Both of Janet Baker’s properties are thirty-five miles north of Spokane, between Ponderosa and Horseshoe Lake and lie within the Little Spokane Watershed. The distance between the two properties is only a half a mile. Janet felt a strong connection to land since she grew up in Franklin County on a wheat farm. She instilled the same appreciation for the outdoors into her sons when she relates, “They loved escaping into the woods.” Janet’s land easements will achieve her goal of keeping the land in her family for generations to come.


Janet Baker's 172.5-acre property in Pend Oreille County is within the Little Spokane Watershed and includes the upper reaches of a tributary to Marshall Creek and to Hangman Creek and the Spokane River. Janet’s preservation of the community’s watershed region positively impacts our water quality.


Janet Baker's 160-acre property in Stevens County includes lowland meadow/seasonal wetlands, riparian vegetation, and Ponderosa pine forest stands. The woodlands, a six-acre field, and rock hill offer refuge for many wildlife species. For example, migratory fowl and bald eagles use the land as a stopover during seasonal journeys and nest in the steep canyons. The Columbia Basin’s Channeled Scablands are also present to add to the area’s rich diversity.


Janet Baker’s two properties are used by a wide assortment of wildlife species. Janet Baker conveys her concern for nature corridors, “Subdivisions are becoming so commonplace. This is a way to protect the animals and their environment.” White-tailed deer, moose, elk, turkey, bear, cougar, and grouse inhabit or travel through the properties.

Brooke Nicholson
Outreach Coordinator
509-328-2939
outreach@inlandnwlandtrust.org