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Spring Street International School students planting trees that will capture atmospheric carbon We are pleased to announce the fifth [...]
A mossy bald area in the 58-acre Three Brothers Preserve | Staff archive Bells rang in the Preservation Trust's offices on [...]
Summer intern with former SJPT board member (and internship program namesake) Fred Ellis The San Juan Preservation Trust (SJPT) [...]
See the online version of our 2023 Winter / Year in Review Dispatch See this issue as a PDF [...]
View from the new trail on the south side of Turtleback Mountain | Staff Archive The Turtleback Mountain Preserve has been [...]
Volunteer Peter Zangrillo and Land Steward Meghan Howard at Northeast Shore Preserve, Orcas Island | Staff archive The San Juan [...]
Kayakers off the North Shore Preserve, Orcas Island | Staff archive In this month’s issue: North Shore: A Preserve [...]
Progress towards opening the North Shore Preserve on Orcas Island is being made, but the Preservation Trust's campaign to complete the project isn't over yet.
A banded Western Bluebird perched, San Juan Island, April 2023 | Kathy Finholm The seventeenth(!!!) year of the San [...]
The San Juan Preservation Trust proudly announced that the independent Land Trust Accreditation Commission has renewed the San Juan Preservation Trust's accreditation for another five-year period, indicating that SJPT upholds the highest standards of finance, governance, and stewardship of the lands under its protection.
A galaxy of shooting stars blossomed on the Cady Mountain Preserve Addition this spring | Staff archive In the heart of [...]
WA Conservation Corps crew members pause for a pose during Beaverton trail work
A Western Bluebird in flight in San Juan Valley | Kathy Finholm The 2023 bluebird season--the seventeenth year of the [...]
Land Bank Field Assistant Jacob Wagner chats with SJPT staff at Halvorsen Rd trailhead Staff members and volunteers of the San [...]
We published an earlier version of this story two years ago, in the summer of 2021, when the U.S. Fish and [...]
Elementary students at Shaw Island School show a "Welcome" bench they decorated and installed at the Graham Preserve on Shaw Island, where students have created "mini-prairies" by planting Garry oak seedlings along with other plants typical of coastal oak prairies.
This June and July, Land Bank will be temporarily closing sections of trail on Turtleback Mountain Preserve while culverts are being replaced.
Adult Island Marble Butterfly on a field mustard plant, May 2023 | Marianne Tynan Late in May, Kathleen [...]
Two Orcas High School grads, Justin Krisch-Derr and Roan Ontjes-DeGroot, won our 2023 Climate Leadership Scholarships.
Meet Kristin Tolle, the Preservation Trust's 2022-23 Volunteer of the Year.
Links to recording and videos shown during SJPT's 2023 annual meeting -- held via Zoom webinar on May 18, 2023.
The Preservation Trust has received a Washington State Heritage Capital Grant for repairs to historic structures at the Tharald Homestead on the Marilyn and Fred Ellis Preserve, Shaw Island.
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?
You're invited to attend SJPT's 44th Annual Meeting, to be held virtually on Thursday, May 18 at 5pm.
We are pleased to announce the fourth year of the San Juan Preservation Trust's Climate Leadership Scholarship program. The 2023 scholarship [...]
See our Valentine's video, 2023 events and outings schedule, swan-count results, photo contest winners, and more!
Swans on San Juan Island's Zylstra Lake during the 2023 Swan Count | staff archive Each year for the past few [...]