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Community Benefits When Conservation Agencies Cross-Pollinate
The Land Bank is collaborating with Friends of the San Juans (FOSJ) to advance shoreline restoration efforts on Orcas and Lopez Islands. Led by FOSJ Science Director, Tina Whitman, projects at [...]
Director’s Note | Spring 2025
The first three months of 2025 have flown by at the speed of a Hummingbird’s wings, with staff working at a similar pace. In the last 90+ days, over 5,000 native [...]
Land Bank to Sell a Portion of Frazer Homestead Preserve to National Park Service
During this week’s meeting, San Juan County Council held a public hearing and spent time with Conservation Land Bank staff reviewing the sale of a portion of the Frazer Homestead Preserve [...]
County Announces Trail Funding to be Used on Land Bank’s Beaverton Marsh Preserve
During today’s meeting, San Juan County Council reviewed the most recent iteration of the ‘Trail Project’ for which the County received $5.2 million in federal funding in 2023. After a brief [...]
Public Meeting on Prescribed Fire in the San Juan Islands
A consortium of organizations is researching prescribed fire as a tool to reduce wildfire fuels in the San Juan Islands. Studies indicate that fire occurred every 6–15 years before Euro-American contact, [...]
