PORT ANGELES — The late Harry Lydiard — a veterinarian, one-time Clallam County commissioner and conservationist — will be honored posthumously with the Gary Colley Legacy Award at the North Olympic Land Trust’s 28th annual meeting Saturday.
The meeting will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
The event is free and open to the public; RSVPs are encouraged and can be made at www.northolympicland trust.org/event/annual-meeting-2018.
Before his death in 2007, Lydiard, who served on the county board in the 1970s, “had conserved more acres than any other individual with North Olympic Land Trust,” said Tom Sanford, land trust executive director.
More than 300 acres of timber and farmland conserved with North Olympic Land Trust are a lasting reflection of Lydiard’s land ethic, Sanford said.
Named after its founder Gary Colley, the annual Gary Colley Legacy Award is presented to those instrumental to the evolution of North Olympic Land Trust. Past award recipients include John Willits, founders of Friends of the Fields and land trust Jim and Robbie Mantooth, and the land trust all-volunteer stewardship crew.
At the meeting community members also can hear about upcoming projects, recent successes and challenges surrounding local land conservation. Attendees are encouraged to talk with land trust staff, board and committee members, ask questions, share ideas and provide feedback on the focus and direction of ongoing conservation efforts in Clallam County.
This year’s keynote speaker is Bernard Bormann, director of University of Washington’s Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks and professor of forest ecology and physiology at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.
Bormann will talk about some of the innovative research underway in forest management and emerging models in connection with conservation.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
For more information, visit north olympiclandtrust.org or call 360-417-1815.
