Daniel Misch is the new Arid Lands Assistant Manager at the Moses Coulee/Beezley Hills Preserves.
He’ll be leading post-fire restoration projects and assisting with many other stewardship activities on the preserves.
Daniel grew up in Northwest Indiana and graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Agriculture and Soil Science Minor.
“Every summer through college I worked in conservation either spraying invasive weeds or building trails. After college, I traveled throughout the United States with an environmental resources consulting company, working with Gas and Utility providers in all aspects of Vegetation Management and ecological consulting,” Daniel said . “I’ve been looking for the right position to get back into conservation work, and I’m excited to start as the Arid Lands Assistant Manager. In my free time you can find me skiing, mountain biking, or exploring the backcountry.”
Banner photo © TNC/Nikolaj Lasbo
Daniel Misch is the new Arid Lands Assistant Manager at the Moses Coulee/Beezley Hills Preserves.
He’ll be leading post-fire restoration projects and assisting with many other stewardship activities on the preserves.
The Nature Conservancy’s Partners to Preserves program has been awarded a grant through Washington’s No Child Left Inside grant program to support bringing 400 youth to TNC preserves across Washington over the next two years.
TNC’s Partners to Preserves program works with organizations serving youth to bring their outdoor programs to TNC preserves in Pacific, Jefferson, Okanagan, San Juan, Island, Kitsap, Snohomish, Kittitas, Grant, and Douglas counties. Youth will participate in science and learn natural and cultural history, art, hiking, and camping.
As I expected, I saw and experienced many beautiful and amazing things by slowing down. I rowed near a pod of orcas which seemed much bigger and waaaaay more intimidating than when I am in my motorboat.
A new gift of land to The Nature Conservancy, 282 acres near Quincy, will help secure a future for tiny endangered pygmy rabbits.
When we see nature as a part of who we are, we are inspired to protect it. The ways in which we prize and conserve our environment define the legacy we will leave.
In the Pacific Northwest, Yellow Island is known as a grassy prairie filled with spring wildflowers. The island isn’t prominently known for its trees. But if you look up, you might see some!
Our Moses Coulee-Beezley Hills Preserve is one of the Conservancy’s largest landholdings in Washington and we’ve been working over the last several years to share information and increase engagement with the local community in Central Washington.
Our commitment to community engagement was strengthened when I met a neighboring landowner to the preserve who told me that, at a recent Quincy Chamber of Commerce Event, many people identified the Beezley Hills Preserve as an area they valued, but were interested in knowing more about visitor access and trails in the region.
Since the Central Cascades Forest reopened, I have been reflecting on the profound service we are providing our community by offering our privately-owned land to the public. As we patrol the Cle Elum Ridge, just north of the small towns to Cle Elum, Roslyn, and Ronald, the community members we encounter are engaging in a more meaningful manner.
Exploring Moses Coulee I walk past a Say’s phoebe nest in the rafters of the patio. The parents seem to have adjusted to my common intervention into their space. I follow the edge of the lake to the trailhead and as I enter the trail, my attention shifts from the mallards and American coots diving in the water to the tall sagebrush and rubber rabbitbrush. Remnants of several different animals remind me of the varying wildlife that also call the Preserves home. I step over mule deer and sage thrasher tracks in the dried dirt, pass jackrabbit scats, and hike around large badger holes that are likely now home to smaller mammals.
Wildlife camera captures a new visitor at Cowboy Camp at The Nature Conservancy’s Moses Coulee Preserve.