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 […]
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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 […]
For nearly three decades, Jefferson Land Trust has worked with the community, Jefferson County, and the City of Port Townsend to protect the Quimper Wildlife Corridor piece by piece. Now, we’ve arrived at a milestone decades in the making: facilitating the purchase and permanent protection of 107 acres of forestland by Jefferson County through the […]
Port Townsend resident Walter Lee Doughty, known locally as “Lee,” passed away in 2022 at the age of 84. Lee was a lifelong supporter of environmental causes and a member of the Jefferson Land Trust community. As an Evergreen Steward for more than five years, he made a regular monthly gift to Jefferson Land Trust. […]
Jefferson Land Trust, in Jefferson County, Washington, is requesting proposals for consulting and facilitation of a new strategic plan to guide the organization from 2025 to 2029, following our current capital campaign. We envision the strategic planning process as including three phases, but will consider alternatives based on the contractor’s experience: a retreat workshop with […]
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