2024 Live Auction iTEMS AWAIT YOUR BID AT LIVING LOCALLY!
1 | HEADWATERS HIKE & Picnic FOR 6
Donors: Doug Firstbrook and Debbie Moberly
According to local history, Neah-Kah-Nie Mountain is ‘the place of the gods’. Let Doug Firstbrook, founding Trust director and well-known forest meanderer, be your guide as you and your guests experience ‘off-trail’ splendor on the Trust’s 119-acre Headwaters property.
Delight in the sights, sounds, and smells of this magical future old growth forest. Doug will share stories of protecting and restoring these lands as well as the vision and work underway to preserve them for future generations. An al fresco picnic lunch under towering spruce completes this delightful forest foray. Date and time to be mutually determined. Maximum of 6 people. Expires 6/1/2025.
Valued at: $600
2 | Soiree by the Sea for 10
Donors: Judy Allen and Karl Nusch
An evening of delights overlooking the beautiful, rugged coast of Oregon. Judy and Karl welcome you to their Manzanita home for an evening with Alanna Kieffer, environmental educator, sustainable foods enthusiast, seaweed farmer, and owner of Shifting Tides.
Alanna will share her vast knowledge of seaweed farming, coastal foraging and sustainable seafoods with a focus on regenerative aquaculture and the story of seaweed as a ‘climate cuisine’. This special evening will include a selection of hors d’oeuvres as well as specially selected Oregon wines and brews. Date and time to be mutually determined. Maximum of 10 people. Expires 6/1/2025.
Valued at $1,200
3 | Alder Creek Farm Fresh Produce Box
Donors: LNCT Community Gardeners
Talk about farm fresh! Delectable weekly produce box, harvested on the day, especially for you, with love from the Trust’s Community Gardeners.
Vibrant vegetables and luscious fruits as well as available bouquets of fresh herbs and flowers, your box will be available for pickup weekly from 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm beginning Tuesday July 16, 2024 through Tuesday, September 17, 2024. That’s 9 weeks of beautiful, fresh produce to savor the season! Winner will need to commit to stated pickup schedule.
Valued at $500
4 | Tapas and Tunes in the Garden
Donors: Debbie Moberly, Dereen DeSchryver, Nicole Dickson, Emily & Harout Akdedian
Celebrate summer with family and friends in the Community Garden. You and your guests will be treated to a magical afternoon at Alder Creek Farm surrounded by nature and the stunning beauty of the restored wildlands. This enchanting event includes tapas, hand-crafted cocktails, and musical entertainment. Date and time to be mutually determined. Maximum of 10 people. Expires 6/1/2025.
Valued at $1,000
5 | Mushroom Foray for 6
Donor: Nora Dunkirk
If your knowledge of fungi is limited to button, cremini and portobello, don’t despair. Nora Dunkirk, Ph.D., Mycologist for Portland State University and Education Chair of the Oregon Mycological Society will introduce you to Amanita gemmata, Cortinarius evernius, and Russell brevipes, to name a few. Learn to find, identify and sustainably harvest these local treasures. And don’t hesitate to ask Nora about other organisms you encounter on the trail. This wealth of knowledge can be yours on a Saturday or Sunday, date and time to be mutually determined. Maximum of 6 people. Expires 6/1/2025.
Valued at $500
6 | Fly Afield, Heron Walk for 4
Donors: Emily Akdedian, Shane Sjogren and Roxann Balmer
Flapping immense wings and casting solitary shadows over north American wetlands for nearly two million years… the Great Blue Heron stands as a beacon of patience and luck in our estuaries.
The luck is all yours on this unique guided experience of one of the Trusts’ most secretly protected treasures… a heron rookery high in Alder crowns keeping watch over Nehalem Bay. Witness (from a respectful distance) the prehistoric magic of this avian colony. Unlike their lunch of regurgitated fish, you will be lunched at a lovely local eatery. Date and time to be mutually determined. Maximum of 4 people. Binoculars provided. Expires 6/1/2025.
Valued at $400
7 | Fishing Expedition for 2
Donors: Erin and Jim Skaar
Are you in pursuit of salmon, steelhead or catch and release sturgeon? Or perhaps just a captive ear for the local issues you hold near and dear?
