[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""] It wouldn't count for much in truly snowy places, but the islands were cloaked in 2–6 inches of the cold white stuff during the week before Martin Luther King Day, 2020. Here's a gallery of wintery island scenes from our week of snow days. 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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_imageframe image_id="110248|full" max_width="" style_type="none" blur="" stylecolor="" hover_type="none" bordersize="" bordercolor="" borderradius="" align="center" lightbox="no" gallery_id="" lightbox_image="" lightbox_image_id="" alt="" link="" linktarget="_self" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""]https://sjpt.org/wp-content/uploads/board-and-staff_120919_with-text.jpg[/fusion_imageframe][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""] SJPT Board & Staff, December 2019 For all those who have responded to our year-end annual appeal by renewing your SJPT membership, we can't thank you enough! If you have not yet renewed or joined, we hope you'll consider donating now . Or, in the spirit of the season, check out our list of 12 ways of giving: 12 Ways You Can Help Protect Special Island Places Become a member (or renew) by donating online. Donate appreciated securities. Donate monthly (scroll down to recurring donation section). Give through your donor advised fund . Give in honor or in memory of someone special (scroll down to "Is this gift in honor or in memory of someone?"). Add the San Juan Preservation Trust as a beneficiary of your retirement plan . Give through your IRA. Include the Preservation Trust in your will. Establish a Named Fund within the SJPT Endowment. Donate land or a conservation easement. Volunteer for a stewardship work party . Volunteer as a Land Steward, Photographer/videographer, etc. [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""] On October 11, Andrew Bowman, president and CEO of the Land Trust Alliance, invited SJPT Executive Director Angela Anderson to join the Land Trust Leadership Council, an elite group of nationally recognized leaders in the land trust field. In his invitation, Bowman wrote, “As an exceptional land trust executive director, you will bring valuable experience and perspectives to the group. I am excited for you to join this impressive cohort of innovative leaders who, like you, are interested in ensuring the vitality and effectiveness of the entire land trust community as it advances private land conservation in the U.S.” [caption id="attachment_110087" align="alignright" width="400"] Angela Anderson at 2019 SJPT Annual Meeting [/caption] “This is an elite group of, at most, 55 land trust executive directors out of more than 1,000 Land Trust Alliance member organizations,” said Keith Wentworth, president of the Preservation Trust’s Board of Trustees. “This an honor and testament to the leadership Angela has demonstrated in her previous work in Hawaii and, most importantly for us, her great work with the San Juan Preservation Trust since she joined us in February of 2018.” The purpose of the Alliance’s Leadership Council is to provide a forum for dialogue on emerging issues, promote collaboration between land trusts, and offer strategic advice to the Alliance. Angela Anderson was previously selected to participate in the Land Trust Alliance’s Wentworth Leadership Program (which is separate from the Leadership Council, and has no relation to board president Keith Wentworth). “I’m humbled and grateful to be part of the Alliance’s wonderful opportunities for professional growth and collaborative work with other emerging leaders in our field,” Angela said. “Especially now, as the effects of climate change ramp up the urgency of our work to conserve natural lands, strong leadership and effective collaboration are more important than ever. I’m honored to be part of such a supportive community in my leadership role at the San Juan Preservation Trust.” [/fusion_text][fusion_button link="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/October-2019-Postcard-from-the-Islands.html?soid=1130930897181&aid=7Unasx04qyk" text_transform="" title="" target="_self" link_attributes="" alignment="center" modal="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" color="default" button_gradient_top_color="" button_gradient_bottom_color="" button_gradient_top_color_hover="" button_gradient_bottom_color_hover="" accent_color="" accent_hover_color="" type="" bevel_color="" border_width="" border_radius="" border_color="" border_hover_color="" size="" stretch="default" icon="" icon_position="left" icon_divider="no" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset=""]RETURN TO E-NEWS[/fusion_button][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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The invasive insect, called the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), originated in Asia. Due to the lack of natural enemies in the eastern U.S., the pest could drive eastern hemlocks to extinction. For some states, like New York, where eastern hemlock is the third most common tree species, the infestation of HWA is altering the ecology and carbon cycle of their forests. Luckily for western hemlocks ( Tsuga heterophylla ) here in the Pacific Northwest, native predators have kept HWA in check. Two species of silver fly and a small beetle, whose larvae gobble up the woolly adelgid, are the reason that HWA is not a pest of concern and has not caused significant damage or decline to our western hemlocks. So, what does this all have to do with us? Contacted in August by a research technician and graduate student at Cornell University, we became aware of a project that is taking a deep look at the predators found on our islands who prevent HWA from overcoming our western hemlocks. The research team is looking into these predators’ life cycles and observing their role in forest ecology. SJPT Preserve Stewards are assisting the HWA survey by searching for hemlocks on our preserves that display the white cottony egg masses on twigs near the base of their needles indicative of the adelgid. Not long after we agreed to help, Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley spotted signs of HWA on one of our Lopez preserves! We are communicating with the Cornell research team to help them identify sites that could, perhaps, yield biological-control predators that are safe and effective in eastern forests. How interesting is it that our small islands could supply a resource to the greater East Coast, potentially making a huge impact on current eastern hemlock mortality trends? We thought this was worth a share. 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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repeat="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" video_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_image="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id=""] We're very happy to welcome Sierra O'Connell to the Preservation Trust staff as our Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator. Sierra joined us in September after finishing her second summer season as Coordinator/Leader of the San Juan Island Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). In that capacity, she partnered with the Preservation Trust, the County Land Bank, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and other land agencies to organize work projects for YCC crews. Previously she worked as a naturalist/kayak guide and managed the Seattle branch of an environmental testing equipment company. Sierra holds a BS degree in Environment and Occupational Health, is certified in wilderness first aid and as a master scuba diver, and is a trained yoga instructor. She finds peace in practicing yoga, free diving, commuting by bike, and searching for birds. “To me,” she says, “nothing is more rewarding than being immersed in nature while connecting with and working alongside fellow stewards of these abundantly beautiful islands.” [/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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