stream that GLT has conserved throughout Southcentral Alaska, protecting important salmon habitat forever.
Meals Hill
Campbell Creek Estuary Natural Area Restoration
Settlers Bay Coastal Park
GLT completed the final step in permanently conserving and making public 11.4 acres of important wetland habitat located along the banks of the lower Kenai River around river mile 10. This project protects a quarter mile of river frontage near the popular "Mud Island" fishing hole. This high-value habitat is adjacent to other conserved lands, creating a larger corridor of protection along the shores of this well-loved river.
In 2019, GLT facilitated the purchase of 184 oceanfront acres in Valdez and transferred the land to the City of Valdez to be used for public recreation and habitat conservation. Throughout 2020, GLT staff worked with the City and a contractor to initiate a public planning process for Meals Hill, utilizing additional funding secured by GLT. The planning process is well underway and is gaining significant community input on preferred park amenities, with a goal to have the plan adopted by summer 2021.
After GLT staff discovered over 4,000 square feet of damage on the conserved CCENA property, we swiftly pursued a legal strategy which ultimately resulted in GLT being awarded a significant financial settlement. This allowed us to recoup all costs and implement restoration of the impacted property. Staff, volunteers, and contractors spent many hours removing invasive plants, preparing the property for the new trees which were planted in 2020.
100 Miles of Salmon Streams
In 2020, GLT continued working with the Mat-Su Borough on stewarding the Settlers Bay Coastal Park and implementing the park's development plan. The Borough installed additional park signage and other essential park infrastructure while completing five new miles of walking and biking trails throughout the park. Construction of additional trails and an overlook are planned for the coming building seasons in 2021 and 2022.
CONSERVATION THROUGH THE YEARS
BECOME A LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBER
GLT's Legacy Circle consists of couples and individuals who have expressed a lasting commitment to the long-term future of Great Land Trust through a planned gift. By joining GLT's Legacy Circle, you will enable us to continue to conserve and steward the special places that mean so much to you, now and for generations to come. Conservation supporters who make planned gifts have an extraordinary impact on our work. Thanks in part to early legacy gifts, GLT became a secure, established land trust, well-equipped to protect and conserve the lands we all love. Proceeds from planned gifts fund all aspects of our work, forever ensuring our long-term success and stability. For more information, or to discuss giving options, contact Ellen Kazary at (907) 278-4992 or ellen@greatlandtrust.org.
LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT For more than fifty years Jim Thiele and Susan Pope have explored and appreciated the many wild places that Southcentral Alaska has to offer. While living here, they have seen the population and development in their neighborhood and the region expand exponentially, sometimes threatening the critical habitat and wildlife that they have enjoyed. "We wanted part of our legacy to be that our children and grandchildren, and all others, are able to continue enjoying the lands, waters, and wildlife that have given our lives so much meaning. A commitment to GLT’s ongoing efforts as part of our estate plan meets this goal. We believe GLT’s mission is essential to conserving critical habitat and educating the next generations in the importance of all of us of doing our part."
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Where were you and what were you up to in 1995? Fortunately for all of us who love Alaska, in 1995 a small group of forward-thinking people in Southcentral AK were laying the foundation and launching Great Land Trust. Focused on our mission of “conserving and stewarding the lands and waters essential to the quality of life and economic health of Alaskans,” GLT has thrived thanks to our inspired founders and the generous support of our donors, funders, partners, landowners, board members, staff, volunteers, and other friends. Together, in our first 25 years, we’ve completed over 60 projects and conserved over 56,000 acres of the very best of Alaska – valuable and irreplaceable habitat, salmon streams and wetlands, wildlife corridors and recreational access. This is the legacy we’re creating together and that GLT has committed to protecting – forever. While many non-profits are set up to solve a problem and work themselves out of business, GLT is intentionally designed to build a conservation legacy and protect it forever. We’re thrilled to have celebrated our first 25 years in 2020. This work we do – conserving the very best of Alaska – should absolutely make all of us feel proud, inspired, and optimistic. This is the future we are creating – one where we get to live our lives immersed in what we value as Alaskans – wilderness adventures with our friends and family, witnessing the epic beauty of wildlife and landscapes, filling our freezers with an abundance of berries and salmon, being good stewards of this Great Land. This work will outlast all of us – and give the generations of Alaskans who follow us a bright future. This is the legacy we are creating together – now and forever. In these next few pages we reminisce and highlight some of our shared history and we celebrate the work we've done together that's led us to where we are today.
