We’re delighted to introduce you to Slater Sorensen, our new intern for Chimacum Ridge Community Forest! Slater joined us in July and will work with us at least through the end of 2025 (hopefully longer, as funding allows). In this role, he’s working closely with Community Forest Manager Ryen Helzer, community volunteers, and contract crews […]
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LandFest 2025 was a night to remember! On Thursday, July 24, more than 300 longtime and new supporters gathered at the beautiful Quilcene Lantern — a historic farm and event venue protected by the Land Trust — to eat, drink, dance, learn, and celebrate community-powered conservation at our annual fundraising gala. This year’s theme was […]
We’re pleased to announce that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative (LTBCI) recently awarded a grant of $50,000 to the “Listen Up Collaborative”. This latest grant expands a successful partnership between Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) and Jefferson Land Trust which is designed to support the long-term survival of Western Washington forest bird […]
Please welcome summer intern Brynn Ballard to the Land Trust team! Brynn joins us from Austin, Texas, where she was born and raised. She’s heading into her junior year at St. Edwards University in Austin, where she’s pursuing a major in Environmental Biology and Climate Change, with minors in Environmental Policy and Photography. “My career […]
This August, during National “Make-A-Will” Month, you can use a handy online tool to create your will in roughly 20 minutes and then spend the rest of the year enjoying the knowledge that you’ve prepared for the future. If you’ve been meaning to write a will but don’t know where to start, the Land Trust […]
The regular co-ed adult softball league season has ended, and we’re very pleased to share that the Jefferson Land Trust Summer Chums (made up of staff members, their partners and friends, and Land Trust volunteers) lived up to their name by earning the singular Sportsmanship Award! The seven teams in the league all voted to […]
Jefferson Land Trust is celebrating the permanent protection of a 96.87-acre forested property near Tarboo Bay, adjacent to the Dabob Bay Natural Area in Quilcene! The property owners, Neal and Ann Koblitz, worked with the Land Trust and with the Seattle-based nonprofit Northwest Natural Resource Group (NNRG) to place a comprehensive conservation easement on this […]
School’s out, and Jefferson Land Trust is wrapping up our 13th year of great youth education programming! Our highly valued, place-based education programs are developed in collaboration with local teachers to support classroom curriculums, to align with state standards, and to build on each other year after year, carrying students from elementary school through senior […]
Earlier this month, Jefferson Land Trust’s beloved Tidelands to Timberline natural history course wrapped up another great season! The eight-week course, which runs annually from April through June, 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 […]
Move over, Mariners! Jefferson Land Trust staff members, along with their assorted partners and friends, plus a few Land Trust volunteers, are having a ball this summer on the Summer Chums softball team! The Chums are one of seven teams in Jefferson County Parks and Recreation’s 2025 co-ed adult softball league. Starting in April, the […]
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