Thanks to the generosity of our community, our funding goal was achieved as of October 4, 2018, more than a week before our deadline! Next steps: begin creating the preserve.
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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
Help us reclaim the forest edge along our trails from the creeping mass of herb robert that is trying to take over. We’ll also dig into some blackberries that don’t belong, to make space for the cedars and ferns that do.
8:00 AM
You’re invited to our annual complimentary community breakfast to learn about the innovative conservation work being done right here in Jefferson County. Discover how we can all care for the land! RSVP today by contacting Rebekah at 360.379.9501 or online at saveland.org/conservationbreakfast/.
6:00 PM
Join our partners at Jefferson County Clemente for their Thinking Through the Land course: an engaging series of speakers and discussion centered around local humanities topics.
9:00 AM
Come visit us at the Port Townsend Farmers Market during opening weekend! The market is located in uptown Port Townsend, just around the corner from the Land Trust office. In addition to chatting with Land Trust staff and volunteers, you may enjoy the market opening ceremony and goat parade!
Calling all volunteers! Come help maintain the wildlife habitat and Pet Memorial Trail at Bulis Preserve located adjacent to Fort Townsend State Park.
Calling all volunteers! Come out to a stewardship work party to help pull weeds from the forests above Chimacum Creek.
Please join us in the forest above Snow Creek to remove holly in order to open up the area for native forest plants and processes.
Calling all volunteers! Come help hand-pull and cut the invasive, non-native holly invading this beautiful 80-acre forested preserve.
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Blaise Sullivan, the newest member of the Land Trust team. She’s recently joined us as Conservation Assistant — a newly created position. In this role, Blaise will split her time assisting Sarah Spaeth with land protection projects and helping the stewardship team, Erik Kingfisher and Carrie […]
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Jefferson Land Trust is seeking five high school students aged 16 and up for our 2019 Spring Break Youth Corps! This field-based internship program runs from April 1–5, 2019. Corps members gain valuable land management experience and are paid a $250 stipend for the full week.
Thank You! Your Dedication and Hard Work Really Adds Up! We couldn’t do what we do without so many dedicated volunteers. Your collective impact is so impressive we want to shout it from the mountaintops. Thank you for spending more than 4450 hours of your valuable time in 2018 helping us accomplish our mission! From […]
“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.”
