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With the number and pace of things to be concerned about this year, it can be difficult to know where to direct our attention. For me the inspiration to focus has come from moments of laughter with my partner throughout the day as we awkwardly work from home, the gift of tending a crockpot dinner … Read more

Grahm Trask, Trask Design & Construction Outstanding Project Contractor Grahm Trask has been a long-time respected restoration contractor in this community, and LTWC has entrusted many projects to his care and expertise over the years. This last year, Grahm did an outstanding job wrapping up the project at the Swanek property mentioned above, and he … Read more

Robin FitzClemen Outstanding Community Partner Robin is a multimedia journalist who recently graduated from the journalism master’s program at the University of Oregon. Because of Robin’s creativity, LTWC and our partners at WREN were able to bring you the Turtle Tales videos, which featured Robin’s final project for his degree – The Pond Turtles of Golden Gardens documentary. But … Read more

Cathy Swanek and Family Outstanding Project Landowner Cathy Swanek and her family have been instrumental in bringing back fish passage to an important Coyote Creek tributary. Throughout this multi-phased project with many partners and facets, they’ve shown tremendous patience and flexibility. Just this June, we were able to celebrate the completion of their project on … Read more

One of our Outstanding Project Landowner awards goes to Little Red Fox Farm and the Casares Family! The Casares family of Little Red Fox Farm have been fantastic project partners on their Spencer Creek property, where we’re working to improve rare upland prairie and oak savanna habitat. During last year’s Annual Celebration, they contributed to … Read more

Oregon Pacific Bank is another Outstanding Community Partner award recipient!  Last year, LTWC opened our accounts with Oregon Pacific and were immediately impressed by their friendly, helpful service. Morever, they really seemed to “get” the unique needs of nonprofits like us. When the pandemic disrupted our operations in the spring, we submitted an application through … Read more

Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is this year’s recipient of our Outstanding Community Partner award!   In recent years EWEB has emerged as a strong partner to the Long Tom Watershed council and a coalition of partners focused on stormwater improvements in the Eugene/Springfield metro area. EWEB’s presence as a tremendous collaborator, thinking partner, … Read more

This is a sample post, but it talks about the celebration and what to expect!

This is a sample post, but it talks about the celebration and what to expect!