We're working with our partners and community to purchase a rare, undeveloped property on Marrowstone Island to create a community 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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9:45 AM
Buried trash – oh no! The stewardship crew needs a hand. Come help us during this last push to clean up the slopes above the Duckabush River.
10:00 AM
Have you been waiting for the salmon to return? Or, perhaps you’ve always wanted to see these amazing fish in person but didn’t know where to start? Come on down to the Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands Preserve where Community Conservation Intern, Savannah, will be on site, ready to answer any of your salmon- or preserve-centric […]
If you want to see the salmon in action and would like some guidance while doing it, our summer intern, Savannah, will be onsite at the Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands Preserve ready to answer any of questions about salmon or the Preserve in general. When: Saturday, September 29 from 10am – 4pm. Where: From Highway 101 in […]
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Join the Geology Group for an illustrated presentation by Dr. John Pallister who will lecture on Volcanic Hazards.
Calling all volunteers! Come out to a stewardship work party to help pull weeds from the forests above Chimacum Creek.
5:00 PM
Join the Community for a Working Forest Forum Discussion! Forests provide tremendous benefits for people and nature. From critical habitat for wildlife, to clean air and water, to livelihoods, they help us achieve a healthy balance in meeting our environmental, social, and economic needs. But they’re also being threatened by climate change and human activity. […]
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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 […]
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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.
In the Duckabush River Valley, more than 3,250 acres of permanently protected land create a corridor of wildlife habitat. This greenbelt corridor hosts a wide variety of species – fish, insects, amphibians, mammals and birds – that have relied on this land for thousands of years. In addition to providing important spawning and rearing habitat for […]
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Thanks to Community Support, We’re Closing in on Our Fundraising Goal! With less than six weeks left in our fundraising campaign, we’re excited to report that we’ve secured more than 85 percent of the funding necessary to purchase a rare, large undeveloped property on Marrowstone Island. If we’re successful, the proposed 51-acre preserve (located next […]
Scotty Scott’s lifelong passion for nature fueled a 40-year career as a science teacher. Now she’s inspiring hundreds of students by volunteering with Jefferson Land Trust’s local school partnerships. “We need to think as brothers and sisters to all life and honor what nature gives us.” Scotty helps with everything from designing lesson plans 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.”
