Your Membership Matters
SJPT stewardship staff explaining wetland restoration work at community event | Staff archive How Your Support Protects and Restores [...]
UW Researchers Partner with Preservation Trust Staff on Vendovi
Featured in Cascadia Daily News: University of Washington researchers and Preservation Trust staff team up to study Vendovi Island’s charismatic seabirds. Urgent fundraising is needed before August 31 to restore the breakwater that supports their habitat.
Healthy Farms, Healthy Sea: Fencing Red Mill Farm Preserve
How 2,600 feet of fencing is protecting Red Mill Farm and the Salish Sea. When we protect our island freshwater, the benefits flow all the way to the Salish Sea.
Breakwater Birds—Vendovi Island’s Pigeon Guillemot Nursery
An aging breakwater on Vendovi Island Preserve supports public trail access and one of the Salish Sea's most charismatic seabirds.
How Today’s Gann Society Protects Tomorrow’s San Juans
Dodie and Ernest Gann It Started with a Skier, a Pilot, and a Vision. In 1980, Olympic ski captain [...]
Konrad Liegel: Our Legal Superhero
Watch our video honoring Konrad Liegel as the recipient of SJPT's inaugural conservation lifetime achievement award At [...]
Announcing Our 2026 Climate Leadership Scholarship Winners
2026 Climate Leadership Award Winners. Left to Right: Flora Vaught, Matthew Van Dyck | Courtesy photos Please join us in [...]
Keeping an Island Open: Repairing Vendovi’s Breakwater
Links to recording and videos shown during SJPT's 2023 annual meeting -- held via Zoom webinar on May 18, 2023.
The Mt. Ben West Preserve Is Now Protected!
We are thrilled to share that the 30-acre Mt. Ben West Preserve on San Juan Island is now permanently protected as [...]
Board of Directors Election 2026
Two new candidates have been nominated to serve on the Preservation Trust’s Board of Directors for the 2026–2029 term, [...]
A Long Journey Home: Ro Veidovi and the Island That Bears His Name
Drawing of Ro Veidovi by U.S. Exploring Expedition artist Alfred T. Agate| Courtesy American Historical Society The island in [...]
2026 Swan Count Wrap-Up
Three Trumpeter Swans, Credit: Phil Green The San Juan Preservation Trust recently completed its annual Winter Swan Count for the [...]
2026 Climate Leadership Scholarships Now Open
Last year’s scholarship winners recognized at the 2025 Summer Social on Orcas Island: Matilda Twigg (left) and Nonie Prout (right) | Staff [...]
Planting for Freshwater
At JB Farm Preserve on Orcas Island, restoration of Crow Valley Creek has unfolded over multiple phases, each [...]
Lopez Island’s Beecher Preserve: A Place Kept by Many
Hikers exploring the Beecher Preserve, Lopez Island | Credit: Will Fisher Centrally located on Lopez Island, the Beecher Preserve protects [...]
See Our 2025 Year in Review
See the online version of our 2025 Winter / Year in Review Dispatch
Small Burns, Big Benefits for Island Forests
On a dewy October morning, a half-dozen Islands Conservation Corps (ICC) crew members joined SJPT staff in lugging [...]
Together for Salmon
Kayakers traveling by the North Shore Preserve on Orcas Island | Staff archive 50 Miles of Hope: Ensuring a Future [...]
Membership Matters
SJPT stewardship staff working alongside the Youth Conservation Corps on Lopez Island | Staff archive How Your Support Protects [...]
A Successful Season for Western Bluebirds
As the 19th season of our Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project comes to a close, we are excited to share some incredible [...]
Goodbye Electric Bills, Hello Sunshine Credits
New solar panel install at Red Mill Farm Preserve on San Juan Island. The San Juan Preservation Trust Goes Solar! [...]
Vendovi Breakwater Repairs: Help Keep the Preserve Open!
Links to recording and videos shown during SJPT's 2023 annual meeting -- held via Zoom webinar on May 18, 2023.
2025 Climate Leadership Award Winners
Links to recording and videos shown during SJPT's 2023 annual meeting -- held via Zoom webinar on May 18, 2023.
From Aviary to Oak: Translocating Western Bluebirds
Above: Video highlighting SJPT's recent Western Bluebird translocation on San Juan Island In early June, Preservation Trust stewardship [...]
From the Salish Sea to Washington D.C.
Links to recording and videos shown during SJPT's 2023 annual meeting -- held via Zoom webinar on May 18, 2023.
Western Bluebird Record Count: 2025 Mid-Season Update
A Western Bluebird | Staff Archive It has been a thrilling week for the Preservation Trust and our beloved Western [...]
Announcing Our 2025 Volunteer of the Year
Links to recording and videos shown during SJPT's 2023 annual meeting -- held via Zoom webinar on May 18, 2023.
2025 Annual Meeting Recap
Links to recording and videos shown during SJPT's 2023 annual meeting -- held via Zoom webinar on May 18, 2023.
From the Amazon to Our Shores: A Vendovi Island Migration Story
View of the North Cove from the Homestead Property on Vendovi Island | Staff archive Every April on Vendovi [...]
Board of Directors Election 2025
New Candidate Jamie Stephens In 1996, Jamie and his wife, Lauren, relocated to Lopez Island with their family. [...]
