People & Places

New Fence = Cleaner Water

2021-12-07T12:12:20-08:00December 7th, 2021|

For years, we’ve been planning to build a fence on Red Mill Farm Preserve that keeps grazing cattle out of False [...]

All Tucked In

2021-11-19T08:26:36-08:00November 18th, 2021|

More than a thousand native plants are all tucked in for the season—and just in the nick of time! Volunteers helped [...]

A Trail Runs To It

2021-10-26T14:45:11-07:00October 25th, 2021|

Earlier this year, the Preservation Trust acquired a 42-acre property, now known as the Keel Preserve, on the east side of [...]

Golden Nest Box Award

2021-09-14T08:40:21-07:00September 7th, 2021|

Brian Clark and Rachel Merz | Staff archive It’s a Preservation Trust tradition to give a Golden Nest Box [...]

School Partnerships

2021-05-27T09:15:27-07:00May 26th, 2021|

This past year, we've made some of our preserves available as “learning landscapes” through partnerships with schools. We recognize the benefits [...]

Capturing Aspects of Nature

2021-07-16T13:25:21-07:00May 19th, 2021|

Aaron Vliet from Friday Harbor High School chose to work with the Preservation Trust to complete a community project this past [...]

Support Your Island Growers

2020-04-23T10:42:07-07:00April 16th, 2020|

Another troubling outcome of this pandemic is that local farmers aren't able to sell their produce to restaurants or hotels. With [...]

Pandemics and Preservation

2020-03-26T16:10:07-07:00March 26th, 2020|

Dr. Drew Harvell with subjects of her 2016 book, Oceans of Glass | Jesse Winter “In Wildness is the preservation of [...]

Preserving Our Night Sky

2020-11-02T17:02:42-08:00January 22nd, 2020|

Credit: David Lorens (University of Wisconsin-Madison) overlaid on Google Earth At the mention of land preservation, one's mind often fixates on [...]

A Swan’s Sounding Sojourn

2021-11-17T10:51:32-08:00November 15th, 2019|

If you sleep with your windows open, you may have noticed the morning songs of passerines (songbirds) gradually diminishing, until one [...]

Accolade for Angela

2019-10-21T14:26:18-07:00October 17th, 2019|

On October 11, Andrew Bowman, president and CEO of the Land Trust Alliance, invited SJPT Executive Director Angela Anderson to join [...]

Welcome, Sierra!

2019-10-03T13:08:42-07:00October 2nd, 2019|

We're very happy to welcome Sierra O'Connell to the Preservation Trust staff as our Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator. Sierra joined us [...]

Preserving a Peaceful Hilltop

2019-07-10T12:48:27-07:00July 10th, 2019|

Kip and Stanley Greenthal at their home on Pavey Hill Rain showers played tag with sunshine one morning in early June, [...]

Founder Emeritus: Tom Bayley

2019-05-16T18:09:37-07:00May 16th, 2019|

Tom Bayley has been a steady friend and staunch advocate of the San Juan Preservation Trust from the very beginning. He [...]

Night at Red Mill Farm

2018-11-29T12:51:26-08:00October 31st, 2018|

SJPT Land Steward Rob Roy McGregor took these photos on a recent night at Red Mill Farm Preserve on San Juan [...]

Fred Whitridge (1922–2018)

2018-10-03T19:31:32-07:00October 1st, 2018|

Fred Whitridge with weed wrench and trophy pile of eradicated scotch broom Fred Whitridge, a philanthropic fixture on Orcas [...]

Welcome, Bailey!

2018-09-27T07:30:38-07:00September 26th, 2018|

We're happy to announce that Bailey J. Quishenberry joined the Preservation Trust staff on September 17 as our new Development/Admin Specialist. [...]

A Super Summer Social

2018-11-07T12:26:49-08:00August 5th, 2018|

On July 28, 2018, more than 150 Preservation Trust members, friends, trustees, and staff gathered at the Ellis Family Preserve for [...]

A Tribute to Kurt Thorson

2018-08-30T08:46:51-07:00June 19th, 2018|

While we all rely heavily on words to tell our stories, there is no substitute for a good photograph. When it [...]

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