• WWTLC seeks to ensure that the environmental care and protection of The Land extend into perpetuity through loving stewardship and to guarantee continued use of The Land by the community for gatherings and events that benefit women and girls.
  • WWTLC will rent to those who satisfy our rental agreement criteria, which include being able to demonstrate how a proposed event is aligned with the mission of WWTLC in its focus on benefitting women and girls.
  • There are 365 days a year and 651 acres of land. A key guiding principle of WWTLC is that there is room enough and time enough for all of us.
  • WWTLC’s vision is that opportunities exist for all kinds of events to occur on The Land, with all kinds of definitions and intentions, including explicitly biologically female-only events; explicitly transwoman-only events; and others.
  • WWTLC will not define or determine who is female, woman, or girl with regard to who participates in or hosts events on The Land. Rather, our mission is to hold space for the possibility of gatherings and events for women and girls which exemplify all of the differing philosophies and definitions held passionately by our community.
  • Our vision is that many groups representing our diverse community will submit proposals for use of The Land. The decision of who will attend an event, whom an event is for, and who will use The Land, is left entirely to the groups and organizations seeking to rent The Land, not to WWTLC. It will be up to these programming groups and organizations to define the boundaries of their events and to demonstrate how their proposed event supports WWTLC’s mission of benefitting women and girls or is connected to the historical legacy of The Land.
  • WWTLC expects that all programming groups and organizations, as well as the participants of the events that they present on The Land, will respect the boundaries that other programming organizations have defined for their own events.
  • Here is our overview of how this will work:
    • WWTLC’s governing documents will establish detailed criteria and guidelines for land use.
      • Here are some examples of some considerations for usage of The Land: clear articulation of the programming focus of the event; the length of time the event will run; whether additional time is needed for setup and strike; whether temporary structures will be built (and if so, what the plan is for removal); whether electricity or running water will be needed; how the organization intends to care for waste (trash and bio waste); whether and/or how food will be provided for participants; confirmation of event insurance, etc. Please note that this is very much a work in progress and this list is by no means final.
    • Any organization seeking to rent The Land will be required to demonstrate that their program or event, in some tangible way, benefits women and girls or is connected to the historical legacy of The Land.
    • Any programming organization seeking to rent The Land will have to submit an application for Land use, and pay a security deposit and rental fee.
    • The WWTLC Land Stewardship Committee will adhere to the guidelines and criteria set forth in WWTLC’s governing documents in reviewing and approving applications submitted by programming groups and organizations for their events.
    • Event proposals/applications that meet all the necessary criteria as defined in the rental application will be approved.
  • WWTLC’s governing documents will serve to protect the possibility of gatherings and events that set their own boundaries and define their own terms for participation in a range of different ways. Our hope is that there will be many kinds of events proposed by members of the entire community, which will provide revenue to sustain the continued preservation of The Land. Here are just a few examples of what this could look like to WWTLC:
    • A group seeking to use The Land to produce a female-only event;
    • A group of women who have stopped their female-to-male transitions and seek to gather on The Land to draw on its history and power in coming to a new understanding of what it means to be female;
    • A group of women with intersex conditions, such as CAH or AIS, seeking to gather privately on The Land to find reflection in each other;
    • A group seeking to hold a camping retreat for late transitioning trans women;
    • A group seeking to produce a yoga getaway for women born female, women of trans experience, and genderqueer women all seeking to strengthen a woman-centered practice.
    • A group seeking to use The Land for a special-interest retreat open to all who identify as women.
  • We understand that some members of the community may feel strongly about autonomous biological female space and/or trans-welcoming spaces, and about definitions. Likewise, across members of the board, there exists a wide diversity of feelings and opinions regarding the need for autonomous female space and/or trans-welcoming space, and about definitions. WWTLC honors these differences and holds the intention that The Land will be available for programming organizations to create events that meet their needs for the benefit of women and girls – however the programming organization defines those words in relation to their intended participants.
  • WWTLC recognizes that it is highly unlikely that a single plan will adequately please all people. Accordingly, we keep our focus trained on maintaining our homeland with the love, care and sacredness she deserves and hope that the community believes that these 651 acres can hold all of us in our great diversity and in our narrow specificity.
  • Can I visit The Land?
    • Please feel welcome to visit during the day. We call these “day visits.”
    • Please abide by posted signs that direct you to where it is safe to drive, where to park, and any areas that are off-limits to foot traffic.
    • Leave no trace. Please be prepared to take out everything brought in, including all trash (including food waste) and recycling, chairs, tarps, etc. Dumpsters will not be available.
    • Camping and other extended stays are allowed only when The Land is leased to event planners for events and/or gatherings. The exception to this would be those volunteering as Land Hosts (see information elsewhere in this FAQ document).
  • Can I bring my dog, cat, pet lizard?
    • Only service dogs are allowed on The Land.
    • If you do bring a service dog on The Land, please keep her/him harnessed, leashed or tethered, per ADA guidelines. Service dogs must be under control – either by harness, leash, or tether, or else by voice, signal or other form of command – at all times.
    • Please utilize pet rest areas as marked on The Land, and please clean up after your service dog as well as you are able.
  • Can I bury my wife, partner, pet, etc. on The Land?
    • The spreading of your loved one’s ashes continues to be welcomed.
    • We have researched the issue and full green burials are not feasible at this time.