Saturday, May 26 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm It’s bright, it’s beautiful, it’s overly competitive….it’s jewelweed! Don’t let the name fool you, this shade-loving, damp-loving plant is trying its darndest to take over all the available growing space (and then some) in our otherwise diverse riparian forests. Join us with waterproof footwear and salmonberry-resistant […]
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Jefferson Land Trust is seeking volunteers for a hands-on, boots-on, first-time-ever opportunity. We need a number of people willing to take an active role in our upcoming wetland ecological health assessment. Through data collection on the land, the assessment will measure wetland health at Chai-yakh-wh Preserve, Duckabush Oxbow and Wetlands Preserve, Snow Creek Forest Preserve, […]
On a dewy morning at our Snow Creek Forest Preserve last week, 17 eighth-grade students from Quilcene School District (QSD) were knee-deep in a swath of thick reed canarygrass — a noxious weed. By day’s end, when the sun was high in the sky, they’d journeyed far up the hillside into a healthy forest, where […]
Given that the Land Trust has helped to protect more than 17,000 acres in Jefferson County, protecting 10 acres may not sound all that exciting. However, when it’s the right 10 acres, it’s thrilling for us […]
