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 Work Party
Tuesday, February 18 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Chai-yahk-wh Preserve • Extra, extra! Winter planting season is upon us and we have just 100 more trees to get into the ground at Chai-yahk-wh Preserve. We’ll be planting cedar and spruce seedlings around our newly created nurse logs, where the young seedlings can take […]
9:00 AM
Thursday, March 6 • 9:00 – 10:30 am • Sign up and join us for our annual online gathering as we welcome celebrated author of Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv. Richard will speak about the strong link between mental health, learning, and outdoor experiences, and explore the challenges of Nature-Deficit Disorder when these […]
Tuesday, March 25 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Quimper West Preserve • Over the past several years community members have gathered at this 80-acre preserve along North Jacob Miller Road to lead a concerted attack against invasive holly. Since then, our dedicated preserve stewards have been working hard at identifying new patches, and […]
8:30 AM
Friday, March 28 • 8:30 – 9:30 am • Chimacum Cafe • Join Jefferson Land Trust’s Executive Director Richard Tucker for an opportunity to chat about the Land Trust’s latest projects, ask questions about our work, and share your perspective over a hot cup of your favorite morning beverage at the Chimacum Cafe!
Tuesday, April 8 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Duckabush Riparian Forest Preserve • Let there be snags! Help us help wildlife. This season we embark on a journey to create more than 100 standing snags for critters of many shapes and sizes. This work will require moving in teams over uneven terrain and […]
Tuesday, April 22 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Duckabush Riparian Forest Preserve • Let there be snags! Help us help wildlife. This season we embark on a journey to create more than 100 standing snags for critters of many shapes and sizes. This work will require moving in teams over uneven terrain and […]
5:00 PM
Thursday, July 24 • 5:00 – 8:00 pm • Barn Dance 8:00 – 9:00 pm • Join us for an inspiring and one-of-a-kind community celebration! This summer, we’ll be gathering at the Quilcene Lantern, one of our protected farms. Our popular summer gala fundraising dinner will feature delicious local barbecue and a lively barn dance! […]
We’re thrilled to share that Jefferson Land Trust was recently awarded a significant grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce to support predevelopment planning for the Chimacum Commons affordable housing project that we’ve partnered with nonprofit Olympic Housing Trust (OHT) to design and develop. Thanks to the taxpayers of Washington state, the $197,500 grant […]
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Though 2025 continues without any snowfall to speak of at the Land Trust office, the new year brought a small flurry of changes to Jefferson Land Trust’s Board of Directors. We’re pleased to announce that board member and longtime Land Trust volunteer Jane Guiltinan was elected to the role of Board President. “The Land Trust’s […]
The Land Trust is very pleased to introduce our winter intern: Hazel Windstorm! Hazel has lived in Port Townsend all her life and is currently between semesters of her freshman year at Bennington College in Vermont. Her six-week internship with the Land Trust began in early January and will continue into February 2025. “I’ve taken […]
“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.”