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
Join us along Chimacum Creek to check on the health of seedlings planted a few years ago. We’ll be inventorying evergreen plant survival, and flagging empty spots along the creek that could use a little more TLC.
6:30 PM
Join us and our partners Jefferson Clemente, Finnriver and Centrum in rural community conversations that invite us to think, question & connect. Each discussion features a guest scholar and is inspired by the relationships between the natural environment and the human experience.
Let there be blackberries no more! Restore a formerly invaded area with willow stakes. We will make our own on site, and find the perfect wetland spot to plant them. Wear rubber boots. All other tools provided.
Join us in the next step of restoring a conifer forest by removing non-native blackberry to create a clearing that we’ll plant later this winter. We’ll also remove non-native ivy, holly, and spurge laurel to allow a diversity of trees, shrubs, and understory to thrive. Space is limited, and RSVP is required.
12:00 PM
Tsunami deposits of the Puget Sound: evidence for local and Cascadian earthquakes with Carrie Garrison Laney. More details coming soon.
Over the past few years, we have worked hard to remove non-native blackberries that were choking out the understory at this Preserve. The blackberries are in retreat, and now is the time to move forward with more native species!
Come help improve the habitat and water quality during this volunteer stewardship event by searching along these hills for escaped holly that are starting to invade the native forest.
12:00 AM
Save the date for the 2020 Conservation Breakfast at the Old Alcohol Plant in Port Hadlock!
When we get official notice that a new property deed has been recorded at the county, Sarah Spaeth, Director of Conservation and Strategic Partnerships, rings a special bell at Jefferson Land Trust’s office. This tradition, which started about 10 years ago, is our way of acknowledging and celebrating that another important place in Jefferson County […]
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National accreditation is a mark of distinction, showing that a land trust meets national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. Accreditation is a voluntary program administered by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance. Jefferson Land Trust first earned accreditation in 2009. We renewed […]
When Executive Director Richard Tucker answered the call from Michael McKee, he was astonished by the news he received. Michael was in the process of settling the estate of his late wife, Karen Rachel McKee — a former board member and longtime supporter of the Land Trust — and the Land Trust would soon be […]
“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.”
