Past Events

Fun in the forest Celebrates Restored Nature Trail

Come out for family fun and food from noon to 2pm on Saturday, June 18th, to celebrate the completion of improvements to the Calvin & Coyle Nature Trail. The trail runs through Calvin & Coyle Woodland Park, 29 acres owned by Kachemak Heritage Land Trust off the end of Mariner Drive at mile 1.1 East End Rd in Homer.

The celebration will include guided fun and educational activities along the trail for kids and adults, with picnic barbecue fare at the trailhead. New interpretive trail signs will be in place, along with a trail map and other information in the trailhead kiosk.

The extensive trail renovation project was accomplished through a collaborative effort of the land trust, Homer Soil & Water Conservation District, the City of Homer, the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Kachemak Bay Research Reserve, and teachers from neighboring Paul Banks Elementary School. Major funding came through the Recreational Trails Grant Program of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, with additional funding provided by ConocoPhillips Alaska.

The park contains excellent habitat for numerous mammal and bird species, and is one of the Birding Hot-Spots noted by organizers of the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.

Birding Through Art to benefit KHLT During Shorebird Festival

This year's Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival will include a multi-media art class with proceeds to benefit Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. The class will be on Thursday, May 5th, from 10a.m. to 4:30p.m., and is being generously sponsored by Oasis Environmental, Inc. of Anchorage.

If birding brings out the inner artist in you, this six-hour potpourri of hands-on art exploration will be just the thing. You’ll learn techniques from four different artists (one and a half hours with each) dabbling in painting, carving, drawing, etching and/or photography, and go home with your own bird-inspired pieces. Eight Homer artists will share their skills, including Marian Beck, Catie Bursch, MaryBee Kaufman, Conrad Field, Bill Kitzmiller, Mossy Kilcher, Taz Tally and Toby Tyler. The workshop will be divided in to two groups running simultaneously with four artists per group. Materials are provided, except for digital cameras for the photography class. Light lunch provided. Limit 24, cost $80pp 18 & older (14 & older with participating adult).

Perpetuity and Beyond - KHLT Ninth Annual Auction

Saturday, November 20th, 6pm –10pm at Wasbi's

Knock the dust off grandpa’s old top hat. Drape Aunt Suzie’s feather boa across your shoulders. It’s time for the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust annual auction!

This year the theme is PERPETUITY AND BEYOND – hanging on to what you value. For you personally, it may be your grandmother’s long white gloves, or the beaded purse your mom carried to church. Maybe it’s an oil-skin jacket you bought in Australia when you traveled there in the 70’s. Whatever it is, bring it out and give it a night on the town!

For the Land Trust it’s all about setting aside land in perpetuity, so our kids and their kids can hike and fish on property that belongs to all of us - thanks to the wisdom and generosity of people like you!

Live and silent auctions with Gary Thomas
Gourmet appetizers and delectable dessert nibbles
Dress is Homer semi-formal - Wear something passed on to you or the oldest clothing you treasure!

KACHEMAK HERITAGE LAND TRUST ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

7:00 p.m. Friday, October 15, 2010
Islands & Ocean Visitor Center
95 Sterling Highway, Homer

7:00-7:45 p.m. - Find out what KHLT has been doing over the past year, meet KHLT board members and staff, and enjoy great company!

Voting (KHLT members only) for board seats will be open until 7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m. - Special presentation co-sponsored by
Kachemak Bay Research Reserve’s Coastal Training Program
"Maintaining Landscape Connectivity on the Rapidly Changing Kenai Peninsula"

Guest speaker Dr. John Morton, Supervisory Biologist at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and adjunct faculty at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, has spent over 22 years with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service including several refuges besides the Kenai (Arctic, Yukon Delta, Blackwater, Chincoteague, Guam), and with Ecological Services in the Chesapeake Bay Field Office and Pacific Islands Field Office. He has been involved with climate change issues since 2007, including testifying to GAO about impacts of climate change on Federal lands. Dr. Morton is involved locally in the Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area, Interagency Brown Bear Study Team, and Kenai Peninsula College Advisory Council.

The meeting and special presentation are open to the public, and free.