Celebrate the Year of the Bird on Sunday, May 6
From our friends at the San Juan County Land Bank: Western Tanager on Vendovi Island | Kurt Thorson Join [...]
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Camas blooming on Vendovi Island | Tom Dempsey In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: Buoyed by Our Shared [...]
Gallery of Signs on Vendovi and Turtlehead
In 2013, the San Juan Preservation Trust started working with Sea Reach, an outdoor exhibit design firm based in Sheridan, Oregon, [...]
March 2018 Note from Angela
Breaking for lunch during a cleanup day at the Ellis Family Preserve | Staff photo BUOYED BY OUR SHARED [...]
Honoring Tim Seifert
To recognize and celebrate all that Tim Seifert accomplished during his 15+ years as SJPT’s Executive Director, the board and staff have created [...]
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In this month’s issue: Field Note by Susan Vernon: Black Sea Pies Welcome to our New Executive Director 2018 Events & [...]
Amanda Azous’s Story
My parents came to the US as refugees after World War II and raised me in Seattle on Capitol Hill. Nature was [...]
2018 Events & Outings
April 7 Vendovi Wildflower Walk Read More Register SOLD OUT—Wait list only May 5 2018 Annual Meeting Read [...]
Field Note by Susan Vernon: Black Sea Pies
The last day of February I hear the startling wheep, wheep, wheep, wheep of four black oystercatchers as they come screaming down the [...]
The Swan Count Results Are In!
Trumpeter swans on Zylstra Lake | Kurt Thorson SJPT Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley, who coordinates the annual swan count [...]
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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 represents the largest donation—as measured in both acres and appraised value—that [...]
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 on [...]
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 “Postcard from the Islands”
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 [...]
Read Our September 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 [...]