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In the fall the members of the Dishman Hills Conservancy participated in a retreat to look at the development of a new Strategic Plan for the next 1, 3 and 5 year period. During that time a draft Mission, Vision and Core Values were established and have been under review and discussion since. At this evenings monthly Board of Directors meeting those months of work resulted in an an approved Mission, Vision and Core Values for the organization.

 

Vision:

The vision of the Dishman Hills Conservancy is a vibrant and contiguous ecosystem in the Dishman Hills area, permanently protected, well managed and recognized as an asset for the community.

 

Core Values:

Integrity  Stewardship   Advocacy

 

Mission:

Our mission is to conserve the lands within the Dishman Hills, Dishman Ridge and Tower Mountain areas. We work towards this goal by collaborating with private land owners, other organizations and government entities with a similar vision. We steward these lands using high standards of land trust management and we advocate for their value as a natural and educational resource.

Steve Trefts with the Northwest Trustee and Management Services has taken on the position as Chair of the Development Committee. Steve has years of experience in the area of professional fund raising and we are honored to have his support as a member of our Board of Directors and experience in leading this team.

New organization logo approved by Board of Directors.

 

At the January 2013 Annual Membership meeting it was determined that the Dishman Hills Natural Area Association (DHNAA) would formally change its name to the Dishman Hills Conservancy. This change was made based upon the change in scale and efforts the organization is taking. With this change then came the requirement to change our website address from www.dhnaa.org to one more appropriate to the organization. After much debate we decided on and purchased www.dishmanhills.org to fill this role. Some of you may have reached this site by typing in our old address, but due to a little Internet magic you were able to still reach our new one. Moving forward, we ask that you simply use www.dishmanhills.org in your browser and be sure to share the news and our story with all your friends, family and co-workers.

The Dishman Hills Conservancy annual membership meeting was held on January 15th in the Moran Prairie Library 6004 S. Regal Street Spokane, WA 99223 during which trustees were elected. Following this annual meeting the standard monthly meeting was held and the Dishman Hills Conservancy 2013 Board of Directors officers were selected. The 2013 Board of Directors are as follow:

Jeff Lambert, President

EnviroScience

 

Michael Hamilton, Vice President

Geologist

 

Beal Lackaff, Secretary

Retired

Kris Wolbach, Treasurer

McDirmid Mikkelsen & Secrest, P.S.

 

Andrew Ashmore

Mountain Gear

Paula Bauer

KHQ Incorporated

 

Suzy Dix

Dix Farm, Inc - Farming and Polo Horses

Windermere - Real Estate

 

Chris Kopczynski

Kop Construction Co. Inc.

Dave Lill

Lill Construction Co.

 

Anne McGregor

InHealth Magazine

Christopher Polito

Providence Health and Services

 

David Schaub

Stay at Home Dad

Steve Trefts

Northwest Trustee and Management Services

 

Mary Weathers

Ph.D. Psychologist, Retired

Thank you to The Lands Council for selecting the Dishman Hills Natural Resources Conservation Area again in 2012 for their Reforest Spokane Project.

The Dishman Hills Conservancy along with over 70 volunteers worked with The Lands Council along the north edge of the property performing habitat restoration by the lower Camp Caro parking lot. Thanks to this event and volunteers 600 trees were planted, native seed placed and compost spread to help improve the soil conditions.

 

To see pictures from this event, please click the below link to view of Facebook page.

 

2012 Reforest Spokane - Dishman Hills

Thank you to the almost 60 volunteers who came out on September 29th to celebrate National Public Lands Day with us in the Dishman Hills Natural Resource Conservation Area. During this event we were able to continue one of the habitat restoration projects started on Earth Day by removing noxious knapweed around new trees, visually restore areas used as trails which are not, pick up trash and in general learn about the area and have a good time.

Special thanks to the following groups that came out to celebrate with us:

 

Freeman Conservation Club

Inland Empire Chapter of the Washington State Geocaching Association

Gonzaga Environmental Organization

Thank you as well to the following companies that supported the Dishman Hills Conservancy in this event with additional material support:

 

REI - donating eight "Get Dirty" Volunteer t-shirts given away via drawing

Avista - donating mulch material

 

You can click the link below to see images from this event

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Photos - 2012 National Public Lands Day in the Dishman Hills Natural Resource Conservation Area.

 

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Today there was a fire in the Dishman Hills Natural Resources Conservation Area (DHNRCA) that appears to have been started by a camp fire. The DNR fire crews were able to contain the fire to under one acre of land burned, but this is a good time to remind that there are a few rules for the DHNRCA. 1. No fires 2. Stay on the trails