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Click here to see our September 2017 "Postcard from the Islands" e-newsletter.
Click here to see our September 2017 "Postcard from the Islands" e-newsletter.
Awarded Second Five-Year Term as One of Nation’s Top Land Trusts Friday Harbor, Washington – At a time of political turmoil, one [...]
In the San Juans, September is a time of transition for the birds. The change seems subtle at first—recognition that the [...]
Legislative Impasse Puts Major Funding Source in Limbo When the state legislature adjourned in July without passing a Capital Construction Budget, [...]
Celebrate the equinox on September 22 at Orcas Center with the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, an evening of inspiring documentaries [...]
August 2017 E-News Lineup Note from Tim: Off the Map (Westcott Bay) Summer Social Rocks Crow Valley (photo gallery) Tiptop League [...]
HELPING A FRIEND IN NEED If you have seen many issues of our Island Dispatch newsletter, or received our campaign mailings, or perused our [...]
Our “Family Reunion” was a party to remember! About 100 SJPT members and guests gathered at Jeff & Angie Johnson’s historic [...]
Tenth birthday at Westcott Bay Shellfish Farm (birthday girl in center) | Photo: SJPT Staff Off the Map Oysters [...]
June 2017 Photo of the Month by Steve Alboucq Have you taken an especially striking nature photo in the San Juan Islands [...]
Photo: ajmexico | CC by 2.0 Okay, so the solar eclipse on August 21 will not be full in [...]
June 2017 E-News Lineup Note from Tim: Something About Steve On the Trail of Two Rare Species Welcome to Our Summer [...]
Following SJPT’s 38th Annual Meeting in Friday Harbor last month, 20 SJPT members piled into a minibus and took off in [...]
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, drones—the remote-controlled, helicopter-like gadgets that have inspired a whole new generation of potato guns—can be a [...]
SJPT’s stewardship staff members (all three of them) rely on our hardy volunteers to help pull weeds, build trails, and accomplish [...]
We had so many strong applicants for our Fred E. Ellis Summer Internship that we just had to choose two of [...]
During my 15 years as executive director of the San Juan Preservation Trust, I’ve worked for 64 dedicated volunteers who have [...]
From Executive Director Tim Seifert: After 15 years at the helm of this exceptional organization, I have informed our board of [...]
Our own Keith Wentworth and Thor Hanson are the recipients of 2017 Finnie Awards from the Stewardship Network of the San [...]
On Earth Day Eve (April 21), 2017, group of volunteers and SJPT staff created a new trail across the Henry Island Isthmus [...]
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(We Love You) For Conservation Reasons A Valentine's message to You, our dear friends and supporters: Original tune: "(We Love You) [...]
MORE GREAT NEWS! We learned last week that Zylstra Lake, another of our joint projects with the San Juan County Land [...]
WE DID IT! After two years of fundraising, the $4.2 million Campaign for Mount Grant Preserve has come to a successful [...]
DALE HAZEN, INDEFATIGABLE ISLAND HERO (1928-2016) Dale Hazen (1928-2016) It is with both sadness and fond memories that we [...]
Another season of the San Juan Islands Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project has come to a close. As with every season since [...]
Hull Conservation Easement, Henry Island As our maples and oaks slumber on windswept hillsides and our wild lilies lie [...]
Preservation Trust, County Land Bank must raise $2.5 million to acquire San Juan Island Lake Acting swiftly to thwart a proposed housing [...]
A birds’ eye view of feeding time on Cattle Point Road. Video via GoPro 3 by Evan Foley Working [...]
The San Juan Preservation Trust has enlisted Jim Toomey, a marine conservationist and creator of the internationally-syndicated comic strip “Sherman’s Lagoon,” to [...]