Great news! Working with willing landowners, Jefferson Land Trust recently placed a conservation easement on a 67-acre farmland property near Quilcene Bay, permanently protecting it against development, while preserving its significant agricultural and ecological values for all time. The property is one of the largest remaining farmland properties in the Quilcene area, and has been […]
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Jefferson Land Trust kicked off 2024 with the biggest acquisition in our 35-year history: 853-acre Chimacum Ridge. Once it’s combined with adjacent Valley View Forest, Chimacum Ridge Community Forest will total 918 acres of working forest, wetlands, and wildlife habitat. The community forest will be a shared living resource that models a regenerative relationship with […]
Jefferson Land Trust plans to sell 47 acres of protected farmland in Beaver Valley, Chimacum, through an open application process that’s now underway. Interested parties should read the Request for Proposal (RFP) and complete a pre-application questionnaire before midnight November 17, 2024, (from which up to 10 applicants will be selected and invited to submit […]
This past summer, Jefferson County became a safer place to live as the county officially adopted its first-ever Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP): a comprehensive strategic plan that aims to reduce the risk of wildfire damage to people, property, and natural and cultural resources. Jefferson County’s CWPP was developed over the past couple of years […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jefferson Land Trust’s 2023-24 Report to Our Community is now available, in print and online! In this year’s report, we look back on 35 years of community-powered conservation, take a deep dive into our exciting progress toward establishing a community forest on Chimacum Ridge, share details about recent land protection projects, and much more! View […]
Another wonderful Jefferson County Farm Tour is complete! During the weekend of September 14 and 15, participating farms across Jefferson County opened to the public for self-guided tours. Jefferson Land Trust staff and board members were pleased to be hosted by the fantastic farmers at Kodama Farm & Food Forest, which we helped to permanently […]
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 […]
The Land Trust is thrilled to announce the permanent protection of a very special property on Discovery Bay, located within the estuary of Salmon and Snow Creeks. This area is critical for the recovery of Hood Canal summer chum, Puget Sound Chinook, and Puget Sound steelhead — all species listed as endangered by the Endangered […]
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