The Swan Count Results Are In!
Trumpeter swans on Zylstra Lake | Kurt Thorson SJPT Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley, who coordinates the annual swan count [...]
See Our January 2018 e-News
In this month’s issue: Note from Tim: A Peerless Family Legacy (Ellis Family Preserve) Ellis Family Donates Record-Breaking Shaw Island Preserve [...]
The Henrys: Connected!
We are thrilled that, in these first days of 2018, we can declare the successful completion of our $1.95 million Campaign [...]
Ellis Family Donates Record-Breaking Shaw Island Preserve
On the last day of 2017, a closing took place that represented the largest donation—as measured in both acres and appraised [...]
Note from Tim: The Ellis Family’s Peerless Legacy
This quote, chiseled into the tombstone that stands above his final resting place on Shaw Island, tells you that Fred Ellis [...]
Zylstra Lake is a Done Deal!
On December 20, almost two years to the day since the San Juan County Land Bank and the Preservation Trust signed an [...]
SJPT Names New Executive Director
Angela Anderson to “Come Home” from Hawaii to the Salish Sea The board of trustees of the San Juan Preservation Trust [...]
End of Season 2017 Update
It’s been a good year for the San Juan Islands Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project! Here some stats and noteworthy events [...]
Ways of Giving: Year-End Reminder
As we launch our annual membership campaign and enter into the year-end giving season, we want to remind our members about two [...]
Saving Kelly’s Point
Our conservation partners at Skagit Land Trust have launched a campaign to acquire and permanently protect Kelly’s Point and Yellow Bluff [...]
License Plate Design Chosen
The votes were tallied in September, and San Juan Island artist Nancy Spaulding’s painting “Evening Passage” won the design contest for [...]
In Search of Forest Fungi
Last month’s “Forest Fungi Foray” outing to Waldron Island attracted an enthusiastic group of Preservation Trust members. All was in place for [...]
We Had a “Rally” Good Time
The Preservation Trust sent five staff members to the Land Trust Alliance Rally, held last month in Denver. Rally is an annual [...]
November 2017 Field Note by Susan Vernon
Arrival of the Swans On November 2, a friend calls to tell me the swans are back. … It is exhilarating to [...]
See our November 2017 e-News
In this month's issue: Field Note by Susan Vernon (Return of the Swans) License Plate Design Chosen A "Rally" Good Time [...]
Read the October 2017 Island Dispatch
See the web version of SJPT’s October 2017 (print) Island Dispatch! Featuring: Annual Campaign Preview Accreditation Renewed Profile: At Home on [...]
See Our September 2017 e-News
Click here to see our September 2017 "Postcard from the Islands" e-newsletter.
San Juan Preservation Trust Earns Accreditation Renewal
Awarded Second Five-Year Term as One of Nation’s Top Land Trusts Friday Harbor, Washington – At a time of political turmoil, one [...]
September 2017 Field Note by Susan Vernon
In the San Juans, September is a time of transition for the birds. The change seems subtle at first—recognition that the [...]
Zylstra Lake Update
Legislative Impasse Puts Major Funding Source in Limbo When the state legislature adjourned in July without passing a Capital Construction Budget, [...]
World Premiere by Young Local Filmmaker at the Wild & Scenic Film Fest
Celebrate the equinox on September 22 at Orcas Center with the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, an evening of inspiring documentaries [...]
See Our August 2017 e-News
August 2017 E-News Lineup Note from Tim: Off the Map (Westcott Bay) Summer Social Rocks Crow Valley (photo gallery) Tiptop League [...]
Kurt Thorson medical fund
HELPING A FRIEND IN NEED If you have seen many issues of our Island Dispatch newsletter, or received our campaign mailings, or perused our [...]
2017 Summer Social Photo Gallery
Our “Family Reunion” was a party to remember! About 100 SJPT members and guests gathered at Jeff & Angie Johnson’s historic [...]
August 2017 Note from Tim
Tenth birthday at Westcott Bay Shellfish Farm (birthday girl in center) | Photo: SJPT Staff Off the Map Oysters [...]
Send Us Your Photo(s) of the Month!
June 2017 Photo of the Month by Steve Alboucq Have you taken an especially striking nature photo in the San Juan Islands [...]
Hot Spots for Eclipse Viewing
Photo: ajmexico | CC by 2.0 Okay, so the solar eclipse on August 21 will not be full in [...]
See Our June 2017 e-News
June 2017 E-News Lineup Note from Tim: Something About Steve On the Trail of Two Rare Species Welcome to Our Summer [...]
On the Trail of Two Rare Species
Following SJPT’s 38th Annual Meeting in Friday Harbor last month, 20 SJPT members piled into a minibus and took off in [...]
Licensed to Drone
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 [...]