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message from the president ///////////////////////////////////The Cascade and Olympic Agenda map new pathstoward a sustainable region. Fundamentally, it startswith saving our precious lands. But it doesn’t end there.Sustainability also requires great communities whereour families choose to live so we do not sprawl over thecountryside and defeat our work to save landscapes. Itdemands a healthy and globally competitive economyso we do not sell ourselves cheap and squander our landresources just to stay afloat.We are constantly exploring new ways of achieving acomprehensive sustainability. One of the ways is throughour partnership with Davis Wright Tremaine to host Creating A Great Global Region.It is an ongoing conversation with the Forterra community to explore the linkagebetween the strong communities, lands and economies necessary for a sustainableregion. The most recent conversation focused on emerging ecosystem servicemarkets (you can read more about the event on page 15). Our ecosystems provideservices, like cleaning our water or providing salmon habitat that can be valuedeconomically in order to offset the impacts of our growth. The evening discussionnot only will help shape Forterra’s own ecosystem service work, but highlightedsome important themes that resonate across our mission. As we implement ourcritical community building and conservation work we need to:• First, think interconnectedly: we must recognize our communities andlandscapes are intrinsically linked.• Then think broadly: we must think beyond singular projects or issues tobroadly address our most pressing challenges.• And think big: we must bring our efforts to scale and not limit our goalsor expectations of ourselves• Absolutely think creatively: we must examine the options and use ourbest thinking to develop unprecedented approaches• But also think realistically: we must be pragmatic and find solutions thatwork for our landscapes, communities and economy.• And, finally, think deeply about us: we must ensure we shape a future thatwelcomes and accommodates all our current and future residents.In this issue, you’ll see how we’ve been applying these themes to our ecosystemservice development projects and across all our work. Partnering with the MakahTribe to increase opportunities for walking and biking in Neah Bay demonstratesthat these themes are relevant in communities across Washington. Our conservationwork along the I90 corridor and Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway illustrateshow these themes are important for preserving wild lands. You’ll learn how ourbusiness partners have incorporated these themes and taken great strides instewardship and carbon sequestration. And, you’ll also read about Tacoma transferof development rights, the Kitsap Forest and Bay Project, Tree Ambassadors andan engaging interview on climate change with Dr. Lisa Graumlich, Dean of theUniversity of Washington’s School of the Environment.Sustainability requires a region willing to build on these themes and simultaneouslygrapple with conserving its landscapes, creating great communities and securing itseconomy. And though tension can arise between these goals, it is only by workingtowards all three together that we can succeed with any one. As we move into theNew Year, the themes learned in our Great Global Region conversations will helpus continue exploring emerging trends and opportunities to find solutions neverbefore considered. Together we can make our region outstanding and sustainable.CONSERVATION ANDCOMMUNITY PROGRAMSJill Scheffer, Senior ManagingDirector, Conservation,509-962-1654Liz Johnston, ConservationTransactions Director,206-905-6925Jordan Rash, South SoundConservation Director,253-274-5673POLICYSkip Swenson, Senior ManagingDirector, Policy, 206-905-6935Leda Chahim, Government AffairsDirector, 206-905-6922STEWARDSHIPHayes Swinney, Acting ManagingDirector, 206-905-6950Kory Kramer, Green Cities ProgramManager, 206-905-6923DEVELOPMENT & OUTREACHGiyen Kim, Managing DirectorDevelopment and Marketing,206-905-6930Natalie Cheel, Marketing Director,206-905-6927Jodie Galvan, Major Gifts Officer,206-905-6950Kristen Kosidowski, OutreachProgram Manager, 206-905-6931BUSINESS SERVICESMelissa Laird, Controller,206-905-6918Christopher Walter, GIS Director,206-905-6898Gene Duvernoy, PresidentWINTER 2012