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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9:00 AM
Join us at Farm Tour 2019! Check back here for more details and to find out at which wonderful farms you can find our board staff and volunteers. Farm Tour is a great time to learn more about farmland preservation in Jefferson County.
10:00 AM Work Party
The fourth of 6 work parties this season to ready the Valley View Forest for public access.
6:00 PM
Together we’ll enjoy light refreshments and cake, clink our glasses to cheer our shared accomplishments, and ask for your input in helping to shape the next 30 years of community conservation in Jefferson County.
The fifth of 6 work parties this season to ready the Valley View Forest for public access.
The sixth of 6 work parties this season to ready the Valley View Forest for public access.
Dive deep into the forest to build a trail to highlight Marrowstone forests, farmland, and nearby favorite walking routes.
Please help us extend a warm welcome to Paula McNees, who recently joined the Land Trust team as our Finance and Administrative Assistant. With more than 20 years of accounting experience, Paula brings a set of valuable and versatile skills to the Land Trust. Paula and her family have lived in Port Townsend for more […]
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We are currently seeking candidates for to serve as our Land Conservation Intern through the Veterans Conservation Corps. Celebrating our 30th Anniversary in 2019, Jefferson Land Trust has a track record of high quality and innovative conservation work preserving habitat, working farms and forests in Jefferson County. The Land Conservation Intern fulfills the short- and […]
Seven high school students — three young women and four young men from four local schools — spent their spring break with us, learning and working on the land. During their stint as the 2019 Land Trust Youth Corps crew, they learned, hands-on, about land stewardship. We interwove lessons on topics like forest health, beaver […]
“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.”
