A special "thank you" to the many of you who support the Mountaineers Foundation through your generous donations and countless volunteer hours. With your help, we have been able continue our stewardship of the Rhododendron Preserve and provide grants to many worthwhile conservation and environmental education projects.

In 2011, a key focus of our outreach efforts will be to raise the funds necessary to exercise an option to purchase land from the Ueland Tree Farm, adjacent to the Preserve. Some of this land is currently part of the 100 acre conservation easement granted to the Foundation in 2009.

Another important project in 2011 is to complete the remediation efforts on Hidden Ranch, which will require many volunteer hours as well as financial support. You can read about the progress on our blog.

As always, we will continue to provide grants to worthwhile convervation and environmental projects of the Mountaineers Club and other community groups. The first grant round of 2011 will close for applications on February 1.

If you have not yet had a chance to contribute, please take a moment to donate now. Thank you for your support.