1995 - Getting Started Great Land Trust was founded in 1995 after a group of about 30 people with a range of interests related to land conservation spent a Saturday together to learn about land trusts and discuss how they could form one in Anchorage. Founding board member Dean Littlepage remembers, "After a full day Saturday we had loads of energy and momentum and we invited everyone who was interested in helping found the new land trust to come back Sunday and get the ball rolling. About a dozen people volunteered. From there we got plans and documents together and filed the articles of incorporation in 1995, with Dick Lefebvre, Ellen Toll, and myself on the signature lines." Some successes from the early days include GLT being heavily involved in working on the Anchorage 2020 Comprehensive Plan, which included a natural open space component at the suggestion of GLT. GLT has always emphasized planning and using science to prioritize our work, ensuring that we can concentrate our efforts on areas that contain the most critical habitats for wildlife and lands most valued by the community, leaving less sensitive areas open for appropriate development.
Projects completed between 1995 and 2000: Moon Homestead
Andover Natural Area
Tanglewood Park
Campbell Creek Estuary
Project Spotlight
In the boom years of the early 1980s, land was in demand in the South Fork Valley, so much so Moon Homestead that Kenn Moon considered subdividing his Eagle River homestead and selling it off. He engaged an engineering firm, but the map they drew up carved his land into 30 small lots, with wide roads snaking through. Faced with this stark picture of development, Moon put the brakes on the plan. Moon held on to his land, but knew he needed to make a decision. Property taxes were becoming burdensome, he was ready to retire and, down the line, he was loathe to saddle his sons with heavy inheritance taxes. He contacted GLT to learn more about the conservation options for his property. In 1995, Moon’s Eagle River land became GLT’s very first conservation easement—45 acres of sub-alpine tundra and portions of the South Fork of Eagle River, forming a buffer to Chugach State Park. Both practical and precedent setting, the Moon easement secured open space in an area that was quickly being covered by residential development.
Board Member Spotlight
Dick LeFebvre holds the distinction of being GLT's longest serving board member. As a founding board member who served diligently until his retirement from the Board in 2020, Dick spent 25 years with Great Land Trust. He says, “I’ve been asked time and again why I was so supportive of Great Land Trust over my many years serving with the Board of Directors. The answer is easy. As a non-advocacy organization, GLT follows its strategic plan, progressing its mission with willing landowners and partners without getting sidetracked. I especially love all GLT has accomplished on Kodiak and those projects still underway! Years from now members of the public will look back at all the great projects GLT accomplished and the land we were able to conserve for current and future generations! I am proud to have been a small part of Great Land Trust’s successes!”
Early 2000s - Expanding our Impact In the early 2000s, GLT strategically expanded its conservation efforts by utilizing a wetland acquisition and restoration fund to identify, buy, and permanently safeguard the ecologically-richest natural areas in Anchorage with the highest value to the community. Priorities for acquisition included salmon habitat, waterfowl nesting areas, other wildlife habitats, natural stream channels, floodwater retention wetlands, threat of loss due to development, and public access opportunities. Building on successes in Anchorage, GLT started looking towards expanding conservation work to the rapidly-growing Mat-Su Borough by developing a prioritization of all undeveloped lands in the Mat-Su to help target our conservation efforts. GLT then used these prioritizations as a tool for reaching out to landowners to inform them of the conservation options that might be available. This groundwork laid a foundation for a new period of working with private landowners, greatly increasing the number of conserved acres, while also raising GLT's profile throughout the region.
