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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Wednesday, January 22 • 1:00 – 3:00 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 […]
10:00 AM Work Party
Tuesday, January 28 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Chai-yahk-wh Preserve • Nurse logs! Let’s create space for amphibians and new trees alike with a series of nurse logs in the alder-salmonberry forest of Chai-yahk-wh Preserve. Terrain will be uneven, through thick salmonberry, and very wet. We will be working in teams to maneuver […]
Tuesday, February 11 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Chai-yahk-wh Preserve • Nurse logs! Let’s create space for amphibians and new trees alike with a series of nurse logs in the alder-salmonberry forest of Chai-yahk-wh Preserve. Terrain will be uneven, through thick salmonberry, and very wet. We will be working in teams to maneuver […]
9:00 AM
Thursday, March 6 • 9:00 – 10:00 am • Join us for our annual online gathering as we welcome celebrated author of Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv. Richard will speak about the strong link between mental health, learning, and outdoor experiences, and explore the challenges of Nature-Deficit Disorder when these experiences are absent. […]
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Thursday, July 24 • 5:00 – 8:00 pm • Barn Dance 8:00 – 9:00 pm • Join us for an inspiring and one-of-a-kind community celebration! This summer, we’ll be gathering at the Quilcene Lantern, one of our protected farms. Our popular summer gala fundraising dinner will feature delicious local barbecue and a lively barn dance! […]
Do you know any young people (12-19 years of age) who impress you with their commitment to the environment and their leadership/community service? We encourage you to nominate them for the 2025 Fairbank Award for Youth Environmental Action! The $1,000 award, provided by anonymous community members, will be given to a young person who has, […]
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The registration lottery is now open for the Land Trust’s enduringly popular Tidelands to Timberline natural history course, which will begin in April 2025. 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 […]
Jefferson Land Trust is now seeking volunteers to assist with an innovative bird monitoring study we recently launched on several of our nature preserves. Assessing the presence of certain indicator bird species helps us determine whether our forest management activities are succeeding in creating the habitat conditions that birds and other local wildlife need to […]
“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.”
