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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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RFP Now Available for Opportunity to Purchase Chimacum Farmland

Jefferson Land Trust is excited to be using the Buy+Protect+Sell farmland conservation model to permanently protect 47 acres of farmland in Chimacum’s Beaver Valley. With this model, a land trust buys important farmland, protects it with an agricultural conservation easement, and then sells the land to the next farmer or rancher at a price that‘s […]

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Investing in our Youth Education Programs

For more than a decade, Jefferson Land Trust has been serving the public school students and teachers of East Jefferson County with high-quality youth education programming that connects classroom learning and local field experiences on our nature preserves. Our programs are offered at no cost to schools and are designed to build from one year […]

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Meet our New Full-Time Education Coordinator: Devon Buckham!

We’re delighted to share that Jefferson Land Trust has hired local educator Devon Buckham as our new full-time Education Coordinator — the Land Trust’s first-ever position dedicated solely to education! A former teacher in the Chimacum School District and longtime volunteer with the Land Trust and other community organizations, Devon stepped into the Education Coordinator […]

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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

Natural History Society
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Quimper Geological Society