The Nature of Place in North Central Washington

• Picturing Nature – Creating photo essays that celebrate the diversity of life we see today, e.g., The Nature of NCW

  • Coming Soon:  View the Nature of NCW

• Gathering Our Voice - Gathering and sharing inspiring success stories about the land, people, and economy that can be used to inform future actions

  • Winter Voice Newsletter, Feb. 2008
• Looking for Change - Working with landowners and schools to create photo monitoring trails that engage people in documenting landscape change

Local Food Systems

• Habitat Farming Enterprise Program; developing economic remuneration model for orchards in the Entiat River watershed
  • HFEP Final Report
• Organizing Stewardship Success Workshops and fieldtrips that highlight positive outcomes and provide training in innovative land stewardship practices

 

• 10 Reasons to Buy Local Booklet

Healthy Rural Lands

• NCW Biodiversity Council:  Working with the Washington Biodiversity Council to implement recommendations from the Healthy Lands Initiative, e.g., NCW Biodiversity Council, NCW Stewardship Cooperative
  • NCW Biodiversity Council Presentation
  • NCW Biodiversity Council Project Description
• Healty Lands Initiative:  Facilitating protection of critical farm and timberlands by sharing and distributing information on incentive programs
  • HLI Pilot Project Brief
  • HLI Final Report
  • HLI Presentation

Initiative for Rural Innovation & Stewardship

"Connecting People to Facilitate Positive Change"

P. O. Box 4563

Wenatchee, WA 98807