Fall/Winter 2009 - Kachemak Heritage Land Trust

LANDMARKS 09
FA L L / W I N T E R
Newsletter for Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
Kachemak Heritage
Land Trust
Celebrating 20 Years
of Protecting Land
in Perpetuity
IN THIS ISSUE:
Spectacular Bondurant
Kenai River Property for Sale
Dot to Dot: Building on Success
National Trails Day Celebration
Calvin & Coyle
Woodland Park Nature Trail
Re-Development Project
Donating Non-Conservation Land
Differentiating Donations
Volunteer Opportunities
Director’s Column
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Marie McCarty
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
y family has a motion and heat sensing
camera tied to a tree in the woods near
our house. It’s the kind of thing you might
have if your spouse is a biologist. This year
our camera snapped a photo of two yearling
black bear cubs trying to eat it (pink mouth
shots of blurry teeth), many bears and cubs,
scores of snowshoe hares, four bears on a
mission together, lots of moose with gangly
calves, and our kids on an Easter egg hunt in
the snow. Most of the photos were snapped
in daylight. The camera is 100 yards from our
house in a grove of young spruce. I had no
idea there was that level of activity during the
day so close to home.
One of the best parts of life in Alaska is
the proximity of people to nature. For many of
us, it’s why we love it here. Honoring people’s
ability to live tucked into the woods while
respecting the natural world is an important
value to Kachemak Heritage Land Trust, and
likely to you too.
Most of the properties we protect
through conservation easements encompass
people’s homes while permanently preserving
the properties’ conservation values. These
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
Celebrating 20 Years of
Protecting Land in Perpetuity
two things are not mutually exclusive. We
work with landowners to decide how best
to meet their practical needs and their
desire to preserve the conservation values
of their properties. It’s a way for landowners
to maintain homes and essential property
rights, and “rule from the grave” with recorded
conservation easements that stay with
properties in perpetuity.
The cover of the September issue of
National Geographic shows Manhattan now
and as imagined in the 1600’s. It’s hard to
project that level of development onto the
Kenai Peninsula four hundred years from
now. However, as one of our board members
reminds me, land is a perishable product.
What seventeenth century inhabitant of the
land that became Manhattan could have
imagined the level of development there
today?
Those of you fortunate enough to
own those true jewels of land on the Kenai
Peninsula, imagine the future you want here.
You may want to consider working with
us to preserve your property’s important
conservation values.
For those who don’t own those unique
parcels, you are still key to our future. You
can help out as volunteers and as financial
contributors, so our collective efforts ensure
that the Kenai Peninsula of the future is one
that remains the special blend of community
and nature that we cherish. 
Marie McCarty
Executive Director
ur last issue included a thank you to all of our current and past board members for their
dedicated efforts on behalf of KHLT. We were embarrassed to find after publication that the
list of board members had been truncated in a cut and paste process, and we had failed to catch
the error in our proof. We apologize to those who were inadvertently dropped from the list, and
wish to assure them and their families that their efforts are very much appreciated! 
Peggy Tener, Toby Tyler, Vicki Van Fleet, Olga Von Ziegesar, Betsy Webb, Charlie Welles,
Toby Wheeler, Andy Wills, Mike Yourkowski.
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Dotti Harness, President
Roger Pearson, Vice President
Larsen Klingel, Treasurer
Scott Connelly, Secretary
Marian Beck
Sam Means
John Mouw
Shirley Schollenberg
KHLT Staff
Marie McCarty, Executive Director
Dorothy Melambianakis,
Conservation Director
Nina Daley, Development Assistant
Sheryl Ohlsen, Accounting Manager
KHLT Contact Information
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
315 Klondike Avenue
Homer, AK 99603
(907) 235-5263 | (907) 235-1503 (fax)
www.KachemakLandTrust.org
Credits
Cover Photo | Steve Baird,
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
Layout Design | Debi Bodett
CONTENTS
1 DIRECTOR’S COLUMN
2 BONDURANT KENAI RIVER PROPERTY FOR SALE
3 DOT TO DOT:
BUILDING ON SUCCESS
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY
CELEBRATION
4 CALVIN & COYLE
WOODLAND PARK NATURE TRAIL RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
5 DONATING
NON-CONSERVATION LAND
Correction to Spring Newsletter
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KHLT Board Members
6 PLATT PROPERTY
POTATO PROJECT
7 DIFFERENTIATING
DONATIONS
HELP KHLT GO GREEN
8 WELCOME SHERYL OHLSEN
COVER PHOTO
SUMMER PROGRAM THANKS
TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE
9 KHLT MEMBERS HELP
COLUMBIA LAND TRUST
BE INVOLVED: VOLUNTEER!
