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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Help us identify trees to harvest! Healthy trees need room to grow and a healthy forest needs space for new trees and other plants. Join us in selecting trees for a sustainable forest thinning harvest at Valley View Forest in Chimacum. We’ll be identifying and marking which trees will be harvested and turned into wood […]
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Please save the date for our Discovering the Forest Virtual Learning Session! Date: Friday, June 11, 2021 Time: From 4:00 to 5:00 pm (via Zoom) The topics covered will include: Wildlife tree, leave tree, and harvest tree selection and pre-harvest planning and site prep in advance of our first sustainable tree harvest at Valley View […]
Please save the date for our Discovering the Forest During-Harvest Virtual Learning Session! Date: Friday, June 25, 2021 Time: From 4:00 to 5:00 pm (via Zoom) The topics covered will include: harvest equipment, site safety, soil and vegetation considerations, landing site development, trucking, and customer considerations for our first sustainable timber harvest at Valley View […]
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Please save the date for our 2021 Virtual Fest Gala Celebration! Date: Thursday, July 8th Time: From 5:30 to 7 pm (via Zoom) Our gala fundraising event will be packed with fun as we gather together in celebration of community and conservation!
For nearly 30 years, Paul Becker and his family enjoyed walking the wilderness trails of Jefferson County. After Paul was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, their daily nature walks became a welcome balm. This past month, two years after his passing, Paul’s family decided to make a family gift to Jefferson Land Trust’s Quimper Wildlife […]
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Please join us in welcoming not one, but two new staff members to brand-new positions at the Land Trust: Tali Hamilton, Stewardship Assistant, and Lilly Schneider, Communications Coordinator! As our half-time Stewardship Assistant, Tali will work with the Stewardship Team, Land Trust partners and landowners, and our incredible volunteers to monitor and support the management […]
We’re excited to report that our Board of Directors recently granted approval for the Land Trust to move forward in creating a conservation burial program. For a number of years, we’ve been investigating the potential for creating a conservation burial program here in Jefferson County. A working committee made up of board members, volunteers, and […]
“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.”
