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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12:00 AM Work Party
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, January – December 2023 10 am – 1 pm Stay tuned for the new year and new Preserve projects! Thank you all so much for you dedication, heart, time, and occasional sore muscles acquired in caring for these special places. This year there have been trails, weeds, wetlands, downed logs, standing snags, […]
10:00 AM Work Party
Tuesday, December 13, 2002 • 10am-1pm Snow Creek Uncas Preserve is home to forest, stream…and invasive holly! Please join us in the mature forest above Snow Creek to remove holly in order to open up the area for native forest plants and processes. Directions: Travel south on Hwy 20 approximately 10 miles, then turn left […]
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Stop by the Land Trust office in Uptown Port Townsend anytime between 10 am and 4 pm on Friday, December 30. Jefferson Land Trust’s annual Holiday Open House includes opportunities for a warm cup of cheer (hot cider, hot chocolate) and a sweet treat (including gluten-free options) to ring in the New Year. We’re so […]
The popular Port Townsend Woodworkers Show will return for its first in-person show since 2019 on the first weekend in November at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. This year, many makers will be displaying pieces made from two trees, a Western Alder and a Western Big Leaf Maple, that were selected for this […]
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Each year, the Land Trust publishes its Report to Our Community to highlight and celebrate the collective impact made possible by your support. In this latest report, we cheer on almost 30 years of work in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor, provide an update on the exciting Kawamoto Farm project, showcase the many ways our amazing […]
Over the summer, an enthusiastic group of volunteers from our community helped the Land Trust with an important project: installing and monitoring wildlife cameras at our Snow Creek Forest Preserve, Valley View Forest, Chai-yahk-wh Preserve, the Quimper Wildlife Corridor, and Duckabush Riparian Forest Preserve. “Seeing which types of animals are using our preserves helps us […]
“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.”
