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April flowers on Vendovi Island | Staff archive Slowly and cautiously, we are happy to be adding an increasing [...]
April flowers on Vendovi Island | Staff archive Slowly and cautiously, we are happy to be adding an increasing [...]
New SJPT preserve: Ihiya Biological Preserve on San Juan Island, acquired in December 2021.
We are pleased to announce the third year of the San Juan Preservation Trust's Climate Leadership Scholarship program. The 2022 scholarship [...]
Our 2022 Swan Count Photo Contest Winner: Trumpeter Swan Pair with Cackling Goose | Val Viers The 2022 Annual Wintering Swan [...]
Snow geese graze with Canada cousins at Zylstra Lake | Val Veirs Great day for counting birds! | Ross Lockwood [...]
View across Upright Channel toward Mt. Baker | Christopher Teren In this month’s issue: New (To Us) Preserve Announcing [...]
Trumpeter Swan on Cascade Lake, Orcas Island | Credit: Steve Alboucq Our Winter 2021-22 "Island Dispatch" newsletter sums up Conserve, Care, [...]
American robin uses ptiloerection (fluffed-up feathers) to stay warm | SJPT staff photo Bitter cold, howling winds, snow and ice: These [...]
You may have noticed that swans have returned to our islands—splashing and bobbing in undisturbed wetlands, lakes, and other bodies of [...]
Harbor porpoise off Westside Preserve, San Juan Island | Michael Noonan In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: Please [...]
For years, we’ve been planning to build a fence on Red Mill Farm Preserve that keeps grazing cattle out of False [...]
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Many of you might have received our Annual Membership Activation letter in the mail. As a reminder—or for those who didn't [...]
More than a thousand native plants are all tucked in for the season—and just in the nick of time! Volunteers helped [...]
Earlier this year, the Preservation Trust acquired a 42-acre property, now known as the Keel Preserve, on the east side of [...]
We're harvesting kilowatt-hours at Red Mill Farm. Soaking up some rays: Rob Roy McGregor and Thom Pence inspect the [...]
By Rob Roy McGregor, SJPT Land Steward Last winter, I became a bit obsessed with lichens, and like a mad numerologist [...]
Snow geese on the wing | Public domain (CC 1.0) While I was gathering seeds last week—a favorite activity this time [...]
Youth Conservation Crew at Phelps Preserve, San Juan Island | Staff archive In this month’s issue: Patience Pays Off [...]
"Celebrating Cedar" event at the Ellis Preserve, Shaw Island After more than a year of COVID-necessitated hiatus, we were delighted to [...]
Preservation Trust staff and a great number of bluebird volunteers once again led the charge in supporting the Western Bluebird population [...]
Brian Clark and Rachel Merz | Staff archive It’s a Preservation Trust tradition to give a Golden Nest Box [...]
Golden paintbrush, a showy yellow wildflower, once thrived throughout coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, including here in the San Juan [...]
Protecting Richardson Marsh has “been a lot of years in coming, but it's exciting.” –Linda Hoedemaker Richardson [...]
The Salish Seeds Project promotes native-plant diversity and makes habitat restoration possible. The San Juan Islands are [...]
We received a nice shot in the arm in August that had nothing to do with COVID. Rather, it was a [...]
Sunset Beach, Vendovi Island | Heather Bansmer In this month’s issue: New Orcas Preserve Midseason Updates Western Bluebird [...]
In the Coast Salish Indian language, Spálhxen refers to the coastal prairie ecosystem, which is characterized by the interrelationships between key [...]
Pete Kilpatrick on Glacier Peak, July 2020 Pete at Red Mill Farm Preserve, June 2021 [...]
Looking for larvae at Frazer Homestead Preserve | Staff archive In May and June, all over the south end of San [...]