Here is an interesting investment opportunity for all you wealthy Tweeters
out there. This e-mail was circulated among Tahoma Audubon members, but
deserves a wider audience.

Diane Yorgason-Quinn
Gig Harbor, WA
Avosetta at hotmail.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Engle" <hengle at earthlink.net>
To: "TAS" <hengle at earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 5:08 PM
Subject: Heron Colony For Sale


> To all interested parties,
>
> The Davis Bay heron colony is for sale. I am working with the landowner
who
> is sympathetic to the idea of a conservation buyer. I am looking for
about
> $250-300 k to purchase the property (about 40 acres on North Camano
Island).
> So far, I've had discussions with Cascade Land Trust and the Whidbey
Island
> Land Trust and they are not encouraging that they could take this on
> (although Whidbey Island is looking into it). So, I am looking for ideas
> for a conservation buyer, or group of buyers, who could purchase the
> property for a heron reserve. WDFW does not have money for this kind of
> acquisition, and so far, I haven't found grants that we are eligible to
> apply for that would fit. However, we can offer other kinds of help and
> can receive lands that others have purchased or donated to us.
>
> I would very much appreciate any ideas and assistance in getting this
> property secured. The landowner is not interested in a conservation
> easement, but wants to sell the property outright.
>
> Anyone with ideas, please call me at 425-379-2310 or e-mail me at
> milnerlm at dfw.wa.gov.
>
> Thank you,
> Ruth Milner
> WDFW District Biologist
>
> This posting from Patricia A. Thompson
> Wildlife Biologist
> Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
> 16018 Mill Creek Blvd.
> Mill Creek, WA 98012
> 425-775-1311 ext. 111
> thomppat at dfw.wa.gov
>