102009 BUSINESS MEMBERS
HERITAGE CLUB HONORS
Spectacular Bondurant
Kenai River Property
for Sale
Photo by Wild North Photography
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ur last newsletter included an article about the late Dale
Bondurant, who bequeathed his beautiful 6.98-acre Kenai
Riverfront property to Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. He gave
the property with the understanding that it could be sold to
benefit the organization while KHLT continues to enforce the
provisions of the existing conservation easement after the
sale to new owners. Located across the Kenai River from Bings
Landing at river mile 39.5, the land includes 5.8 acres on the
mainland and a 1.18-acre island adjacent to it.
The property’s diverse habitat supports moose that calve on
the island, black bear, lynx, beaver, river otter, and other small
mammals. Bald eagles roost on the island, while ducks and
other bird species frequent the area. A great horned owl was
routinely spotted observing KHLT staff visits this year from one
of the old birch trees in the evening. Five species of salmon
travel the Kenai River along the property, with Coho and
Chinook smolt and adults in particular resting in the slower
backwater area between the mainland and island. Rainbow
trout and Dolly Varden also inhabit this stretch of water.
Interested parties are encouraged to contact Bill Hutchinson of
Freedom Realty in Soldotna for more information or a viewing
at 907-262-1770, or at [email protected]. We are pleased
to be working with “Hutch”, who has lived in Soldotna for 30
years and been with Freedom Realty since it opened in 1986.
The listing can be found at www.freedomrealty.com.
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust’s board of directors intends
to use the proceeds of the Kenai River property sale to
further KHLT’s land conservation work in accordance with its
mission to preserve, for public benefit, land with significant
conservation values by working with willing landowners across
the Kenai Peninsula. Dale’s gifts to KHLT, and to other important
organizations on the Kenai Peninsula, leave an amazing legacy
that will benefit wildlife as well as residents, visitors and the
community at large for many generations to come.
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Dot to Dot:
Building on Success
KHLT
is pleased to have received a U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service Coastal Program grant to continue our
Kenai Peninsula Landscape Connectivity Project. This project
involves working to preserve land adjacent to properties already
permanently protected by government agencies or non-profit
conservation organizations, and to help us steward the land
under our care. By working to preserve these properties, we
help to ensure that our wildlife species have intact corridors
for movement. This is a dollar-for-dollar matching grant that
is being matched by our supporters through donations of cash
or securities.
Most recently under this grant, our summer intern Allison
Gillum prepared a management plan for our 28-acre Calvin and
Coyle Woodland Park, located next to Paul Banks Elementary
School in Homer. The plan will guide our future stewardship of
this special property, and creates a maintenance framework for
the trail and its recreational and educational uses.
2009 National Trails Day Celebration
at KHLT’s Calvin & Coyle Woodland Park
W
hen was the last time you hiked the Calvin & Coyle Trail?
In the past it was a fantastic family-friendly nature hike
through mature spruce forest. But the bark beetle epidemic
of the late 1990’s changed the area significantly, and the
interpretive trails we had worked so hard to develop no longer
described the features of the changing forest.
Last fall, KHLT worked with the Homer Soil and Water
Conservation District to submit a Recreational Trails Grant
proposal through the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
to again make this area a special experience for all. The grant
was funded to relocate the trail to higher ground and create
new interpretive signage.
Also under this grant, our Conservation Director Dorothy
Melambianakis is drafting a management plan for our 160-acre
Krishna Venta Conservation Area (the “Barefooters” property)
located at the head of Kachemak Bay.
As noted in our spring newsletter, we are beginning to train
volunteers to monitor select KHLT fee-owned conservation
properties. Training will include a review of management
intentions for each property, site visits with our Conservation
Director, and procedural and safety training for working in the
field. Our first volunteer monitor, Michelle Michaud, has already
been thinking of ways to use her knowledge and interest in
migratory birds as a way to help us better understand and
steward properties in the Stariski area. The presence of more
eyes and ears (and brains!) on site will allow KHLT to monitor our
properties more often, and to better manage the conservation,
recreational, and scientific uses of the land.
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On June 6, KHLT and the Homer Soil and Water Conservation
District hosted a groundbreaking celebration with a “survey
tape cutting”. Homer City Council member Dennis Novak, along
with three grandchildren of two of the property’s donors, cut
the survey tape to begin this community project. The kids then
helped lead volunteers from among the guests into the woods
to lop and saw brush.
