In 2018, when Aloura Remy was 14 years old, she hit on a unique way to help protect the planet and make a difference in her community. By creating beautiful wildlife-inspired drawings, paintings, prints, and greeting cards, selling them to the community, and donating 50% of the proceeds to Jefferson Land Trust, she’s been able […]
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Elected in December 2019, Brian Rogers is entering his third year as President of Jefferson Land Trust’s Board of Directors. “I’ve always felt that wherever you live, you owe a sort of civic rent — how you give back to the community in return for what the community gives to you,” Brian says. “The Land […]
Jefferson Land Trust is seeking an organized, collaborative, detail-oriented professional as our Development Assistant. At Jefferson Land Trust our team members are committed to our mission, “Helping the community preserve open space, working lands, and habitat forever” and demonstrate a passion for protecting natural habitat, forests, farmland, and scenic open spaces. We embrace a people-first […]
Creating a conservation burial program that offers local natural burial options, while also supporting land conservation and restoration, is something the Land Trust has been focused on for a number of years. In 2021, after investigating such programs and gauging local interest, the Land Trust’s Board of Directors granted approval to move forward in creating […]
In December 2022, following years of activism by the land trust movement and conservation allies on Capitol Hill and around the nation, the United States Congress passed the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act as part of its year-end spending bill. “It’s a really exciting moment,” says Richard Tucker, Executive Director of Jefferson Land Trust. […]
Please join us in celebrating the recent protection of a beautiful 32-acre upland forest and shoreline property that was generously donated to the Land Trust by Carolyn and Clayton Wright after being in Carolyn’s family for more than a century. Located just north of Brinnon along the west side of Highway 101, with a sliver […]
The Land Trust office will be closed from December 19 – 26. We’ll reopen at 9:00 am on Tuesday, December 27. To report an emergency during the closure, please call Erik Kingfisher at 360.531.2294. You’re Invited to the Holiday Open House! Please join us at our Holiday Open House on Friday, December 30 from 10:00 […]
The popular Port Townsend Woodworkers Show will return for its first in-person show since 2019 on the first weekend in November at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. This year, many makers will be displaying pieces made from two trees, a Western Alder and a Western Big Leaf Maple, that were selected for this […]
Each year, the Land Trust publishes its Report to Our Community to highlight and celebrate the collective impact made possible by your support. In this latest report, we cheer on almost 30 years of work in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor, provide an update on the exciting Kawamoto Farm project, showcase the many ways our amazing […]
Over the summer, an enthusiastic group of volunteers from our community helped the Land Trust with an important project: installing and monitoring wildlife cameras at our Snow Creek Forest Preserve, Valley View Forest, Chai-yahk-wh Preserve, the Quimper Wildlife Corridor, and Duckabush Riparian Forest Preserve. “Seeing which types of animals are using our preserves helps us […]
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