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Introducing the Winner of the 2024 Fairbank Award for Youth Environmental Action: Tallulah Sebastian!

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 […]

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Spring Break Youth Corps Paid Internship Returns April 1-5: Interested High School Students Apply Today!

Jefferson Land Trust is pleased to bring back our annual Spring Break Youth Corps internship program from April 1-5, 2024. Spring Break Youth Corps is a one-week, $300 paid internship position for seven high school students aged 16 and up. With Jefferson Land Trust staff and volunteers, students will learn about and undertake a variety […]

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Meet Our June Intern: Youth Corps Alumna Claire Moe!

During the month of June, Jefferson Land Trust got a big helping hand from intern superstar Claire Moe. Claire, who has just completed her freshman year at Colorado College, first got involved with the Land Trust last year, when she participated in our annual spring break Youth Corps paid internship for high school students. “When […]

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Jefferson Land Trust Spring Break Youth Corps: Applications due March 27, 2023

Jefferson Land Trust is pleased to bring back our Spring Break Youth Corps internship program in 2023. Spring Break Youth Corps is a one-week, $300 paid internship position for seven high school students aged 16 and up. With Jefferson Land Trust staff and volunteers, students will learn about and undertake a variety of habitat enhancement […]

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Field Report: Jefferson Land Trust’s 2022 Youth Corps

During the week of April 4-8, Jefferson Land Trust’s 2022 Youth Corps interns spent their spring breaks undertaking a variety of key restoration projects across several of our nature preserves. Six high school students from Jefferson and Kitsap counties joined Land Trust Preserve Manager Carrie Clendaniel and Office and Preserve Assistant Cristina Villalobos, as well […]

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Youth Corps 2019 — Bigger and Better than Ever

Seven high school students — three young women and four young men from four local schools — spent their spring break with us, learning and working on the land. During their stint as the 2019 Land Trust Youth Corps crew, they learned, hands-on, about land stewardship. We interwove lessons on topics like forest health, beaver […]

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Youth Corps 2017

Five high school students spent their spring break working hard and learning about land stewardship in a stint as the Land Trust Youth Corps crew.

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