Projects completed between 2001 and 2005: Klatt Bog Wetlands La Honda Natural Area Rabbit Slough Access
Helen Louise McDowell Sanctuary Fish Creek Estuary
Waldron Park & Homestead Little Question Lake
Fish Creek Estuary
Campaign Spotlight
In 2002, GLT signed a Fish Creek Estuary purchase agreement and launched a campaign to raise over $1 million to purchase and protect the 30-acre Fish Creek Estuary, one of Anchorage's last remaining undeveloped estuaries. A grant from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, combined with over $250,000 raised from neighbors, local nonprofits, private businesses, and other Anchorage residents resulted in GLT's largest to-date capital campaign, and a successful outcome in the permanent protection of the Fish Creek Estuary. Today, the area provides habitat to hundreds of species of birds and mammals, and is visited annually by thousands of birders, cyclists, walkers, runners, and tourists. While GLT holds the conservation easement, the land is owned and managed by the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) Department of Parks & Recreation. GLT has partnered with the MOA on eight projects and works with MOA staff regularly to manage and steward these lands.
Project Spotlight
Nestled in midtown Anchorage, 14-acres of wetlands of Fish Creek remained mostly untouched in the early 2000's while streets, subdivisions, and strip malls sprang up on all sides. The parcel’s development seemed inevitable until a group of neighbors organized with the goal of preserving the wetlands as neighborhood parkland. After neighbor George Haugen purchased the property, he approached GLT about options for conserving it. Haugen agreed to sell the parcel to GLT at the original sale price. Once purchased, neighborhood volunteers pitched in to clear truckloads of old tires, abandoned cars, plumbing fixtures and other refuse from the property. Named for a longtime Alaskan resident, the Helen Louise McDowell Sanctuary opened to the public in 2003. Six years later, GLT enhanced the space by building a mile-long boardwalk trail that meanders through the wetlands. GLT donated the property to the Municipality of Anchorage Department of Parks & Recreation with GLT holding a conservation easement on the property to ensure that the open space and conservation values are protected in perpetuity. Helen Louise McDowell
2006 - 2012 - Creating a Legacy
In the mid 2000’s and early 2010's GLT staff expanded on skills gained from completing smaller-scale conservation easements and began working on larger, more communityfocused “Legacy Projects.” Campbell Creek Estuary Natural Area (CCENA) was GLT's first project that encompassed all the elements of a Legacy Project - community endorsement, habitat protection, social/recreational improvements for the community, and listed on an established priority list. While the CCENA project took a lot of time and effort during these years, GLT kept moving forward with finely honed skills for conserving private lands, steadily working with landowners to complete nine additional private conservation easements between 2006 and 2012.
Projects completed between 2006 and 2012: Holser Homestead Rabbit Lake Access Skilling Little Campbell Creek Greenbelt Dale Saunders Crane Sanctuary Near Point Access
Goodman South Fork Access Su-Knik Wetlands Harmany Ranch Campbell Creek Estuary Natural Area Knik River Islands
Edgerton Pioneer Reserve Seldon Pioneer Reserve Eklutna River Estuary Fire Creek Estuary Schmidt Overlook
Campbell Creek Estuary
Campaign Spotlight
In 2006, GLT launched the Pathways to the Chugach campaign with a focus on identifying and creating new opportunities to access, explore and enjoy Chugach State Park. As Anchorage has grown, so has development along the border of Chugach State Park, making it difficult Rabbit Lake Valley to find close-to-home access for residents and visitors. In the late 2000's, GLT focused heavily on this issue and worked with partners to complete two projects that provided direct access to the park, Rabbit Lake Access and Near Point Access, and a third project that created a buffer between the park boundary and a development area.
