Thursday, January 28th. 7-9pm at the Fidalgo Senior Activity Center (1701 22nd St.)

This is a great opportunity to get to know more about the Friends of the Forest and our work in service to the Anacortes Community Forest Lands. We will begin with a brief annual report, CEP update, and elections followed by a special presentation by WWU Professor John Miles.

Heart Lake Master Plan Open House

Tuesday, November 10th, there will be an open house for the current Heart Lake Area Master Planning process. This important event is happening at 7:00PM, at the Anacortes Middle School cafeteria. The cafeteria is most easily accessed off of the Middle School's 22nd Street parking lots.

Greetings Friends,
This newsletter contains the following:

• A hike reminder
• An encouragement to buy your tickets (now) for the October 24th Benefit (if you haven't already)
• A current list of the auction items donated thus far
• A thank you to our event sponsors. Read on... it's also posted on www.friendsoftheacfl.org

The Friends of the Forest Benefit Event will occur on Saturday, October 24th from 6pm to midnight at the Fidalgo Bay Resort, 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road in Anacortes.

Watermark Book Co. Hosts September 4th Art Walk
You heard it here first: Tickets for our Friends of the Forest Annual Benefit will be available for purchase at Watermark Book Co. beginning the evening of Friday, September 4th.