For more than a decade, Jefferson Land Trust has been working to protect Chimacum Ridge with the vision of establishing the Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. Thanks to outstanding support from generous donors, conservation partners, and granting agencies, we recently completed the purchase of 853-acre Chimacum Ridge from our partner EFM — the Land Trust’s largest […]
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In late May, several Land Trust staff members completed an intensive two-day track and sign workshop on Land Trust preserves in East Jefferson County. This two-day field experience, which is both an assessment and a training, is offered by CyberTracker, an international organization recognized as the gold standard for tracker training and certification across North […]
Hillary Smith is a Land Trust volunteer, nature photographer, and volunteer for the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. She captured these photos while observing Pigeon Guillemot courtship behavior along a shoreline in Jefferson County this spring. Thanks to Hillary for sharing these wonderful photographs with us! These photos show Pigeon Guillemots in their beautiful nearly black […]
In 2023, Jefferson Land Trust was awarded a Soil Health Stewards Program grant from the American Farmland Trust’s (AFT) National Agricultural Land Network (NALN). Over the past year, the $10,000 grant and associated training has been helping two members of our stewardship team — Director of Stewardship and Resilience Erik Kingfisher and Stewardship Coordinator Marlowe […]
In the early summer of 2023, as Milly and Keith Lierman settled into their newly purchased home near Quimper West Preserve in Port Townsend, they were looking for ways to engage with their newfound community. One Tuesday, they noticed a group of Jefferson Land Trust volunteers undertaking a forest thinning project at Quimper West. As […]
On Thursday, July 11, join us for an evening of inspiration as we celebrate 35 years of community-powered conservation during our annual LandFest fundraising gala! Tickets typically sell out ahead of the event, so we recommend that you reserve your tickets today at saveland.org/landfest. Longtime LandFest hosts Luke Burbank and Matt Smith will return by […]
Jefferson Land Trust is pleased to introduce the winner of the 2024 Fairbank Award for Youth Environmental Action: Tallulah Sebastian, 16, of Port Townsend! “We were honored to award Tallulah with the Fairbank Award,” said Richard Tucker, Executive Director of Jefferson Land Trust. “She’s an inspiration and a wonderful example of how the youth in […]
Our friend Wendy Feltham is a Land Trust volunteer Preserve Steward, naturalist, and nature photographer who often generously shares her beautiful photos with the Land Trust. Earlier this month, she was observing hummingbirds at her home in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor when she made a discovery sure to thrill any birdwatcher. She writes, “Along with […]
From today through May 8, Jefferson Land Trust is participating in GiveBIG, a regional online giving event to support local nonprofits. This is your chance to support and shape a future that includes vibrant local farms, thriving fish and wildlife, and healthy working forests in Jefferson County. Your gift of $20, $50, $100, or more […]
The Land Trust is seeking a vehicle to help us reliably and safely transport groups of Land Trust staff members, volunteers, partners, and others to sites like Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. After many years of relying on staff members’ personal vehicles, the time has come to secure a vehicle that our organization will use frequently […]
