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The Wright Wetland Preserve, on the shoreline of Clear Lake near Lakeport, was purchased by the Lake County Land Trust in 2020 as part of its strategic plan to acquire priority wetlands areas critical to preserving important wildlife and bird habitats in the county.
The group will be led by experienced birders and members of both Redbud Audubon and the Land Trust.
Be prepared to see migrating songbirds, raptors, woodpeckers and more.
The Wright Wetland Preserve is located at 446 Soda Bay Road. Coming from Lakeport, heading east on Soda Bay Road, the preserve is the third driveway on the left after going over the Manning Creek Bridge. It is just a short distance past the large recycling/transfer station.
If you have any questions please call Redbud Audubon at 707-805-9410 and leave a message or email
The field trip starts at 9 a.m. and be sure to be on time as someone will be waiting at the entrance to guide participants into the property.
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- Written by: Lake County Genealogical Society
The tour begins at 10 a.m. at the cemetery located at 16357 Butts Canyon Road.
Starting off the tour will be a grave dowsing demonstration and instruction. This activity is used to locate bodies in unmarked graves.
Older cemeteries often contain headstones which identify parent's names, but not their children. Identifying the number of children buried in a grave site helps a genealogist determine the number of family members to research.
Local genealogist Judy Kauffman and others will conduct the tour with life histories of some buried therein, including Civil War veterans, pioneers and others as the tour progresses.
The 45-year-old nonprofit Lake County Genealogical Society maintains a research library of local families, along with other historic documents and is seeking a permanent home in Lakeport so the public can access the collection.
Until such time, research inquiries can be made to Anita Crabtree via phone at 707-275-2144 or email
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Throughout those years the society has helped people near and far trace their Lake County roots.
They have and continue to hold informative classes and cemetery tours. Vital records and family histories are the mainstay of their genealogy research library.
The Lake County Genealogical Society is currently seeking a home for it genealogy library in Lakeport, which would be the start and heart of a community archive.
As part of its 45th anniversary celebration, the group held a free raffle. Tickets were available at the Lake County Fair and Pear Festival, and the winning tickets were drawn Oct. 1.
Tom B. filled out a raffle ticket at the L.C. Genealogical Society's booth at the Pear Festival for his 9-year old son. He was delighted to learn that his ticket was the grand prize winner of the genealogy software RootsMagic8 and a family membership good for one year in the Lake County Genealogical Society.
Second place winner Kevin K. won a family membership and Sandi C. won the third prize of an individual membership in the Lake County Genealogical Society.
The Lake County Genealogical Society thanks the community for its wonderful response to the group’s initial effort of gathering signatures of support to create a Lake County Community Archive.
For further information about the community archive, the Lake County Genealogical Society or the group’s free classes, please contact current President Rose Davidson at
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- Written by: Kathleen Steinberg
LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club will meet at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Lakeport Scotts Valley Women’s Club House at 2298 Hendricks Road.
Cookies, finger food veggies, coffee and tea will be provided.
They will have a small pre-celebration for Halloween this month.
The club asks all members who are willing and able to wear a Halloween mask or a Halloween hat to the meeting. Prizes will be awarded.
The featured speaker will be Kitty Loberg, who will speak about iris culture and modern irises.
Loberg will tell the club how to get the best out of irises, how the progression of irises has been through the years and what new things hybridizers are producing.
She’ll talk about dividing and planting, and more importantly, she has slides of how to specifically handle rhizomes and what it is like to divide crowded irises and keep them blooming beautifully.
Loberg has grown irises all of her life, and maintains a collection of more than 250 varieties.
She is an accredited Iris Judge of the American Iris Society and will show how irises are one of the best and easiest perennial to grow.
The club welcomes new members and information can be found by visiting www.clttgc.org.
For more information please call Carol 707 279-1169.
The Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of the Mendo-Lake District of the California Garden Club Inc.-Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.
Kathleen Steinberg is a member of the Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club.