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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SOLD OUT Friday, October 18 • 10:00 am – noon We’re excited to welcome community members on public tours of Chimacum Ridge, a 918-acre forest at the heart of Chimacum. Jefferson Land Trust purchased Chimacum Ridge at the end of 2023 and is now working to transform it into a community forest that will open […]
9:00 AM Work Party
Saturday, October 19 • 9:00 am – noon Join us for a monthly volunteer work party at Chimacum Ridge Community Forest to help get it ready to open in 2025! We’ll be working on what will become the main access trail to Chimacum Ridge from the Valley View Forest parking lot by smoothing sections of […]
10:00 AM Work Party
Work Party • Tuesday, October 22 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Quimper West is a gem nestled into the three-mile long “Quimper Wildlife Corrridor”. At this Preserve cared for so lovingly by community volunteers, we will tackle trail trimming to keep the paths looking good! As part of the Qumper Wildlife Corridor, this Preserve […]
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Wednesday, October 23 • 9:00 – 10:00 am • Sunrise Coffee Company in Port Townsend Join Jefferson Land Trust’s Executive Director Richard Tucker at Sunrise Coffee Company in Port Townsend for an opportunity to hear about the Land Trust’s latest projects, ask questions about our work, and share your perspective over a hot cuppa your […]
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Thursday, October 31 • 2:00 – 4:00 pm We’re excited to welcome community members on public tours of Chimacum Ridge, a 918-acre forest at the heart of Chimacum. Jefferson Land Trust purchased Chimacum Ridge at the end of 2023 and is now working to transform it into a community forest that will open to the […]
Saturday, November 2 • 10:00 am – 2:00 pm • Chimacum Join Jefferson Land Trust’s Preserve Manager Carrie Clendaniel and Northwest Natural Resource Group’s (NNRG) lead forester Jaal Mann on a tour of an actively managed lowland coniferous forest. Objectives for the Land Trust’s 65-acre Valley View Forest (the future gateway to Chimacum Ridge Community […]
Wednesday, November 6 • 9:00 – 11:00 am We’re excited to welcome community members on public tours of Chimacum Ridge, a 918-acre forest at the heart of Chimacum. Jefferson Land Trust purchased Chimacum Ridge at the end of 2023 and is now working to transform it into a community forest that will open to the […]
Work Party • Tuesday, November 12 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Imagine walking through a quietly dripping forest, resident birds singing, quiet wind sighing, just taking in the view of …. a dilapidated shed?! Not for much longer! This month we roll up our sleeves and begin removing the detritus from an old shed […]
Friday, November 15 • 10:00 am – noon We’re excited to welcome community members on public tours of Chimacum Ridge, a 918-acre forest at the heart of Chimacum. Jefferson Land Trust purchased Chimacum Ridge at the end of 2023 and is now working to transform it into a community forest that will open to the […]
Saturday, November 23 • 10:00 am – noon We’re excited to welcome community members on public tours of Chimacum Ridge, a 918-acre forest at the heart of Chimacum. Jefferson Land Trust purchased Chimacum Ridge at the end of 2023 and is now working to transform it into a community forest that will open to the […]
Jefferson Land Trust is excited to be using the Buy+Protect+Sell farmland conservation model to permanently protect 47 acres of farmland in Chimacum’s Beaver Valley. With this model, a land trust buys important farmland, protects it with an agricultural conservation easement, and then sells the land to the next farmer or rancher at a price that‘s […]
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For more than a decade, Jefferson Land Trust has been serving the public school students and teachers of East Jefferson County with high-quality youth education programming that connects classroom learning and local field experiences on our nature preserves. Our programs are offered at no cost to schools and are designed to build from one year […]
We’re delighted to share that Jefferson Land Trust has hired local educator Devon Buckham as our new full-time Education Coordinator — the Land Trust’s first-ever position dedicated solely to education! A former teacher in the Chimacum School District and longtime volunteer with the Land Trust and other community organizations, Devon stepped into the Education Coordinator […]
“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.”
