Submitted by Capitol Land Trust
Capitol Land Trust has been awarded accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. The accreditation confirms that Capitol Land Trust meets national standards for excellence, upholds the public trust, and it ensures that the land trust’s conservation efforts are permanent. Capitol Land Trust underwent the comprehensive review during 2013, and is one of 238 nonprofit land trusts from across the nation awarded accreditation since 2008.
Bonnie Bunning, President of the Capitol Land Trust Board of Directors states, “As president of Capitol Land Trust, I couldn’t be more pleased with the honor of being one of only 11 land trusts nationwide awarded early accreditation this year. It took hours of focused work from Board member Michael Welter, and staff member Caitlin Guthrie, along with the persistence of a very dedicated Board and hard-working staff to bring this to fruition”.
Representative of the 26 years of work that was recognized by the accreditation commission is a major land conservation project recently completed by Capitol Land Trust. On December 13, 2013, Capitol Land Trust purchased 145 acres of pristine habitat on Goldsborough Creek from Green Diamond Resource Company. The new North Fork Goldsborough Preserve is mainly fresh-water wetlands, with pockets of century-old forest nearing old-growth conditions, and 1.3 miles of Goldsborough Creek. Goldsborough Creek provides high quality habitat for salmonids including coho, steelhead and cutthroat—with the only increasing coho salmon population in south Puget Sound. Major funding and support were provided by the Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board and other project partners — Squaxin Island Tribe, Green Diamond Resource Company and Forterra.
Join Capitol Land Trust to celebrate conservation successes and recognize conservation leaders from throughout Washington at the Tenth Annual Conservation Breakfast. This year Capitol Land Trust will highlight the work of the Washington Association of Land Trusts and its 26 member organizations from across the state. The program also will highlight the recent completion of two projects that best exemplify the diversity and innovation of Washington’s land trusts.
The Conservation Breakfast provides essential financial support for Capitol Land Trust’s work, so while the breakfast is complimentary, a donation will be requested at the event. This year, Capitol Land Trust will contribute ten percent of the event proceeds to the Washington Association of Land Trusts. Learn more about the work of Capitol Land Trust and RSVP for the Conservation Breakfast at CapitolLandTrust.org.
