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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10:00 AM
Grab some gloves and tough work clothes and join us at a newly protected area of the beloved Quimper Wildlife Corridor for a trash pick up party. Leaving a legacy of land that provides a healthy habitat for plants and wildlife is worth every bit of grubbing in the dirt.
10:00 AM Work Party
Snow Creek Uncas Preserve provides a deep forest refuge surrounding an important salmon-bearing stream. Please join us to remove holly in order to open up the area for native forest plants and processes. We’ll also don leather gloves to pull up old barbed wire fencing that no longer serves its intended purpose. Directions: Travel south […]
An aromatic carpet awaits…of “stinky bob” taking over the forest! Help us reclaim the forest edge along our trails from the creeping mass of herb robert that is trying to take over. We’ll also dig into some blackberries that don’t belong to make space for the cedars and ferns that do! Directions: From Hwy. 19 […]
Did you know that snags provide critical homes for woodpeckers and dozens of other birds and small mammals? These wildlife homes take many dozens or even hundreds of years to develop on their own. Let’s lend a helping hand by creating snags now, using hand saws (no experience or tree climbing necessary), to create homes […]
9:00 AM
Save the date and then plan to start Thursday, March 17th with a dash of inspiration at the 2022 Jefferson Land Trust Virtual Conservation Breakfast Event! The annual gathering offers an opportunity to learn more about community-powered conservation and ways to get involved in protecting the farms, fish, and forests of Jefferson County.
Join us at this special habitat preserve along the Duckabush River to dig blackberries out of a riparian forest to improve elk habitat and native plant diversity. Access to this preserve is tricky, and a short (couple miles) carpool is required from the nearby Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands parking area. Please note that Duckabush Oxbow […]
Pull on your boots and join us for a day of bittersweet nightshade and blackberry removal from along the banks of Chimacum Creek. We’ll be pulling the nightshade vine away from the creek itself, where it can grow into the water and mud bottom, creating a dense network that can block fish passage. Directions: From […]
6:00 PM
Each summer, Jefferson Land Trust hosts a gala fundraising event. The annual gathering offers the opportunity to gather in celebration and support of community conservation in Jefferson County. We hope you’ll save the date and plan to join us!
Jefferson Land Trust is seeking an organized, collaborative, detail-oriented professional as our Stewardship Assistant. At Jefferson Land Trust our team members adhere to our mission and are committed to conservation, demonstrating a passion for protecting natural habitat, farmland, forests, and scenic open spaces. We embrace a people-first approach and appreciate and encourage the talents and […]
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Request for Proposals 2022 Climate Resiliency Project Manager North Olympic and Jefferson Land Trusts are seeking the engagement of consulting services to guide our organizations as we determine metrics and strategize our collective efforts toward increasing Climate Resiliency on the North Olympic Peninsula. Background: In 2020, the two land trusts of the northern Olympic Peninsula […]
Please join us in celebrating the Land Trust’s most recent acquisition: a 75-acre forested property near Thorndyke Bay south of the Hood Canal Bridge. Directly adjacent to land protected by the Department of Natural Resources and the Navy, the property contains mature forest, wetlands, freshwater streams, and pristine wildlife habitat. In the summer of 2020, […]
“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.”
