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New Accessible Trail at Illahee Preserve

A new, 150-ft-long accessible trail from the parking area to the picnic shelter at Illahee Preserve is ready for your feet and your wheels! With funding from Jefferson County’s Accessible Community Advisory Committee, our hardworking field crew and community volunteers installed the trail to the picnic shelter and a van-accessible parking spot earlier this month. […]

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“Salmon School! What Will Happen Next?”: An Audiobook from Salish Coast Elementary First Graders

“Salmon School! What Will Happen Next?” is an audiobook by Ms. Stengel’s 2020-21 first grade class at Salish Coast Elementary. Inspired by their year-long project of raising salmon eggs (roe) in the classroom for eventual release into Chimacum Creek at Illahee Preserve, the story is about a student named Sam who finds himself transformed into […]

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Riding Mower to Retire; Replacement Sought

The Land Trust would very much like to wish a happy retirement to our old red riding mower. After many years of maintaining the property at Illahee Preserve for the community’s enjoyment, the mower is more rusty than trusty, so we’re currently seeking the donation of a replacement riding mower. “I think it was probably […]

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