Conference & Community Event Program
Friday Program (click here) | Saturday Program (click here)
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Friday November 6, 2009 | Au Sable Institute (map)
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| 8:00 - 9:00 |
RegistrationParticipant check-in. Enjoy coffee with light refreshments by Serendipity Catering. |
| 9:00 - 12:00
Morning
Field Trips |
SOLD OUT! Preserving the Reserve’s Heritage Farmsteads
Visit Reserve farm clusters of barns, homesteads and outbuildings, and learn about the issues facing their long-term viability along with resources to sustain them. Featuring Salmagundi, Boyer, and Jenne farms & owners.
Host: Trust Board
Guides: Harrison Goodall, Architectural Conservator; Susan Dolan, Historical Landscape Architect, National Park Service; Chris Moore, Field Director, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation |
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Down on the Farm: Cabbage Seed to Hubbard Squash
Experience Reserve farm life and farmers at work. Visit operations and farmers at Sherman’s Pioneer Farm Produce, Bell’s Farm and the Lavender Wind Farm. Get your hands in the dirt.
Host: Whidbey Sustainable Agriculture Committee
Guides: Al Sherman, Trust Board;
Marilyn Clay, Trust Board; Maryon Attwood, Whidbey Sustainable Agriculture Committee |
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Soil, Seeds & Evergreen Trees
Explore the Reserve’s natural world through your senses. Make a traditional craft. Smell, taste, touch, listen and fully see this special place.
Host: Washington State Parks
Guides: Jim Neill, Trust Board; Aaron Terada, Manager, Fort Ebey State Park; Chris Smith & Lauren Gansemer, Interpreters, National Park Service; Joe Sheldon, Professor of Environmental Science, Pacific Rim Institute; Steve Ellis, President, Whidbey Audubon Society |
| 12:00 - 1:30 (Lunch) |
Lunch is on your own. Sample Coupeville’s great restaurants or “Prairie” Dogs served at Au Sable by Island County Historical Society. |
| 1:30 - 4:30
Afternoon
Field Trips |
SOLD OUT! Design for Change & Character I
Visit historic buildings in modern use and new construction designed to fit our rural roots. Tour the Reserve’s cultural landscape through the lens of design review and why it matters. Featuring Fenroe, Van Dam, Charles Angle houses, and owners.
Host: Town of Coupeville & Island County
Guides: Larry Kwarsick, Planner, Town of Coupeville; Bob Pederson, Planning & Development Director,
Island County; Mimi Sheridan, Planning Consultant; Jon Roberts, Trust Board; Hank Florence, Trust Board |
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A Taste of Ebey's
Embrace heirloom & local products through a show and tell, prairie cooking demonstrations by the Oystercatcher Restaurant & Penn Cove Shellfish, and an introduction to slow food culture.
Location: Rec Hal
Host: Trust Board
Guides: Val Hillers, Food Specialist; David Engle, Historian; Georgie Smith, Farmer, Willowood Farms; Joe Scott, Chef & Owner, Oystercatcher Restaurant; Tim Jones, Farm Manager, Penn Cove Shellfish; Anza Muenchow, Farmer, Maha Farm |
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Prairie Perspectives Through the Eyes of
Natives & Settlers
Recognize traces of humans from the past, both natives and settlers, and key differences between their survival methods.
Host: Island County Historical Society
Guides: Richard Castellano, Executive Director, Island County Historical Society; Larry Campbell, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; Lou Labombard, Professor of Anthropology, Skagit Valley College; Roger Sherman, Pioneer Descendant & Historian; Joanne Engle Brown, Daughter of the Pioneers & Historian |
| 6:00 - 8:00 |
Celebrating Rural Character(s) Potluck
All friends and family members are invited to bring a favorite dish and join us at this acclaimed potluck.
Live music by the Prairie Ramblers, a special presentation by Prairie Home Productions, and more will add zest and flavor to the evening’s local grub at the historic Crockett Barn.
Location: Crockett Barn— 1056 Crockett Farm Road
Coupeville (click here for map)
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Saturday, November 7 | Coupeville Middle/High School
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| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Registration
Participant check-in. Enjoy coffee and light refreshments by Serendipity Catering. |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome
Trust Board & Partners
Room: PAC
Participants: Mark Preiss, Reserve Manager; Town of Coupeville; Island County; Washington State Parks; National Park Service |
| 9:30 - 10:45 |
Judy Wicks, Keynote Speaker
Local Leadership & Sustainable Communities: A social, environmental and economic perspective. |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
Adapting Old Buildings for New Uses
Explore adaptive reuse of Coupeville’s historic Haller House as a proposed Reserve Visitor Center, in a studio display of functions and accommodations.
