2022 comes to an end, an important time for the all-volunteer board members of View the Future to reflect on our accomplishments and future goals. We continue to be strongly committed to aligning and building our projects and programs to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural environment, promoting collaborative actions for scientific, educational, recreational, cultural, and economic goals for the benefit of the Yachats Community and its future generations.
We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our many partners’ and community members’ enduring support that you all have so generously given to help us achieve our accomplishments. Without you, none of the accomplishments listed below could have been achieved.
Board Members of View the Future
Joanne Kittel & John Theilacker, Co-Chairs
Dean Peterson, Treasurer
Sherry Dickinson, Co-secretary
Bette Perman, Interim Co-Secretary
Michael Hempen, Jocko Doss, Michael Guerriero, John Purcell, Sam Hillman, Katherine Guenther, Jesse Dolin, Hui Rodomsky & Liz Byrd.
VtF Accomplishments in 2022
- February 28 Completion of the Amanda Trail Suspension Bridge construction
- May 14th Completion of the Amanda Portals
- May 21st Amanda Trail Bridge Dedication – “Bridging Cultures, Healing Hearts” – at the Amanda Gathering Place
- May 21st and 22nd – Performances of the play “Amanda Transcending” at the Yachats Commons
- Publication of an Interactive Pocket Guide to the Amanda Trail
- Accepted as Associate Member of the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts
- Installed three new Board members
- Initiated our Board’s first Strategic Plan development process
- Sponsored Elakha Alliance talk at the Yachats Commons
- Initiated project with City of Yachats and Oregon Coast Visitors Association to install bike racks in town.
- Continued work with several Yachats-area landowners to conserve land and protect natural resources
- Continued efforts to preserve a significant tract of undeveloped land in the Yachats area
- Continued to monitor five area properties with conservation easements
- Served on the Fireside 804 Fund Committee
- Collaborated with the City of Yachats on a number of community and environmental projects and initiatives
- Co-presented with Oregon Parks & Recreation Department and Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians at the 2022 Oregon Outdoor Recreation Summit in Welches Oregon.
Partners who have worked with VtF in 2022
Oregon Parks & Recreation Department, Confederated Tribes of Siuslaw Indians and the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund, Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians and the Three Rivers Foundation, City of Yachats and its Trails Team, Angell Job Corps, McKenzie River Trust, Oregon Coast Visitor’s Association, Oregon Extension Service, Economic Development Council of Lincoln County, A&D Construction, Siuslaw National Forest, Discover Your Northwest, Lincoln County Land Legacy Program, Milo Graamans and all the actors who donated their time to perform in the Amanda Transcending play, playwright, Connie Bennett, 804 / Fireside Committee, Drift Inn, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts, Mid-Coast Watershed Council, Dwellings Association, Statler’s and Barton’s for donating conservation easements, Gerdemann Botanical Preserve, Deb Merchant, consultant, Oregon Community Foundation, Elakha Alliance, Cape Perpetua Collaborative, and the many volunteers and individuals who donated funds that have supported VTf’s events and projects.
