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04/07/2008: "Land Bank & Island Trail Riding Club Meet"

(Checking the map of Turtleback Mountain Preserve are left to right; Rik Karon, Land Bank Staff Eliza Habegger, Land Bank Commisioner Mary Blackstone, Wanda Evans, Catherine Ascher, and Ruthie Thompson-Klein -photo by Tess Simendinger )

A Land Bank staff member met with members of the Island Trail Riding Club on the Inter-Island ferry on their way to hike on the Turtleback Mountain Preserve on Orcas Island.

The two groups are working together to communicate about concerns regarding multi-use of trails in the now public-owned Turtleback Mountain Preserve.

The Preserve was recently obtained by the Land Bank and San Juan Preservation Trust with the help of a huge public out-pouring of letters and donations. A one percent tax automatically added to all real estate sales in San Juan County goes to the Land Bank to purchase land to be held in Open Space for public benefit.