New in 2010.... The Teller's Open House!
Saturday, April 24In celebration of Earth Day, The Teller is providing sightseeing and wildlife viewing tours open to the public. Come see local wildlife and conservation in action on a 1,200 acre private refuge. You'll see we're executing Earth Day everyday!50-minute Bus Tours start on the hour at 9 am, 10 am and 11 am.Parking beside Chaffin House on Chaffin Lane.
Directions: Turn East onto Woodside Cutoff Rd from Highway 93. At the 4 way stop in Corvallis, turn Left onto the Eastside Highway and drive approximately 1 mile. Turn Left onto Quast Lane (across from our office). Turn Right onto Chaffin Lane. Turn Right at the first driveway and park in field to the north of the Chaffin House. Contact Lauren at The Teller for more information, 961-3507 or Lauren@tellerwildlife.org. 4th Annual Earth Day Celebration On Saturday, April 18th nearly 90 volunteers attended The Teller's 2009 Earth Day Celebration. The volunteers divided into groups to accomplish 5 different stewardship projects on the property. The projects consisted of a Bluebird Box Installation, Teller Trail Clean up, Landscape Maintenance at the Quast office, Houndstongue Weed Removal and Aspen Exclosure Set up. After successfully completing the projects, the volunteers returned to a complimentary chili lunch prepared and served by Teller volunteers. Following lunch, Dick and Judy Estler were awarded the 2008 Volunteers of the Year and Vince Yannone, a retired biologist and educator from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, gave an exciting and educational Montana wildlife presentation using live birds. The event was an outstanding success for The Teller, and with sincere gratitude we thank all of the volunteers, organizations and businesses who gave their generous support! Special Thanks to: Our hard working 90 volunteers!! Catering Larry and Jane Delzer
Dave Vietz Stewardship Project Lead Volunteers Melissa Maggio and Shane Arnott, Ravalli County Weed District
Mark and Laura DeGrazier
Dick and Judy Estler
Molly Hackett
George Lawry
Nader Shooshtari Grants Bitterroot Conservation District
NorthWestern Energy
Wells Fargo Bank Door Prize Bitterroot Nursery Contact Lauren at (406) 961-3507 or lauren@tellerwildlife.org to sign up for our 2010 event. Earth Day and 20th Anniversary Celebration 2008Thank you to all of the 100 volunteers, attendees and donors who contributed to our wonderful Earth Day and 20th Anniversary celebration! The day began with 5 volunteer stewardship projects and a hearty lunch, followed by our 20th Anniversary Celebration thanking our founders, Otto and Anne Teller, and honoring past and present board members. The 2007 Volunteer of the Year Award was given to a most deserving couple, Cliff and JoAnne Gibbons, and we also recognized our future, the young conservationists. Matt Parker of Hellgate High School educated us all about his project on osprey and baling twine, and Kate Davis of Raptors of the Rockies gave a special presentation to wrap up the day. Volunteer Stewardship Projects: Thanks to the hard work of 85 volunteers we have 600 new trees in our riparian exclosure, carex plants along our new wetlands, old fence posts for bird perching, a clean lawn with flowers, and a lot less houndstongue weed to spread! |