Over the summer, Alder Seaman of Homer Soil and Water
Conservation District led a crew to relocate the trail and add
boardwalk through areas too wet for a traditional treaded
trail. Next summer KHLT will continue to work on the trail
tread and corridor, and will work with teachers from Paul Banks
Elementary School, scientists, and local volunteers to create an
informational kiosk and provide interpretation of the relocated
trail.
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Calvin & Coyle Woodland Park Nature Trail
Re-Development Project
ConocoPhillips provided funding to build a new parking lot
with significant help from the City of Homer, Jeff Middleton,
Steve Gibson of Small Potatoes Lumber, Kelly Snow, and Josh
Hankin-Foley. Eric Clarke, with the Department of Natural
Resources, assisted with the trail layout. Eagle Scout Kyle Wentz
raised the funds and completed the work to build two bridges
on the trail. Thank you to all of these generous funders and
volunteers for their vital assistance on this great community
project!
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“I’d love to donate my land to KHLT,
but it lacks conservation value”
Summer Intern Allison Gillum:
City Girl Goes Alaskan
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T
ou probably know that Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
accepts donations of conservation land to be preserved
for wildlife habitat, clean water, open space, and other natural
values. But even though your property may not meet KHLT’s
criteria for conservation, you may still be able to donate it and
make a significant impact on our mission to preserve land with
real conservation value, for the benefit of future generations in
perpetuity.
Land donated with the understanding that the property will be
sold and the proceeds invested in KHLT’s conservation activities,
is known as ”trade land”. Trade land might consist of a city lot, or
a rural, undeveloped parcel that is simply too small to preserve;
commercial property, a single family home, a condominium or
another type of real estate.
With the donor’s explicit permission to sell the donated
property, KHLT can convert the value of that real estate into
funds to support the acquisition and protection of other
significant conservation land. In effect, your non-conservation
land is turned into a conservation fund!
The donor of the real estate may qualify for a substantial income
tax deduction based upon the appraised value of the donation,
and avoid the potential capital gains tax generated by a sale.
What are KHLT’s criteria for accepting trade land?
Kachmmak Heritage Land Trust staff will meet with you
to discuss your objectives for the property and use of the
revenue to be received by KHLT from the sale. Staff will then
visit your property to evaluate its potential for sale and check
for hazardous materials or other potential liabilities. Explicit
agreement between the donor and staff on terms of the
donation is required, along with proof of clear title.
As with all donations, KHLT is unable to offer tax or legal advice.
Potential land donors are always encouraged to consult with
their financial or legal advisors before making a donation.
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his summer we were pleased to have Allison Gillum join
KHLT as our seasonal intern. Allison came to KHLT from
the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she is a
master’s candidate in their City Planning program. Funding
for her position came through our Kenai Peninsula Landscape
Connectivity Project grant from the US Fish & Wildlife Service
Coastal Program. She came well versed in land trust operations,
allowing her to be a quick study in our work.
Allison completed a
management plan for
our Calvin and Coyle
Woodland Park, provided
outreach information at
the Farmer’s Market, and
completed many tasks
around the KHLT office
that help us to be more
efficient in our work. Out
in the field she cheerfully
weathered a broad range
of Alaskan experiences.
Her adventures on duty
included riding out to a remote property on horseback, seeing
a spruce tree trunk shredded by a bear, and enduring an assault
by mosquitoes at the
height of the season in
a wetlands location. Off
the job, Allison trolled for
salmon, went on a bearviewing trip, fly-fished
for Dolly Varden, and
learned to shoot a rifle
and shotgun. However,
attempts to get out
halibut fishing always
met with obstacles, so
we hope to see her back
to finish the course!
What should I do if I have potential trade land
that I would like to donate to KHLT?
Call KHLT at (907) 235-5263
or email [email protected]
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Thanks for all your help, Allison, and good luck back in the city at
the University of Pennsylvania! 
Platt Property
Gets Face-lift
Potato Project
Success
T
his spring and summer we were blessed with lots of warm
sunny weather, along with the requisite amount of rain, to
keep our landscapes and gardens green. The Platt property
where our office is located also benefited from lots of extra
effort by a number of energetic volunteers.
