From the shoreline to the timberlands, we are protecting some of Jefferson County’s most fertile farmland, richest spawning grounds and busiest wildlife corridors. Come with us on a journey up the watershed!
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10:00 AM Work Party
Tuesday, September 23 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Lower Donovan Creek Preserve • Dear Donovan, Over the years you have shared so much – expansive views, an ever-changing creek, young plantings, and a true assortment of noxious weeds! Thanks to the work of many over the years the Preserve is more and more […]
12:00 PM
Saturday, September 27 • noon – 4:00 pm • Chimacum Ridge Community Forest • 9/15: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. You’re welcome to explore the forest 7 days a week, dawn til dusk, at 1717 Center Road, Chimacum. Please join us to celebrate the official opening of Chimacum Ridge Community Forest — a place rooted in […]
9:00 AM
Join Tim Lawson, Chair of the Chimacum Ridge Board of Managers, on a deep dive walking tour to explore the natural history, geology, and future of 918-acre Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. (Multiple dates available.) Learn more about the tours here. Click on the RESERVE NOW button to see tour dates and register for one of […]
Tuesday, October 14 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Illahee Preserve • Calling all who love forests, streams, and salmon! At Illahee Preserve we will be grubbing out non-native blackberry vines that tend to overtake our native plants along the open areas and trail edges of this beloved preserve. We’ll pause for a break […]
Tuesday, October 28 • 10:00 am – 1:00 pm • Quimper Wildlife Corridor • This is the beginning of the settling-in season: time for cozy homes and storing away food. This week, we’ll make homes for wildlife as we lift, drag, and maneuver smaller trees to build surrogate “nurse logs”. This activity will require teamwork […]
Welcome home, salmon! Hood Canal summer chum are now returning from the ocean to spawn in Snow and Salmon Creeks, the Duckabush River, and Chimacum Creek. We encourage you to go see this amazing natural phenomenon at Snow Creek Estuary Preserve, Duckabush Oxbow & Wetlands Preserve, and/or Illahee Preserve. Salmon make their epic journeys, swimming […]
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Update 9/15: This event is sold out. You’re welcome to visit the forest 7 days a week, dusk til dawn, at 1717 Center Road, Chimacum. On Saturday, September 27 from noon – 4:00 pm, you’re invited to join us for a milestone more than a decade in the making: the official Grand Opening of Chimacum […]
The 23rd Annual Jefferson County Farm Tour is coming up on the weekend of September 13-14! On Saturday and Sunday, the community is invited to visit 13 featured agricultural properties across Jefferson County for self-guided tours. This beloved annual event is a great opportunity to explore your local farms, meet the farmers who care for […]
“Tamanowas Rock-it’s the most sacred place… It’s the home of our ancestors. Our spirits are there.”
“To think that a place as beautiful as this will be here, undisturbed, and get to grow into an old forest again…That’s a big, big, big idea.”
“My husband’s family has been farming in Washington for five generations, and the working lands efforts of Jefferson Land Trust give us hope that our boys and other youth of this county will indeed have farmland to work if they so choose.”
“The Olympic Peninsula is the crown jewel among America’s natural wonders and deserves careful attention to preserve what wildness is still here. Because Jefferson Land Trust is a leader in the conservation of a large part of the Olympic Peninsula, I have looked to the Land Trust for opportunities to help in the preservation of this wonderful environment.”
