VeryBeary neighbors Kristi Allen & David Waters on right were instrumental in helping the Land Trust conserve this amazing wetland complex
Bushwacking with Southeast Alaska LGBTQ+ Alliance (SEAGLA)
On June 29th, 2024, Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) hosted SEAGLA on their 70-acre conservation parcel known as Very Beary Berry Wetlands. Margaret Custer, SEALT director, asked senior Discovery naturalists Steve Merli, Bob Armstrong and me to come along. We helped interpret landforms, history, animal sign, and botanical wonders of VeryBeary. On our scouting visit, 3 days prior, Cathy Pohl and Koren Bosworth added their expertise. Combined with ~30 sharp eyed-&-eared observers who explored “Risen Valleys” with us on the weekend, we all learned a lot.
My journal and scoping document for this adventure includes time-series ‘pageflippers’ and historical photographs that help with questions about how this land responded to a marine incursion only a couple centuries ago. And of course I flew the drone 🙂