A spring spruce-up of the Community Garden on our Platt
property was accomplished with key assistance from Michael
Sharp, who led tree pruning and garden plot delineation
efforts. Karen Hoerner, a student at APU, completely gutted
and organized the greenhouse for us. Kids from the South
Peninsula Behavioral Health Services painted our picnic table
under their staff supervision. Thomas and Bobbi Paulino helped
weed neglected garden plots and the potato patch that was
planted in May, as reported in our spring newsletter.
Other portions of our office property got a face-lift too. Thank
you to Ryjil Christiansen at the Pratt Museum, who sent their
summer interns over to help us in early June. These young folks
did a great job of pruning alders and cutting back weeds that
relentlessly attempt to overrun our driveway. Refreshments
for the Platt clean-up were provided by Safeway Food & Drug.
Thanks also to Homer Saw & Cycle, who donated parts and
service for our chainsaw, so that staff could safely use it for the
bigger pruning jobs.
Cookie’s Greenhouse helped jumpstart the flower season with a
beautiful potted arrangement.
Photo by Lyn Maslow
L
ast spring Lyn Maslow and students from West Homer
Elementary School planted potatoes in the lower portion
of KHLT’s community garden, with garden prep help from other
of our friends as reported in our last newsletter. Lyn, Steve
Dean, and Judy Miller assisted with weeding the potato patch
over the summer. In early October, Lyn and students harvested
their crop, yielding a whopping 300 pounds of potatoes for the
Homer Food Pantry! A big “thank you” again to all who helped
out in the trial year of this fun and educational way to get our
kids involved with the land and helping their community. 
Later in the summer we began cutting back alders and pushki
along the trails on the property, to make them more userfriendly. We would be remiss if we did not thank our staff’s
wonderful husbands/partners, who all helped with our office
property maintenance in various ways over the summer: Steve
Baird, Phil Cowan, Buck Curry, and Kelly Snow. 
Photo by Lyn Maslow
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Differentiating Donations
Donate to KHLT Online
H
W
ave you ever wondered what the difference is between
a membership donation and a donation for an annual
appeal or other specific request? Doesn’t all the money go in
the same pot?
Actually no, there are crucial differences, which is why you may
hear from us more than once or twice a year.
Grants from foundations are a significant source of revenue for
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. Grants are almost always written
for specific projects, or even specific aspects of a project. Funds
received are restricted to those uses allowed by the grantor, in
line with their own mission and purpose for charitable giving.
Sometimes the funds come as a “matching grant” where we
are required to raise the same amount of funding from other
sources. The additional funds raised as a match are restricted to
the same purposes as the original grant funds.
e’re pleased to announce that we can now take donations
online! Check out the DonateNow button on our website
at www.kachemaklandtrust.org. Making a donation is simple
and secure! Online donations are processed by Network for
Good, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping other
non-profits. You will receive an instant online receipt, as well as
our regular receipt and thank you letter, which you can opt to
also receive via email.
At the time of this writing, online donations through our
website are only for unrestricted membership funds, but we
will add specific categories for special appeals in coming
months. Thank you for your patience as we update our online
capabilities. 
Project expenses allowed by grants sometimes do not include
staff time, or at best cover only a portion of the total staff time,
and they often do not support overhead costs. Hence revenue
for payroll and other general operating expenses must come
from other sources.
Membership donations and revenue from special events, along
with other non-specific donations, are unrestricted funds vital
to covering our general operating expenses. These are the
funds that pay our utility bills, buy office supplies, and enable
us to hire qualified staff. Without these unrestricted funds we
would be unable to carry out our conservation mission.
So next time you get an appeal or membership renewal letter
and think, “Didn’t I just send them a donation?” remember that
not all donations cover the same needs, but they are all vital to
keeping our conservation mission alive. Thank you for each and
every donation you can make! 
Help KHLT go Green
P
lease let us know if you would like to cut down on paper
mailings by receiving membership renewal notices and
other communications via email. We want to make the most of
your generous donations for land conservation, and email saves
on our expenses for printing, postage, and staff time. We are
happy to continue with paper mailings if that is your preference—
we still have lots of those little remittance envelopes in stock! If
you wish to switch to electronic communications, please send
an email to [email protected]. Please specify how
you’d like to receive your newsletter, as well as renewal notices,
appeals and our receipt/thank you letters. 
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On the Cover
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ur cover photo was
taken in October
2006 by Steve Baird, a
research biologist with the
Alaska Department of Fish
& Game, Kachemak Bay
Research Reserve. Steve
tells us that it’s a leaf-pack in
one of the Kenai Peninsula
anadromous streams.
