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Just Protected: Duckabush Mid-Reach Preserve

By Stephanie Wiegand | March 1, 2018

We’re celebrating a great success for wildlife on the Duckabush River this winter! Local sculptor Mark Fissler and his family worked with Jefferson Land Trust and our partners to protect 15 acres of their longtime family land in the middle reaches of the Duckabush River as a permanent wildlife preserve.

Snow Creek Uncas Preserve Grows

By Stephanie Wiegand | January 2, 2018

Snow Creek Uncas Preserve grew by almost three acres in the final days of 2017. Incremental successes like this have added up to over 350 acres protected in the area.

Report from the Field: Mission Creek Corrections Center Partnership

By Stephanie Wiegand | January 2, 2018

A big shout out to the Department of Corrections Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women work crew for their dedicated stewardship work on the Duckabush.

2017 Accomplishments Report

By Stephanie Wiegand | November 15, 2017

Grant Street Elementary School first and second graders come to Chimacum Creek with us every year. They release the coho salmon fry they have been raising in school and have a blast learning and playing out on the land! Photo by Wendy Feltham.

Thanks to your support, it has been an incredible year for protecting local farms, forests and wildlife habitat. Jefferson Land Trust is a grass-roots group founded on the involvement of community members. Together, we accomplish more than we ever could as individuals. This work is done on your behalf, with your help, and it is only possible through the passion and generosity of our community of supporters.

From Field Trip to Field Work

By Stephanie Wiegand | October 4, 2017

This summer, we were lucky to have intern Rian Plastow on the Land Trust team. We so appreciated her bright smile and the way she was always game to roll up her sleeves and and pitch in wherever needed, from leading volunteer work parties to helping with fundraising events. We were also thrilled to realize that we had met Rian before—as a student in one of the Land Trust’s first public school partnerships.

Snow Creek School Day

By Stephanie Wiegand | June 1, 2017

Blue Heron students surveyed microinvertebrates in Snow Creek. Credit Caitlin Battersby

A few weeks ago we headed out to Snow Creek with Blue Heron students to apply math and science lessons in the field. Students tested water quality in the stream, surveyed for macroinvertebrates, and put their math skills to work in a forestry lesson.

Youth Corps 2017

By Stephanie Wiegand | May 1, 2017

Youth Corps kids show off the flying squirrel nesting boxes they built. We'll monitor the boxes with wildlife cameras to see who takes up residence!

Five high school students spent their spring break working hard and learning about land stewardship in a stint as the Land Trust Youth Corps crew.

Winter Work for Summer Chum on Chimacum Creek

By Stephanie Wiegand | February 1, 2017

Jefferson Land Trust has been awarded a grant from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board to purchase land on Chimacum Creek’s north shore, near the estuary where Irondale Beach County Park is located.

Quimper Wildlife Corridor gains 2.5 acres

By Stephanie Wiegand | January 5, 2017

The Quimper Wildlife Corridor is a forested greenbelt which links a series of wetlands within Port Townsend.

Thanks to amazing generosity from people in our community, two and a half more acres have been protected in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor. Just as the Wildlife Corridor has been a labor of love by many people since the project began in the 1990’s, the newly protected parcels were preserved through the big hearts and generous actions of people who care about this place.

Short Family Farm, Protected Forever!

By Stephanie Wiegand | June 30, 2016

Roger and Sandy Short have ensured their family land, one of Jefferson County’s largest active farms, will never be subdivided or converted from agriculture. Home to popular products like delicious 100% grass-fed beef and “Magical Soil,” this 254-acre farm is an important anchor of Chimacum’s agricultural economy and community.