Honoring Three Bluebird Project “Angels”
If our Western Bluebird Project had a motto, it might be adapted from a quotation from the contemporary Turkish novelist and [...]
2024 Swan Count Wrap-Up
Snow and ice made for foul conditions for this year's Swan Count | Staff Archive Each year for the past [...]
Trail Updates on the South Side of Turtleback
View from the new trail on the south side of Turtleback Mountain | Staff Archive The Turtleback Mountain Preserve has been [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Peter Zangrillo
Volunteer Peter Zangrillo and Land Steward Meghan Howard at Northeast Shore Preserve, Orcas Island | Staff archive The San Juan [...]
2023 Bluebird Field Season Wrap-Up
A banded Western Bluebird perched, San Juan Island, April 2023 | Kathy Finholm The seventeenth(!!!) year of the San [...]
Translocated Family Adds to a Busy Bluebird Summer
A Western Bluebird in flight in San Juan Valley | Kathy Finholm The 2023 bluebird season--the seventeenth year of the [...]
Island Marble Butterflies Spotted at Frazer Preserve
Adult Island Marble Butterfly on a field mustard plant, May 2023 | Marianne Tynan Late in May, Kathleen [...]
Kristin Tolle: 2022-23 Volunteer of the Year
Meet Kristin Tolle, the Preservation Trust's 2022-23 Volunteer of the Year.
Why plant a non-native mustard in Island Marble Butterfly gardens?
Why is non-native field mustard (Brassica rapa) used for Island Marble Butterfly habitat planting instead of Menzies' pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum var. menziesii), a native brassica relative?
2023 Swan Count Wrap-Up
Swans on San Juan Island's Zylstra Lake during the 2023 Swan Count | staff archive Each year for the past few [...]
Phelps Preserve Hosts County’s First AgWeatherNet Station
The Weather Monitoring Station at the Phelps Preserve on San Juan Island | Staff Archive For the first time, real-time [...]
2022 Golden Nest Box Awards
2022 Bluebird Gathering at Red Mill Farm The San Juan Preservation Trust is pleased to announce the [...]
2022 Bluebird Field Season Wrap-Up
Juvenile bluebird at Phelps Preserve, San Juan Island, August 2022 | Photo by Miles Brengle The fifteenth year of [...]
Congrats to Our 2022 Climate Leadership Scholarship Winners!
Isara Greacen Luke Fincher The San Juan Preservation Trust is pleased to announce this [...]
Skip Bold: Our 2021-22 Volunteer of the Year
Skip Bold and one of his many boats, Solitude, at the dock in Parks Bay. Each year, the San Juan Preservation [...]