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Private Water Holders Aid Coho Salmon Returning to Cascade Creek
For the second time in several years, voluntary donations of critical flow into Cascade Creek helped enable spawning by the last known wild salmon run in the San Juan Islands. On [...]
Interim Watmough Preserve Addition Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its Interim Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for the Watmough Addition on Lopez Island. You can download a copy of [...]
Greener Pastures – Agricultural Lime Application on Land Bank Farmland
Please Excuse the Dust! Zylstra Lake Preserve will be closed to public access Saturday, September 24 and possibly Sunday, September 25 for agricultural lime application. To maintain and support long-term soil [...]
Supporting Local Garry oak Restoration Efforts
Two Conservation Land Bank preserves, Mount Grant (San Juan Island) and Turtleback Mountain (Orcas Island) will benefit from a USDA Forest Service “Landscape Scale Restoration Grant” that was secured by Washington [...]
Director’s Note
The summer flew by with a smorgasbord of activities: applying for grants, creating new trailheads (and trails!), working on management plans, leading guided walks on newly acquired properties, meeting people at [...]