Leaf-packs have ecological
significance in providing
nutrients and habitat
for stream invertebrates,
Photo by Steve Baird
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
mostly juvenile insects,
which in turn are important food for juvenile salmonids. On
the Peninsula, the significance is even higher because many
of the leaves are from alders, which are nitrogen fixers. The
southern Kenai Peninsula streams are rich in phosphorus, but
not nitrogen, and the leaf-packs add needed nitrogen to the
system as they decay and are broken down by insects.
And you thought it was just a bunch of leaves in a steam. . . 
Summer Program Thanks
O
ur Summer Program events are made possible by our
friends who generously volunteer their time to help us get
people out on the land for fun and educational activities. Thank
you to this year’s event hosts Mark Marette, Jason Sodergren,
Taz Tally, Shirley Schollenberg, Lynn Whitmore, Marian Beck,
Dale Chorman, and Karl Stoltzfus. Thanks also to Charlie Welles
for his help posting event flyers all across town throughout the
summer. 
Join the Kachemak Heritage Land
Trust Facebook Group!
W
e are pleased that our intern, Allison Gillum, set up a
Facebook page for KHLT this summer. If you’re already
on Facebook, just search for “Kachemak Heritage Land Trust”
and join our group! Upcoming KHLT events, photos, and other
information are listed on our page. We’re still learning to use
this new way to network with our supporters, so if you have
suggestions, please let us know!
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Welcome to Sheryl Ohlsen
our new Accounting Manager
H
ailing from Oregon,
Sheryl Ohlsen arrived
in Alaska in May 2008
with her husband and two
daughters. She has worked
with for-profit and nonprofit organizations as a
business consultant and
bookkeeper for the past 20
years, both as an employee
and through her own consulting business. She continues to run
her new business, Ohlsen’s Little Shop of Herbs, here in Homer.
When Sheryl is not at a desk employing her accounting skills,
she can usually be found wandering through the native vegetation, identifying and wildcrafting herbs to use in teas, creams
and salves.
Sheryl joined KHLT’s staff following the departure of Yvonne
Prucha, who plans to pursue her accounting career in a warmer
climate. Yvonne’s two years’ work as accounting manager for
KHLT included a revision of our policies manual, help with organizing special events, and assistance with many other tasks beyond a normal bookkeeping regimen. We appreciate her hard
work, and wish her well in her future pursuits. Thanks and good
luck, Yvonne!
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Technology Assistance Appreciated
T
he use of technology in our stewardship program is
invaluable. GIS and GPS are tools that we use to bring
geographic information into and out of the field. Of course,
technology is always improving and we’d like to thank the
business MxGeo for providing KHLT a complimentary license
for their MxGPS software, a great addition to our toolbox for
our conservation mapping and monitoring tasks.
Thanks also to Sam Means for the donation of a desktop
printer, which allows our staff to more efficiently print various
documents for different uses.
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KHLT Members Help
Columbia Land Trust
Be Involved:
Volunteer!
K
V
achemak Heritage Land Trust members donated services
for the Columbia Land Trust fundraising auction held last
May. The auction offer supported by our members was a craneviewing trip to Homer in early September. Donna and Kevin
Maltz donated two nights at A Memorable Experience B&B,
while Mossy Kilcher gave the winning bidders a personalized
crane-viewing expedition they will never forget, complete with
a tour of the historic Kilcher Homestead and berry-picking at
Seaside Farm.
“Thank you!” Donna, Kevin, and Mossy, for your generous roles
in the Columbia Land Trust fundraising auction, a ”friendraising” effort on our behalf.
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olunteers are a vital part of non-profit organizations
like Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. You can make a big
difference to our efficiency by donating just a few hours a
month to KHLT, and enjoy the satisfaction of being actively
involved in your land trust.
;;Do you have a snowplow?
We’re bound to need an occasional snowplowing this winter, and you could be our hero
by stopping by and putting in just ten minutes to clear our
driveway and parking area!
;;Are you a technology whiz?
We are always looking for
ways to streamline our office operations, with a mind towards saving natural resources, energy, and time. Ideas
and expertise are always welcome.
;;Do you have carpentry skills?
There’s always something
to repair or update in our 1947 log cabin office. We will be
working to winterize portions of our office this fall, thanks
to a grant from the Homer Foundation, and could use a
hand to make the necessary improvements.
;;Mailings are an ongoing and important part of our outreach and fundraising work. All that folding, stapling, stuffing, and sealing goes a lot faster with a team, and much of
this work can be done at home if that suits you better.
