San Juan Preservation Trust is at Salish Sea.

1 day ago

On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we want to share a resource that we think is helpful and relevant to the understanding of place.

If you don't already know of it, the Native Land Digital map (native-land.ca) is an incredible resource for learning about the people who have been living in particular areas for millennia and are still there today. Native Land Digital is a Canadian nonprofit organization.

Native Land Digital is Indigenous-led, with an Indigenous executive director and a majority Indigenous board of directors who oversee and direct the organization.

The mission of Native Land Digital is "to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations... In doing so, Native Land Digital creates spaces where non-Indigenous people can be invited and challenged to learn more about the lands they inhabit, the history of those lands, and how to actively be part of a better future going forward together."

Thanks go out to this great organization for creating and sharing this amazing resource!

After participating in a wonderful and heartfelt gathering on Orcas Island this weekend, where many local Tribal representatives came together with a focus on work with salmon, camas, and land access, SJPT came away all the more grateful to be on these islands.

It's been a powerful few days, and we are inspired to promote more land access and co-stewardship. We hope you can continue to join us in these efforts, today and every day.

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San Juan Preservation Trust is at San Juan Islands, Washington.

4 days ago

We cannot do our work without our partners, and we are so lucky to have many incredible friends throughout the islands.

We work often with the San Juan County Land Conservation Bank. Together, we care for many places, such as Turtleback Mountain Preserve, Mount Grant Preserve, Island Marble Butterfly habitat plots on San Juan Island, and other projects. The nature of our partnership depends on the property we co-manage, but it is always a fruitful relationship where we are able to accomplish things that neither one of us would be able to do on our own.

We also work with the San Juan County Conservation District to do stewardship work on the land and to bring in groups of workers to care for the environment, such as the Youth Conservation Corps or the Island Conservation Corps. Sometimes these groups plant trees or do other projects like installing beaver dam analogues in Crow Valley this fall.

Among our other important partners are the landowners who have conservation easements. They own the majority of the land we protect, and they support us in many ways.

Then there's all of our volunteers and other incredible community members who assist us with our mission. So much of our work would not be possible without all the extra efforts that come from the incredible islanders who uplift our work.

We welcome more relationships with anyone, and there's no better time than now to start working with us!

We cannot do this work alone, and it's always better with more help!

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San Juan Preservation Trust is in Orcas Island, San Juan Islands.

7 days ago

SJPT supports the work of the Traditional Foodways of the San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit and we are reaching out to you, our island community, with a time-sensitive request to support a 3-day event this weekend.

Coast Salish Tribal members and leaders have been invited to Orcas Island this weekend to deepen relations and understanding around salmon, camas, and land stewardship. They are taking time out of their busy lives to dedicate energy and resources to support the ongoing work here.

To help defray travel costs and to compensate honored Coast Salish speakers for sharing their time and knowledge with us, the Orcas Environmental Action Team is coordinating a fundraiser. Our goal is to spread the word and help them raise $2,000 ahead of this weekend.

Orcas Islanders have shown up in an amazing way to contribute toward meals, and now we are focusing our fundraising efforts on the HONORARIA FUND!

Donate by Friday, October 11, to support this weekend's event; we will also continue to fundraise for upcoming Tribal events if you'd like to consider a future donation.

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We know that the success of our events is in large part due to our community’s outpouring of generosity. Thank you so much for considering a donation to the Honoraria Fund!

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