Join Jim Skaar and County Commissioner Erin Skaar for a full day fishing excursion aboard a 21 foot jet boat shoving off to the ocean, Tillamook Bay, Nehalem Bay or associated streams. Date and time to be mutually determined and dependent upon the cooperation of the weather and waterways. 2 people. No expiration.
Valued at $500
8 | Ecoprinting Workshop
Donor: Kyla Sjogren
Explore pigments from the naturalized plant species that surround us. Trust stewardship work parties involve eradicating plants that dominate and create monocultures in the landscape. Employ your curiosity to form a relationship with these steadfast species. For this workshop, LNCT stewardship crews will set aside three monoculture makers: Knotweed, Himalayan Blackberry, and English Ivy.
We will discuss these plants and apply their pigment to textiles in a method called ‘ecoprinting’ which is a natural dyeing technique used to create unique patterns and colors on fabric. At the height of summer, plant pigments are at their color peak. In this 4-hour workshop, we will mindfully make an everlasting memory of season, plant, and place. Walk away with a one-of-a-kind textile you created! Everything provided for you and 5 of your friends. In addition to ecoprinting, we will create dye pots for experimental play. Date and time to be mutually determined. Maximum of 6 people. Expires 6/1/2025.
Valued at $800
9 | Fido’s Manzanita Vacation
Donors: Manzanita Businesses
Do you prefer pampering your pet over treating yourself? Is your pooch overdue for a pet-friendly vacation? Look no further than the Fido’s Vacation package!
Treat yourself AND your fluffer to a wonderfully relaxing two-night stay in the heart of Manzanita. Awake to beautiful views of the Pacific from the Ocean Inn before skipping the kibble and heading to Yolk for breakfast, Four Paws on the Beach to find a freebee for Fido and Finisterre for a fitting human favor. Don’t tell Fido about your cat nap at Spa Manzanita before finishing your fabulous stay with dinner at El Trio Loco Mexican Restaurant.
Valued at $910
10 | Warble the Watershed, Birding and Picnic for 6
Donors: Gary Fugle and Wanda’s Cafe & Bakery
Did you know that LNCT properties are part of the Oregon Coast Birding Trail? Spend a delightful morning of birding tailored to your skill level and interest, followed by a picnic lunch.
Join Gary Fugle, avid local birder and biologist who has taught classes and guided countless avian experiences, to learn what to look for to identify birds, including body form, plumage, distinctive behaviors, and more.
Are you an intrigued beginner? Gary will teach you which end of the binoculars to look through so you can delight in the diversity of local species. Are you more experienced? Then dive deeper into subtleties of plumage variation and bird vocalizations. Recommended scheduling in mid-August with local destination to be determined based on interest and activity of birds at the time. Quality binoculars supplied. Maximum of 6 people. Expires 6/1/2025.
Valued at $600
11 | Astoria Experience
Donors: Astoria Businesses
Touted as the city of enchanting dichotomies where ‘fisherman are poets, loggers drink espresso, and Main Street welcomes both nouveau gallery and five n’ dime.’ Steeped in hills and history, wander back and forward in time in the city known as “the little San Francisco of the Pacific Northwest”.
Take a moment to revere the ancestral lands of the Clatsop at the mouth of the Columbia River. This package includes a luxurious one night stay at the Cannery Pier Hotel and Spa (the hotel where every room has a view), tickets to the Maritime Museum, Flavel House, Heritage Museum, Oregon Film Museum, cocktails at Salmon Grille, delectable Italian dinner at Fede, and coffee and breakfast treats at the famous Blue Scorcher Bakery.
Value: $640
12 | Everyone’s a winner!
Donors: Living Locally Attendees
This is your last chance… raise a paddle to support the work of the Lower Nehalem Community Trust! Your bid is a personal investment in conserving and safeguarding the lands and waters of the Nehalem Bay region of the North Oregon Coast… forever.
Together, we can leave a legacy of healthy forests, healthy rivers and bay, and healthy communities of life in our region. Let’s live and give locally, together.
Raise your paddle for the benefit of future generations, raise your paddle high!
Value: Priceless
