40 Years Young, Thanks to You!
Signs of the late '70s: The Village People, Charlie's Angels, Skylab, Apple II April 18, 2019 – Thanks to all our [...]
40th Anniversary Annual Meeting
Featured speaker Andrew Bowman, Land Trust Alliance President Help us celebrate the Preservation Trust’s 40th anniversary! We'll review highlights [...]
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SJPT members at Iceberg Point, Lopez Island Special 2019 Events & Outings Issue Note from Angela: An Event-Filled Year [...]
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Snowy View from Orcas Island | Adam Griesemer In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: Expanding Our Capacity Take [...]
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Trumpeter swans on San Juan Island | Joe Belcovson In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: A Recipe for [...]
Winter Bird Walk at Zylstra Lake Preserve
Trumpeter Swans on Zylstra Lake | Kurt Thorson Winter is a wonderful time to see migratory waterfowl, and Zylstra Lake Preserve [...]
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Red Mill Farm at Night | Rob Roy McGregor In this issue: Letter from Angela: Looking Ahead and Behind [...]
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In this issue: Community Conservation on Orcas Island, Night photos from Red Mill Farm, Fall Photos from Vendovi Island, and more ...
Community Conservation on Orcas
Mount Woolard Marsh | Photo: Steve Alboucq In October, we welcomed the donation of 47 acres of mixed forest and wetland [...]
Giving Tax Facts
Garry Oak acorns on Red Mill Farm The San Juan Preservation Trust cannot give you tax advice, but we can provide [...]
Our Annual Appeal—It’s Up to You!
Ellis Family Preserve | Photo by Shaun Hubbard We can only keep preserving the best of the San Juan Islands if [...]
Night at Red Mill Farm
SJPT Land Steward Rob Roy McGregor took these photos on a recent night at Red Mill Farm Preserve on San Juan [...]
Capturing Fall Photos on Vendovi
A group of photo enthusiasts boated to Vendovi Island on October 20 to capture images of autumn splendor. They found plenty, [...]
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In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: Planning our Future, Fred Whitridge (1922 - 2018), Welcome, Bailey!, Introducing the Land Trust Alliance and More!
Fred Whitridge (1922–2018)
Fred Whitridge with weed wrench and trophy pile of eradicated scotch broom Fred Whitridge, a philanthropic fixture on Orcas [...]
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View from the top of Guemes Mountain | Jeff Brennan In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: SJPT and [...]
Island Marble Butterfly Field Season Ends
Kathleen Foley tends an island marble butterfly habitat expansion plot on Frazer Homestead Preserve The rare island marble butterfly [...]
Note from Angela: SJPT and Our Resident Orcas
We all watched, heartbroken, as the orca known as J35 (aka Tahlequah) carried her dead calf around the Salish Sea for [...]
A Banner Year for Bluebirds: 2018 Update
Fledglings on a branch | Genevieve Shank The close of the 2018 breeding season marks the 12th consecutive season of the [...]
New Gann Society Markers
We recently introduced a new way of honoring late members of the Gann Society, who have left legacy gifts to the [...]
A Tribute to Kurt Thorson
While we all rely heavily on words to tell our stories, there is no substitute for a good photograph. When it [...]
Vendovi Wildflower Gallery
These photos of camas, spring gold, chocolate and fawn lilies were taken during a Tiptop League* outing to Vendovi Island on [...]