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Director’s Report
There are many signs of summer upon us in the Islands. The successive patterns of life take us from the arrival of swallows in the spring, to their nesting and fledging. [...]
Engaging Noxious Weed Control
So. Many. Weeds. At the Watmough Preserve Addition, Himalayan blackberries were cut down, mulched, and piled up to open up the historic orchard with help from the Islands Conservation Corps (ICC). [...]
Bringing Restoration Home
Eliza Habegger, nursery manager for The Salish Seeds Project, receives multiple requests annually regarding wildflower meadows, inspiring her to create the resource I want to seed a wildflower meadow to help [...]
Building Community
Preserves on Lopez and San Juan Islands have been bristling with sounds of swishing branches, gravel hitting shovel, and jovial comradery while our awesome community volunteers (affectionately referred to as Trail [...]
Turtleback Mountain Preserve Temporary Trail Closures
Project Overview In response to repeated road washouts, the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank retained a consultant in 2021 to evaluate the gravel road/trail network on its 1,600-acre Turtleback Mountain [...]
