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Preserving open space, working lands, and habitat forever.

Jefferson Land Trust is an accredited, private, nonprofit, grassroots organization in Jefferson County, located on the stunning Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Save

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FARMS, FISH and FORESTS FOREVER

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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Chimacum Ridge Community Forest: Trails Update

Jefferson Land Trust purchased 853-acre Chimacum Ridge Forest in 2024. Once it’s combined with adjacent Valley View Forest, Chimacum Ridge Community Forest will total 918 acres of working forest, wetlands, and wildlife habitat. The community forest will be a shared living resource, bringing economic, ecological, and social benefits to our community — forever. Save the […]

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AmeriCorps Cuts Hit Home at the Land Trust

On April 25, President Trump signed an executive order terminating active AmeriCorps grants and reducing the independent agency’s workforce by 85 percent. The order effectively ends this 30-year-old program, which annually provides opportunities to tens of thousands of Americans to meaningfully serve their communities across a range of critical sectors and services while gaining valuable […]

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Dispatch from DC: Land Trusts Head to the Capitol

During the week of May 5-10, Jefferson Land Trust’s own Erik Kingfisher headed to Washington DC for “Land Trust Advocacy Days.” Organized by the Land Trust Alliance, the trip gave land trusts from across the nation the opportunity to advocate for the value of our work and the importance of continued funding directly with our […]

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Gene Jones

“Tamanowas Rock-it’s the most sacred place… It’s the home of our ancestors. Our spirits are there.”

Gene Jones, Sr., Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
Libby Atkins

“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.”

Libby Atkins, former Preserve Steward, for Illahee Preserve on Chimacum Creek
Crystie Kisler

“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.”

Crystie Kisler, Finnriver Orchard
Dave Rugh

“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.”


Jefferson Land Trust Affiliates

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Quimper Geological Society