Illahee Forester. Illahee is fortunate to have a recognized forester, Jim Trainer, in the community. Jim often gives wildlife presentations and also tours of area forests, including the Illahee Preserve and the area along Illahee Creek. We are a little late in reporting on a recent tour Jim gave to the GPC last month.
On June 13 Jim Trainer conducted a hike for the Great Peninsula Conservancy to see the 800 year old culturally modified Western Red Cedar in Illahee. There were about 25 people and it was reported to be quite a hike.
Hooting Owls. Last evening there were some owls who were especially noisy along Sunset next to the Illahee Preserve. There appeared to be about 4 owls having a hooting contest. We think they were Barred Owls and wish we had a recorder to document their sounds. In the past we have had nearby residents tell of hearing the owls at night and last evening we heard them for ourselves. It was quite an experience.
Garden Tour Interest. We have had 5 people express interest in working on an Illahee garden tour so we will try to get them connected to see what they will come up with. Let us know if you know of anyone else who might be interested, or any garden areas you would recommend they consider.
Timbers Edge Appeal & Possible Counter Proposal. We understand an ad hoc committee of the Illahee Community Club is working on a draft counter proposal to be presented to the Illahee community for final concurrence, and then when/if approved, to the developer. We will try to stay on top of this as we know that many are concerned on what will happen to the community if the project were to go ahead as planned.
Rainfall in Illahee. Since May 20th the rainfall in Illahee is only 0.22 inches which has come in some pretty small amounts, see the attached for the exact amounts which begin on June 19th and end on June 27th.
| 0.01 |
| 0.08 |
| 0.07 |
| 0.02 |
| 0.02 |
| 0.02 |
Jim Aho
