Volunteers Galore: A 2024 Recap of Community Conservation
SJPT's first-ever volunteer work party at the Reef Island Preserve | Jeff Brennan As the saying goes, “many hands make light [...]
Better Together: Renew Our Land Bank!
Preservation Trust and Conservation Land Bank staff visiting Beaverton Marsh Preserve, San Juan Island | Staff archive As the election quickly [...]
Busy as Beavers at Crow Valley Creek
The San Juan Preservation Trust and Conservation District’s Islands Conservation Corps (ICC) were hard at work last month to create [...]
Three Partners Celebrate Youth Stewardship
Youth Conservation Corps participants showcase project overviews with open house visitors | Staff archive The Preservation Trust and the [...]
Members Make a Difference
SJPT stewardship staff and volunteers tending to a riparian restoration area at JB Farm Preserve on Orcas Island | Staff [...]
2024 Western Bluebird Midseason Update
A Western Bluebird in flight | Kathy Finholm The 2024 bluebird season—the eighteenth year of the San Juan Preservation Trust’s [...]
Meet SJPT’s 2024 Summer Intern!
We are pleased to introduce you to Liz Szafranski, the San Juan Preservation Trust's 2024 Fred E. Ellis summer intern! Liz [...]
Honoring Three Bluebird Project “Angels”
If our Western Bluebird Project had a motto, it might be adapted from a quotation from the contemporary Turkish novelist and [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Peter Zangrillo
Volunteer Peter Zangrillo and Land Steward Meghan Howard at Northeast Shore Preserve, Orcas Island | Staff archive The San Juan [...]
Island Marble Butterflies Spotted at Frazer Preserve
Adult Island Marble Butterfly on a field mustard plant, May 2023 | Marianne Tynan Late in May, Kathleen [...]
Kristin Tolle: 2022-23 Volunteer of the Year
Meet Kristin Tolle, the Preservation Trust's 2022-23 Volunteer of the Year.
“Most Wanted” Noxious Weeds
Six of San Juan County's Most Notorious Plant Invaders Notes on weeds from Jason Ontjes Program Coordinator, San Juan County Noxious [...]
New Fence = Cleaner Water
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
More than a thousand native plants are all tucked in for the season—and just in the nick of time! Volunteers helped [...]
Lichen: Life Working Together
By Rob Roy McGregor, SJPT Land Steward Last winter, I became a bit obsessed with lichens, and like a mad numerologist [...]
A Golden Opportunity
Golden paintbrush, a showy yellow wildflower, once thrived throughout coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, including here in the San Juan [...]
See Garry Oak “Director’s Cut”
Watch the full "director's cut" version of our documentary video, "What's So Great About Garry Oaks?"
From Eyesore to Oasis
Our 2020 summer interns transformed a rotting stump into a pollinator garden Summer interns Georgia Drost and Emma Jacobs made the [...]
Summer Comes to the Ellis Preserve
“The lovely flowers embarrass me. They make me regret I am not a bee…” –Emily Dickinson At the Marilyn and Fred [...]
Earth Month Pledge for Earth Day’s 50th!
One of the best backyard stewards we know, Thom Pence The San Juan Preservation Trust planned to go big in celebrating [...]
Participate in Orca Recovery Day on October 19th!
Spyhopping Southern Resident Orca | Steve Smith The Southern Resident Killer Whales that call Puget Sound home are critically endangered. By [...]
See All Our 2019 Events
SJPT members at Iceberg Point, Lopez Island Special 2019 Events & Outings Issue Note from Angela: An Event-Filled Year [...]
See the Winter 2018 Dispatch Newsletter
Red Mill Farm at Night | Rob Roy McGregor In this issue: Letter from Angela: Looking Ahead and Behind [...]
The Swan Count Results Are In!
Trumpeter swans on Zylstra Lake | Kurt Thorson SJPT Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley, who coordinates the annual swan count [...]
A Crew of Strong Young Backs
SJPT’s stewardship staff members (all three of them) rely on our hardy volunteers to help pull weeds, build trails, and accomplish [...]
End of Season 2016 Update
Another season of the San Juan Islands Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project has come to a close. As with every season since [...]
Illegal Clear-Cutting on Fidalgo Preserve
The owner of an Anacortes bed & breakfast establishment has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement for illegally clear-cutting a waterfront [...]
Releasing Garry Oaks
This video, produced by the Washington Conservation Corps, shows the work to restore important Garry oak habitat on Turtleback Mountain! [...]
A Willing Volunteer … of the Year
Introducing our 2013 Volunteer of the Year: PETER WILLING Our 2013 Volunteer of the Year certainly lives up to his last [...]
Reestablishing Golden Indian Paintbrush on San Juan Island
Several years ago, the caretaker for a shoreline property along San Juan Island’s west side discovered a beautiful little golden flower. [...]