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Director’s Note | Summer 2025
For a moment, I wondered if we were going to miss out on June-uary and its cool respite before summer’s warmth settled. But happily Summer Solstice and rain coincided, and our [...]
Crescent Beach Preserve Forest Work on Orcas Island to begin in July
The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is advancing plans for a forest thinning and fuels reduction project on Crescent Beach Preserve. The effort is a collaboration between the Land Bank [...]
Agriculture Access Expands on San Juan Island
In February, San Juan County Council approved the long-term (20 year) agricultural lease with the San Juan Island Grange #966 for the Overmarsh Farm Commons (OFC) project at Beaverton Marsh Preserve, [...]
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 [...]