Recent publicity includes: 2018 Garden Tour See photos from our garden tour on the June 23rd, 2018 Facebook post of Fine Feathered Friends, a nature shop in LaConner. Jan and Paul Mannino's property was featured in the June 13th, 2018 article "Camano Island backyard nature tour sprouts Saturday for 11th time" This Snohomish Conservation District article highlighted two properties on the tour that were enhanced by SCD's efforts. HeraldNet coverage: "These Camano and Mill Creek gardens will inspire you" 2018 The origins and vision of the Camano Wildlife Habitat project were featured in a story in NWF's spring issue: Community Hero: Creating Connections in Paradise: Led by an inspiring gardener, residents convert their community into a web of wildlife havens2016 The Nov 27th edition of heraldnet.com has a picture of Val in her backyard with the article "Conservation District honors environmental volunteers." A Nov. 22, 2016 SCNews.com article announced the SCD's Lifetime Achievement Award for Val Schroeder. The award was presented on Dec. 1 for Val's efforts with our BWH program, her book "Exploring Camano Island," and her work with her students that resulted in a national Make A Difference Day award that helped preserve Barnum Point. 2016 Garden Tour This June 23, 2016 HeraldNet article describes the transformation of Carole and Sandy Ferraud's "Camano garden reborn after disaster." "Nilsson's bluff garden flourishes in time for Backyard Habitat Tour" features Gail and Rand Nilsson's garden habitat in the June 20, 2016 Stanwood/Camano NEWS.The Nature Conservancy's installation of Purple Martin "Homes for the Birds" and ties to our BWH program was described in the Stanwood/Camano News in March, 2016. 2015 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS: Linda and Will Webb's Wildlife habitat was presented on Jun 9, 2015, and Cattywampus trees, spheres at Watson’s tour stop" followed on June 23rd. The HeraldNet's June 25th article showcased the backyard sanctuary of Kathryn Wells and Ken Johnson: "Camano garden is a symphony between wildlife, native plants" Val Schroeder was interviewed on Dena Marie’s hour Lift Your Spirit Friday radio show (Alternative Talk — 1150 AM KKNW) to talk about Friends of Camano Island Parks, the 2015 Garden Tour, and her book. It will re-air this coming Thursday at 4pm 1150 AM and will be available from the Lift Your Spirits Archives tomorrow.The interview runs from 15:14 to 29:02 during Dena Marie’s hour Lift Your Spirit Friday morning show. Exploring Camano Island book
HeraldNet features Val Shroeder's new book and mentions the Camano Wildlife Habitat Project (7/10/2014): "Woman who helped protect Camano writes island guidebook" Stanwood/Camano NEWS: "Camano resident writes tribute to nature" (Tuesday, June 10, 2014) tells the story behind the new book “Exploring Camano Island: A History and Guide” by Val Schroeder. If you don't have an online subscription, see the PDF version here. 2014 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS: "Backyard habitats for humans and wildlife" featuring the yards of John and Paula Ebner and Bev Reaume on June 24, 2014 Betty Dorotik's Backyard Wildlife Habitat garden was featured in this Stanwood/Camano NEWS article "Art of Gardening" on June 10, 2014. 2013 Garden Tour HeraldNet features some stunning wildlife photographs from Linda Webb's yard: "Helping wildlife, one yard at a time" 2012 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS: "Camano garden offers peaceful, natural habitat for wildlife" The story behind the inspiring yard of Camano's very own Linda Webb is featured in the April 2012 issue of BirdWatching Magazine. Scroll down to the bottom of that page under the "NWF honors community wildlife programs" heading to read the paragraph about Camano's community wildlife program. 2011 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS: "Gardens in tune with nature" HeraldNet: "Lessons in backyard wildlife habitats begin on Camano Island tour" "Herons and the people who love them" a Whidbey Camano Land Trust Blog entry by Val Schroeder Fall birdwatching trip: Everett Herald 11/13/2010: Explore prime birding areas on Camano Island 2010 Garden Tour Stanwood/Camano NEWS 6/22/2010: "Wildlife habitat explored in Camano Island garden tour" Gardeners Pick Their “Gold Medal” Favorites Want to add beauty and wildlife value to your yard? National Wildlife's article highlights Oregon Grape, championed by our very own Jean Bach, who has been a member of the Camano Wildlife Habitat Project’s steering committee since 2002. 2009 Education Days 2008 Garden Tour Camano Island woman pushes for wildlife-friendly yards (HeraldNet.com Feb 2009) Manicured lawns giving way to natural look (cnn.com March 2007) Coloring Communities Evergreen about Washington State's certified habitats (NWF Jun/Jul 2006) Val Schroeder of Camano Island, WA was the first National Wildlife Federation Volunteer of the Year!
"The award represents what a cool project Camano has because I certainly didn't do it alone!" The NWF Volunteer of the Year Award is an NWF organization-wide award and was first presented in March 2006 at the Annual Meeting in New Orleans. For this award, recipients have to be nominated by their peers, NWF staff or NWF affiliate members for their volunteerism in the prior calendar year. Val is featured on the NWF's Faces of Conservation page. Click on her photo there to learn more.
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