Partner Spotlight
In 2011, Eklutna Inc. asked GLT to assess and prioritize all of their land holdings for conservation value. Eklutna's lands total more that 150,000 acres, and much of that land is important habitat. Since 2011, GLT and Eklutna have worked together to complete six conservation easements, which GLT holds, conserving nearly 7,300 acres. Legacy Projects All of the land is still With the completion of the CCENA project, identifying and working on owned by Eklutna Legacy Projects became a larger focus for GLT. GLT's 2015-2025 and its shareholders Strategic Plan includes a goal of completing at least one Legacy are able to access the Project in each of four different geographical areas within our service conserved lands for area by 2025. Since 2015, GLT has completed eight Legacy Projects. traditional, cultural, and subsistence use.
Knik River Islands
Eklutna Native Cultural CE
2013 - 2020 - Planning for a Bright Future As the end of the 2010's approached, GLT expanded its service area to include communities beyond Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough. Thanks in part to funding from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, GLT was able to develop and complete projects in spill-impacted communities such as Kodiak, Valdez, and Kenai. All of these projects secured public access while protecting important habitat in perpetuity and helped create landscapescale conservation corridors with their connectivity to other protected or conserved lands. Also during this time, GLT completed multiple projects in the Mat-Su that, combined with other protected lands, create large scale conservation corridors, providing connected habitats for fish, mammals, and birds. These corridors also provide increased access opportunities for recreation, as well as protect iconic viewsheds.
Projects completed between 2013 and 2020: Goodwin Homestead Montgomery Homestead O'Brien Creek Estuary & Homestead Phalarope Springs Wasilla Creek Wetlands Eagle River Greenbelt Mink Creek Mud Lake Eklutna Native Cultural CE Little Su Wetlands Etnen Bunkda
Downs/Upper Little Su Diggins Northern Afognak Triplets Bodenburg Butte Bear Walk Bill Sweetman Reserve Termination Point Kettle Ridge Thorsheim Drainage Dewolf Kellogg Farm
Settlers Bay Coastal Park Audubon Wayside Portage Lake Shelter Cove Nic'anilen Na' Long Island Lower Kenai River Frontage - Mile 7 Little Question Lake Amendment Meals Hill Palmer Slough Lower Kenai River Frontage - Mile 10
Termination Point
Project Spotlight
In 2015, Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage residents joined GLT in raising money to "Buy the Butte." Over 350 individuals, in addition to a number of foundations and corporations, made donations to help GLT raise the funds necessary to purchase the 40-acre summit of Bodenburg Butte. This Bodenburg Butte local landmark is a beloved recreation destination that, thanks to generous community support, is permanently protected for future generations.
Looking to the Future
As GLT's list of completed projects grows, so too does the responsibility to care for and protect the lands forever. Stewardship is the backbone of our work, underlying any decision made to take on a project. When GLT takes on a conservation easement, the commitment is in perpetuity. We always ensure that we will have the resources to monitor and protect these important lands.
Skilling
Land Steward Spotlight
Barbara Carlson, President and Executive Director of the Friends of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge (FAR) and a neighbor to the Campbell Creek Estuary Natural Area (CCENA), is a frequent visitor who took a special interest in the area and has played an important role in the stewardship of CCENA. Barbara says, "The diversity and connectivity of relatively undisturbed habitats within and adjacent to CCENA provide unprecedented opportunities for quiet visitors to delight in the wonders of nature, expansive views, and wildlife. It has been the chance of a lifetime for FAR and myself to work with GLT and the many groups, agencies, and stakeholders they pulled together to purchase, plan, and steward this unique conservation easement. It touches my heart to frequently hear random visitors on the paths or at overlooks unsolicitedly express their love and delight with this place we all have worked so hard to protect."
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Eklutna Native Cultural CE
Wasilla Creek Wetlands
Knik River Islands
Tanglewood Park
PO Box 101272, Anchorage, AK 99510
2020 ANNUAL REPORT 25th Anniversary Special Edition
THANK YOU!
Eklutna Native Cultural CE
Your support enables us to continue to protect and conserve the wild places that add meaning to our lives, now and for future generations.
Photo credits: Barbara Carlson, City of Valdez, Trish Franco, Carl Johnson, Will Koeppen, Bobbi Mason, Matt McMillan, Bob Waldrop