From the shoreline to the timberlands, we are protecting some of Jefferson County’s most fertile farmland, richest spawning grounds and busiest wildlife corridors. Come with us on a journey up the watershed!
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10:00 AM Work Party
Saturday, January 10 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Part 1! Welcome the new year with new plantings. Together we’ll be planting a new forest to help shelter wildlife in the middle of Chimacum’s vibrant farmland. We’ll be planting in very wet areas, including standing water, so rubber boots are strongly recommended. Directions: Meet at 7903 […]
Tuesday, January 13 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Welcome the new year with new plantings. Together we’ll be planting a new forest to help shelter wildlife in the middle of Chimacum’s vibrant farmland. We’ll be planting in very wet areas, including standing water, so rubber boots are strongly recommended. Directions: Meet at 7903 Beaver Valley […]
Tuesday, January 27 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Part 3! Welcome the new year with new plantings. Together we’ll be planting a new forest to help shelter wildlife in the middle of Chimacum’s vibrant farmland. We’ll be planting in very wet areas, including standing water, so rubber boots are strongly recommended. Directions: Meet at 7903 […]
Saturday, February 7 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Part 1. Planting season rolls along with our newest projects at Snow Creek Forest Preserve, where we’ll be adding seedlings along the forest edge. Come enjoy the views in this open expanse, but be sure to bring your rain gear as we’ll be beyond the current […]
Tuesday, February 10 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Alder, alder everywhere but not a conifer to be found! Help us increase species diversity at Chai-yahk-wh preserve with some strategic planting of conifer trees and shrubs to benefit wildlife. Rubber boots STRONGLY recommended as we will be travelling off trail in very muddy/wet forest conditions. […]
Feeling strong? Planting season rolls along with our newest projects at Snow Creek Forest Preserve, where we’ll be adding seedlings along the forest edge. This week we tackle some tough ground covered in invasive blackberry and reed canarygrass. Help give this area of the preserve a new start!
Saturday, March 7 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Part 1. Forests, fish, and other critters, oh my! Willow you join us for a willow-staking party at the beloved Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands Preserve? We’ll be replacing a blackberry thicket with a willow patch in a quiet spot along the banks of the main river […]
Tuesday, March 10 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Part 2. Forests, fish, and other critters, oh my! Dive into river side channel restoration at the beloved Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands Preserve, where we’ll be planting trees and shrubs into areas recently dominated by blackberry thickets. This is a unique opportunity to visit this preserve […]
Tuesday, March 24 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Part 3. Forests, fish, and other critters, oh my! Dive into river side channel restoration at the beloved Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands Preserve, where we’ll be planting trees and shrubs into areas recently dominated by blackberry thickets. Rubber boots required. This is a unique opportunity to […]
Land conservation is at the heart of what we do. Working with our community, Jefferson Land Trust has helped protect nearly 19,000 acres of our region’s iconic forests, waterways, farmland, coastlines, wildlife habitat, and open spaces — forever. Here’s a quick recap of some of our important 2025 conservation milestones. Quimper Wildlife Corridor Since 1992, […]
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The registration lottery is now open for the Land Trust’s ever-popular Tidelands to Timberline natural history course, which will return beginning April 2026. This eight-week, field-based course offers 18 committed participants the chance to become intimately familiar with the natural history and ecosystems of the northeast Olympic Peninsula, absorb the knowledge and passion of some […]
We’re pleased to announce that nominations for the the 2026 Fairbank Award for Youth Environmental Action are now open, and will be accepted until midnight on February 14, 2026. The award, and accompanying $1,500 cash prize, is given to a young person (age 12-19) living in Jefferson County who has, in the last year, shown […]
“Tamanowas Rock-it’s the most sacred place… It’s the home of our ancestors. Our spirits are there.”
“To think that a place as beautiful as this will be here, undisturbed, and get to grow into an old forest again…That’s a big, big, big idea.”
“My husband’s family has been farming in Washington for five generations, and the working lands efforts of Jefferson Land Trust give us hope that our boys and other youth of this county will indeed have farmland to work if they so choose.”
“The Olympic Peninsula is the crown jewel among America’s natural wonders and deserves careful attention to preserve what wildness is still here. Because Jefferson Land Trust is a leader in the conservation of a large part of the Olympic Peninsula, I have looked to the Land Trust for opportunities to help in the preservation of this wonderful environment.”
