Newsletter Archive

Contact us here, and select “Please add me to your mailing list” to receive Common Ground, OLT’s newsletter. You’ll get 3–4 issues a year, plus occasional updates about educational opportunities, volunteer activities, and community events. We keep emails limited and aim to share only what’s most relevant.
 
Latest Issue: 
Summer 2025
Ponderosa Circle Wins!; Not So Galling After All; Open Hearts, Open Space; The Future of Nature: A Writing Review…and more!


Read past issues of Common Ground here:
Spring 2025
A Big Thank You!; Beneficial and Necessary; A Dedication of Conservation; Chiliwist Creek Easement…and more!
Winter 2024 (external link)
A landowner’s “why”; fabulous finches; tales from the field; new faces; and more!
 
Spring/Summer 2024
Western Gray Squirrels; OLT’s latest two conservation easements; reading recommendations; and more!
 
Winter 2023 
Outdoors with local youth; message from a former OLT Board President; a conservation career niche; hellos and goodbyes
 
Spring 2023 (external link)
All about willows; fresh faces; learning about soil; and more! 
 
Fall/Winter 2022
OLT acquires land; Wooly Bear caterpillars; a tribute to Jerry DeBacker; and more!
 
Summer 2022 (external link)
Derelict fence removal; the song of the Swainson’s Thrush; morel hunting; Mystery Plant; and more!
 
Spring 2022 (external link)
OLT accredited; 893 more acres conserved; living with wildlife; poetry; and more!
 
Fall/Winter 2021
Chickadees; conservation + restoration; message from the ED; and more!
 
Summer 2021 (external link)
Climate change; conservation funding success; living with fire; salvage logging; and more!
 
Spring 2021 (external link)
Bluebird boxes; a new conservation easement; a new Executive Director; seeing green; and more!
 
Fall/Winter 2020
OLT protects two new properties; working for wildlife; why I support OLT; and more!
 
Summer 2020 (external link)
Salmon education & outreach; Fernne Rosenbladtt; plant id contest winner; and more!
 
Spring 2020 (external link)
Ongoing projects update; summer stewardship; plant id contest; and more!
 
Fall/Winter 2019
(Tunk Creek conservation easement; donation establishes OLT’s endowment fund; new ED; salmon outreach; and more!)
 
Fall/Winter 2018
(On the ground; events and gatherings; conservation easement stewardship)
 
Fall/Winter 2017
(Wildlife corridor conservation easement; Meadow Mouse; new Conservation Associate; and more!)
 
More archived issues of Common Ground coming soon!