Do you know any young people (12-19 years of age) who impress you with their commitment to the environment and their leadership/community service? We encourage you to nominate them for the 2025 Fairbank Award for Youth Environmental Action! The $1,000 award, provided by anonymous community members, will be given to a young person who has, […]
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The registration lottery is now open for the Land Trust’s enduringly popular Tidelands to Timberline natural history course, which will begin in April 2025. This eight-week, field-based course offers 18 committed participants the chance to become intimately familiar with the natural history and ecosystems of the northeast Olympic Peninsula, absorb the knowledge and passion of […]
Jefferson Land Trust is now seeking volunteers to assist with an innovative bird monitoring study we recently launched on several of our nature preserves. Assessing the presence of certain indicator bird species helps us determine whether our forest management activities are succeeding in creating the habitat conditions that birds and other local wildlife need to […]
We’re excited to introduce you to Kelly Stocker: the AmeriCorps Habitat Enhancement Crew member who recently joined us at the Land Trust! Kelly joined us beginning in September 2024 and has been a fantastic addition to the team. Through July 2025, he’ll continue to play an important role in the mission of the Land Trust […]
The Land Trust office will be closed from December 23 – 27. We’ll reopen at 9:00 am on Monday, December 30. (We hope you’ll join us for our Holiday Open House that day from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm!) To report an emergency during the closure, please call Richard Tucker at 404.345.2436. You’re Invited to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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