Location: PAC
Host: Trust Board
Participants: Larry Cort, Director of Community Planning, City of Langley; Peter Keyes, Professor of Architecture, University of Oregon; Advanced Architecture Design Studio Class, University of Oregon |
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Taking a Bite, How to Eat Local
What’s all the buzz about eating local? Learn how to access food from farmers, and how to grow & preserve your own.
Location: Music Room
Host: Coupeville Farmers Market
Participants: Wilbur Purdue, Board Member, Coupeville Farmers Market; Phyllis Sherman, Lifelong Prairie Resident; Eric Conn, Board Member, Transition Whidbey; Lauren Hubbard & Clark Bishop, Ebey Road Farm; Linda Bartlett, Farmer, Rosehip Farm |
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Leveraging Our Cultural Resources
Cultural heritage resources are valuable assets to any community. Learn how to identify the unique attributes in the Reserve to promote local pride and economic vitality.
Location: Art Room
Host: Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce
Participants: Lynda Eccles, Executive Director, Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce; Willie Smyth, Folk Arts Program Manager, Washington State Arts Commission; Mimi Mather, Planner; Belt Collins; Susan Dolan, Historical Landscape Architect, National Park Service; Barbara Mackey, Executive Director, Historic Fourth Ward School |
| 12:15 - 1:15 (Lunch) |
Enjoy a gourmet prairie lunch prepared by Chef Jess ($13). Featuring Apple Cider by Island Tree Ranch, and an art show by the Pacific Northwest Art School. |
| 1:15 - 2:30 |
Sustainable Strategies for Historic Structures
Learn the best ways to increase energy efficiency & make environmental and cost-effective decisions in your historic building.
Location: Music Room
Host: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Participants: Chris Moore, Field Director, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation; Cathy d’Almeida, Sustainability Coordinator, Town of Coupeville; Ellen Southard, Historian; Tom Tack, Historic Homeowner |
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What Makes Coupeville Coupeville
A historical journey through one of our state’s oldest towns, including goals, priorities, and visions needed to maintain a vibrant business district, while preserving its character.
Location: PAC
Host: Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association
Participants: Richard Castellano, Board Member, Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association; Judy Lynn, Historian; Nancy Conard, Mayor, Town of Coupeville |
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Protecting Extraordinary Lands Forever
Using case studies from Ebey’s Reserve, learn how farms, forests, shorelines and prairies are being protected for future generations.
Location: Art Room
Host: Whidbey Camano Land Trust
Participants: Cheryl Lowe, Land Steward, Whidbey Camano Land Trust; Chris Hilton, Land Protection Specialist, Whidbey Camano Land Trust; Wilbur Purdue, Prairie Bottom Farm |
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| 2:45 - 4:00 |
Design for Change & Character II
Learn how newly revised design standards promote preservation through predictability. Hear how Reserve partners are working together to protect rural character through design review, education and incentives.
Location: Commons
Host: Trust Board
Participants: Hank Florence, Trust Board; Nancy Conard, Mayor, Town of Coupeville; Helen Price Johnson, Island County Commissioner; Jon Roberts, Trust Board;
Mimi Sheridan, Planning Consultant |
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Farming Fields of Food
Hear the history of how farmers and Reserve partners are adapting to changing circumstances and opportunities to sustain agriculture in the future.
Location: Music Room
Host: Whidbey Island Conservation District
Participants: Karen Bishop, District Manager, Whidbey Island Conservation District; David Bauermeister, Executive Director, Northwest Agriculture Business Center |
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“America’s Best Idea: Our National Parks”
Watch a director’s cut of the Ken Burns PBS film and learn about Ebey’s unique management style and role in the National Park Service.
Location: Art Room
Host: National Park Service
Participants: Craig Holmquist, Operations Manager, Ebey’s Landing, National Park Service; Trust Board Members; Rory Westberg, Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region, National Park Service; Reed Jarvis, Retired Reserve Manager, National Park Service |
| 4:00 - 5:00 |
Closing Social
Chat with friends old and new and learn about partner organizations across Whidbey Island that are doing fabulous work. Enjoy pies by Prairie Bottom Farm and music by Levi Burkle & James Hinkley. |
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