View of Swan Range
Join Us for Our 40th Anniversary Potluck and Gathering!
Jessup Mill Pond and Creston Hatchery Pavilion - USFWS Photo

We hope you can come join us for our 40th Anniversary potluck and gathering on June 9 at the Creston Fish Hatchery pavilion on the shore of Jessup Mill Pond! There will be cake and we get to eat it too!

The gathering will begin around 2pm with short walks on various, mostly-flat trails around Jessup Mill Pond and the Fish Hatchery. It will be a great time of year for bird-watching as the trails take us through forests, meadows and wetlands! Don’t miss the views of the nearby Swan Range!

Around 4pm, Keith Hammer will provide us with a history of Swan View Coalition and its major accomplishments, as well as his time growing up at the Fish Hatchery, which instilled in him a strong conservation ethic. He’ll also touch on the history of the old Jessup townsite where the fish hatchery and government offices now sit.

At 5pm, we’ll continue socializing over a potluck dinner! So bring your place setting, a dish and a cooler if it needs to be kept cold during our walks and talks. There is electricity at the pavilion for a hot pot or hot plate, a nice campground-style vault toilet, but no potable water.

After dinner, a few members of the Swan Range Jammers will provide acoustic music as we unwind. The pavilion offers a large roof for shelter but bring warm clothes should the weather be inclement.

To find the pavilion, turn onto Creston Hatchery Road from either end, Hwy 35 or Lake Blaine Road, then turn onto Kauffman Lane just south of the hatchery and pond. It’s about one-eighth mile down the road, toward the Swan Range.

This will not be an indoor meeting with a boring slide show. We hope you can join us for as long as suits you on the land that gave rise to Swan View Coalition!

For more about our 40 years of accomplishments, see our Winter-Spring 2024 newsletter.

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