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National spotlight on land trusts: WSJ reports new tax legislation offers tax breaks for landowners considering conservation easements
Hamblen Man and Child. Photo courtesy of Kay Rafferty.Thinking about placing your property in a conservation easement to protect critical habitat, save a watershed, or keep your family's heritage intact?

This may be the year to contact your local land trust since Congress has recently put into effect new tax legislation offering generous tax breaks for landowners willing to protect their beloved land for perpetuity.

Click on the Wall Street Journal newspaper for the full article.





Butterfly identification and outing with John Baumann
INLT Speaker Series on the road!

Saturday, June 15, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
McKenzie Conservation Area
Registration required - space is limited

Join John Baumann and Inland Northwest Land Trust on an identification talk and nature walk at McKenzie Conservation Area. Learn about the butterflies and apply your knowledge in the field! Expect to see Swallowtails, the Greenish Blue, Northern Crescents, Tortoiseshells and maybe the uncommon Long Dash skipper. If lucky, we may catch a glimpse of the Silver Bordered Fritillary, a Washington State species of concern.

Contact Brooke at bnicholson@inlandnwlandtrust.org

Check out more butterfly outings here.

Photos from the recent hike at Iller Creek Natural Area
On a warm Saturday morning, 14 people and a dog named Benny ventured into Iller Creek. We came, we saw, and we enjoyed homemade cookies.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Where the Wild Things Are hike on Saturday, May 11.

And a big thank you to Rich Leon for leading the charge and reconnecting people with one of our local, natural treasures in Spokane Valley.

Here are a few photos from the outing:









True grit: Landowner conserves 2,520 acres in Stevens County with INLT
2012-01-10
INLT worked with Beryl Baker to protect 2,540 acres of forest land including Baker Lake.
Rural areas in eastern Washington are some of the last wild places left and due to landowner Beryl Baker's conservation efforts our regional character will continue to be untamed. More on this story




Stevens County


Located in northeastern Washington, Stevens County is a community with a far-reaching farming and ranching heritage. The Columbia River rolls through the area and many lakes dot the landscape to create a rich ecosystem for species diversity. The forests provide opportunities for recreation and timber production.

Honoring parents and place: Heine conservation easement continues Cougar Bay preservation efforts
2011-12-02
Not only do trees grow roots, but families do too. Joyce Randall attests to this by conserving 119 acres with Inland Northwest Land Trust in Joyce Randall protected 119 acres in Cougar Bay in November 2011.memory of her parents, John and Betty Heine. The Heine conservation easement is located six miles from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho amid the panoramic mountain area above Cougar Bay.
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Cougar Bay to Turnbull

This Wild Lifeline is an important wildlife migration corridor that stretches from Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, through the Dishman Hills, across Mica and Blossom Peaks and down to the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene at Cougar Bay. INLT has helped protect nearly 2,500 acres in this Wild Lifeline corridor.



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