“Caring for the Land” through grassroots work to preserve the land that sustains us.
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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6:00 PM
Join our partners at Jefferson County Clemente for their Thinking Through the Land course every Wednesday in August at Finnriver: an engaging series of speakers and discussion centered around local humanities topics.
10:00 AM
Calling all volunteers! Come help hand-pull and cut the invasive, non-native holly invading this beautiful 80-acre forested preserve.
Calling all volunteers! Join us at a stewardship work party at Lower Donovan Creek in Quilcene as we continue our battle against bittersweet nightshade and yellow flag iris.
12:00 PM
Join our partners at Fort Worden for Fortopia 2018: a new and immersive, all-inclusive week of arts, talks, walks, music, field trips, field-to-fort dining and more for adults of all skill levels.
8:00 AM
Our partners at CedarRoot Folk School are hosting this year’s Wildlife Track and Sign Workshop! Spend two full days in the field with professional wildlife tracker, naturalist, and educator David Moskowitz. David has an approach that is highly interactive, with “test” questions starting in the first moment of class— he actively engages participants in identification […]
9:00 AM
Learn how to teach others about the natural wonders around you. Whether you want to lead guided walks for Jefferson Land Trust, pursue a career as an interpretive guide, or just share your love of nature or cultural resources with your family and friends, this 32-hour Certified Interpretive Guide Training will teach you skills to engage and inspire others in fun and meaningful ways.
We’re thrilled to welcome Navarra Carr, who joins our team as Finance Assistant. Navarra is splitting her time in a joint position shared between Jefferson Land Trust and our sister organization in Clallam County, North Olympic Land Trust. While Navarra will serve as our Finance Assistant, she’ll act as the Administrative Assistant for North Olympic Land […]
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It is with a great deal of gratitude and many good wishes that we say farewell to our Finance Assistant, Kathleen Wacker, who’s retiring after a great seven years with the Land Trust. In her role, Kathleen provided administrative support with a focus on maintaining the day-to-day financial processes. “Kathleen is incredibly organized; she could […]
It’s time to celebrate! Just a few weeks ago, Northwest Watershed Institute, Jefferson Land Trust, and other conservation partners joined together with the Radka family to permanently protect 33 acres of farmland, forest, and fish habitat on Tarboo Creek. A passionate, long standing connection to this land made the Radka family delightful partners to work […]
“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.”
