See Our May 2020 e-News
View from Turtlehead Preserve, Orcas Island | Kurt Thorson In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: Our Need for [...]
View from Turtlehead Preserve, Orcas Island | Kurt Thorson In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: Our Need for [...]
[Editor's note: A regional writer, whose pen name is Elle Cee Wallace, sent this poem to Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley Lewis [...]
Vendovi Island North Cove in the "Before Times" As San Juan County begins Phase 2 of our state’s re-opening process, I’m [...]
SJPT members gather in the "Before Times" It's clear now that the need to maintain physical distance and limit group sizes [...]
Congratulations to Rachel Snow (Friday Harbor High School) and Arla Sutton (Orcas Island High School)! A committee of Preservation Trust board members selected Rachel and Arla from a truly impressive group of applicants from across San Juan County.
We are pleased to announce the re-opening of Vendovi Island Preserve as of May 8, 2020, subject to Washington State guidelines and restrictions.
(L to R:) Elani, Josh, and Orion Johns on Orcas Island Elani and Orion drew pictures and took research notes [...]
We (the staff and board of the San Juan Preservation Trust) are, collectively, doing okay, and each one of us hopes [...]
Another troubling outcome of this pandemic is that local farmers aren't able to sell their produce to restaurants or hotels. With [...]
Have you taken some time recently to clear your mind from the weight of the world and reflect upon nature in [...]
One of the best backyard stewards we know, Thom Pence The San Juan Preservation Trust planned to go big in celebrating [...]
Dr. Drew Harvell with subjects of her 2016 book, Oceans of Glass | Jesse Winter “In Wildness is the preservation of [...]
Note From Angela Angela Anderson at home with Leo Dear Preservation Trust family and friends, I write this on [...]
On March 19, the Spring Equinox—four days before the "Stay Home" order confined us all to our homes and neighborhoods—we shot [...]
Spring wildflowers on Vendovi Island | Kurt Thorson UPDATED MARCH 24, 2020 Those of us who love the San Juan Islands [...]
Early-season Western Bluebirds on San Juan Island | Meg Drye Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley Lewis just received this note from two [...]
Welcome Kylie McLatchy, our new AmeriCorps team member who is doing a year of service with us.
We hope to award two $2,000 scholarships this year | Credit: PxFuel CC0 The San Juan Preservation Trust is offering up [...]
Conservation victories: Turtleback Mountain and Crow Valley, Orcas Island | Kurt Thorson Are you (or do you know) a nature-loving professional with [...]
It wouldn't count for much in truly snowy places, but the islands were cloaked in 2–6 inches of the cold white [...]
Beaverton campaign launch at our county fair booth in August | Staff photo We have good news to share. Thanks to [...]
Credit: David Lorens (University of Wisconsin-Madison) overlaid on Google Earth At the mention of land preservation, one's mind often fixates on [...]
Debby Clausen at Zylstra Lake, looking toward retirement | Staff photo When we posted this story about the long career of [...]
January Snow on Vendovi Island | Staff Archive In this month’s issue: Beaverton Campaign Update Debby's Swan Song Preserving [...]
Trumpeter Swans on Zylstra Lake | Kurt Thorson In this month’s issue: Trumpeter' Return Protecting Point Lawrence We're Hiring [...]
This map shows conservation lands on Orcas Island's Point Lawrence We were pleased in November 2019 when Washington State Parks and [...]
If you sleep with your windows open, you may have noticed the morning songs of passerines (songbirds) gradually diminishing, until one [...]
Volunteer Planting Native Wildflowers on Henry Island | Staff Archive In this month’s issue: Accolade for Angela A Sunny [...]
On October 11, Andrew Bowman, president and CEO of the Land Trust Alliance, invited SJPT Executive Director Angela Anderson to join [...]
Campaign launch at county fair “Beaverton” is the name of a scenic valley, a busy road, and the largest [...]