Thank you to Lia Schofield for her recent help with mailings!
If you are interested in offering your knowledge and skills in any
capacity to help further our mission of protecting land on the
Kenai Peninsula, please contact us! 
You can call us Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
or email [email protected]
Contributing Photographer
Jack Epperson
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Photos by Jack Epperson
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e’ve all joined the ranks of budding photographers,
posting our pictures on Facebook accounts, emailing
them with our iPhones - the list is endless with possibilities.
Long-time Homer resident Jack Epperson, 88, has recently
jumped on board. In this issue he’s graciously shared photos
from his recent sandhill crane series. Most noteworthy for
Jack, and which sets him apart from the rest of us amateur
photographers, is that he’s legally blind. Thank you for sharing
Jack!
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2009
Business Members
Heritage Club Honors
Some of Our Special Donors
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T
lease join us in thanking our business members for their
support:
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Alaska Rivers Company
Alaska Wildland Adventures, Inc.
Alderfer Group
Bay Excursions LLC
his spring, our current board of directors created a special
giving club, called the Heritage Club, in honor of our 20th
anniversary. This club is for current and former board members
who make monetary contributions to KHLT outside of event
purchases, in recognition of their ongoing financial support as
well as their dedicated service as board members. Thank you to
our 20th anniversary Heritage Club members: 
Bay Realty
Robert Archibald
Judy Lund
Best Western Bidarka Inn
Marian Beck
Mark Luttrell
Bob’s Cabin & Guide Service
Lois Bettini
Diane McBride
Daisy Lee Bitter
Susan McLane
Pamela Brodie
John Mouw
Sue Christiansen
Angie Newby
Hallo Bay Wilderness Camp
Scott Connelly
Jon Osgood
Home Run Oil
Janice Schofield Eaton
Roger Pearson
Homer Brewing Company
Rick Foster
Richard Purington
Michael Gracz
Shirley Schollenberg
Mary Griswold
Barbara Seaman
Dotti Harness
Taz Tally
Land’s End Resort
Fred Harnisch
R. W. “Toby” Tyler
Latitude 59
Roberta Highland
Betsy Webb
Law Office of Daniel Westerburg
Larsen Klingel
Charlie Welles
Eric Johnson Lespin
Toby Wheeler
ConocoPhillips
Derry & Associates
F/V Kelsey, Annette & Marvin Bellamy
Fresh Sourdough Express Bakery and Cafe
Homer Real Estate
Jay-Brant General Contractors
Kachemak Bay Ferry, Inc.
Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge, Inc.
Magic Canyon Ranch B&B
Marine Services of Alaska, Inc.
MxGeo
F/V Anna Lane, Barb Scalzi
Organic Hair Design
Ring of Fire Meadery
Seaman’s Adventures
Smokey Bay Air
Spenard Builders Supply
Sundog Consultants
Does Your Employer
Match Charitable Contributions?
I
f you work for a large or even mid-sized corporation, your
employer may offer matching donations for charitable
contributions. Please check with your corporate office to see
if you could double your donation with an employer match! 
The Saltry
Wild North Photography
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Alaska Congressional Delegation Introduces
the Alaska Native Conservation Parity Act of 2009
A
s you may know, there are income tax benefits
associated with the donation of a conservation
easement to a qualified holder such as Kachemak Heritage
Land Trust. Private landowners can claim a deduction based
on the difference of the ‘before’ and ‘after’ values of the
land subject to the easement. Recently, all three members
of Alaska’s congressional delegation jointly introduced
legislation (S. 1673 and H.R. 3568) that would allow Alaska
Native Corporations (ANCs) to claim the same deduction for
preserving their land holdings with this conservation tool.
“This legislation is long overdue in creating a level playing
field for ANCs under the tax code, and important to encourage
ANCs to protect land used for shareholder activities while still
enabling appropriate resource development on tribal lands,”
Senator Begich said. “Alaska Native Corporations were given
a strong mandate to both develop the resources of their
lands as well as protecting the land for future generations.
This law will help achieve that goal.”
We thank Senators Begich and Murkowski and Representative
Young for promoting the use of conservation easements as a
tool available to a greater share of Alaska landowners!
Kachemak Heritage Land Trust also thanks Representative
Young for joining a majority of both Democrats and
Republicans in co-sponsoring H.R. 1831, the Conservation
Easement Incentive Act of 2009. This important piece
of legislation would make the current tax deduction for
conservation easement donations permanent rather than
subject to expiring year to year. Thank you, Congressman
Young!
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