Welcome to Jefferson Land Trust

Jefferson Land Trust is a private, non-profit, grass-roots organization. Our mission is to help the community preserve open space, working lands and habitat in Jefferson County on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.

Learn more about us and the properties we are protecting now and forever, and take a look at our conservation videos.

Chimacum's Glendale Farm Permanently Protected! As of May 26, 2009, a conservation easement held by Jefferson County and Jefferson Land Trust permanently protects Glendale Farm in Chimacum. At 180 acres Glendale Farm in Chimacum, in operation since 1857, is one of the largest single agricultural properties remaining in Jefferson County. The farm includes prime agricultural soils, over half a mile of East Chimacum Creek, and forested uplands. Now, thanks to the vision of owner Kirk Salvatore, this farm will provide food, fiber, and habitat for all future generations. The easement protects a buffer zone for salmon and wildlife habitat along the east fork of Chimacum Creek and protects the agricultural and forestry values of the property forever. Jefferson Land Trust worked with Jefferson County and Jefferson LandWorks C ... more »

Winona Wild 2009 Campaign for Quimper Wildlife Corridor The City of Port Townsend, Jefferson Land Trust, and Friends of Cappy’s Woods have launched a campaign to keep the Winona Wetlands wild by raising $100,000 over the next few months. That amount is needed to match a Conservation Futures grant recently approved by the Jefferson County Commissioners. Funds raised by this campaign will protect approximately five acres in the Winona Basin Fowlers Park Plat. Most of these parcels are at the bottom of Cook Avenue and include 31 platted parcels and the South Reserve. Ecologists have identified this area as having the highest habitat values in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor. The properties proposed for permanent protection have wetland, buffer, and mature forest characteristics, making them a high priority for permanent protection. < ... more »

Staffing Changes Highlight Continuity at Jefferson Land Trust Port Townsend, WA. March 10, 2009—The board of directors of Jefferson Land Trust, Jefferson County’s private, nonprofit conservation organization, announced today that JLT Conservation Director Sarah Spaeth will become the Land Trust’s new executive director effective April 15, 2009. Spaeth, who has worked at Jefferson Land Trust since 1996, will combine her current role as conservation director with that of executive director. Jefferson Land Trust’s current executive director, Heidi Eisenhour, will be transitioning to a half-time position as development director for JLT. The transition is due to the demands of her husband’s sculpture business, which has expanded significantly in the last year. “Directing Jefferson Land Trust was my dream job, and the past two years I lived that d ... more »