We caught a glimpse of this fuzzy wuzzy — Platyprepia virginalis — after setting out the first traps of the season for the WSG Crab Team: Green Crab Monitoring Program at Third Lagoon. The white stripe down the […]

Over the last two weeks our local Civilian Conservation Corps has helped stewardship staff plant close to 5,000 bare root plants and forbs on Orcas and San Juan Island Preserves. Stewardship coordinator, Erin Halcomb, captured […]

A recent visitor to Zylstra Lake Preserve alerted us to a Bald Eagle’s nest she spotted during her walk, so we checked in with Shona Aitken, Education Coordinator at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center on what to expect as spring emerges around us, and tips […]

Did you know that local, state, federal, and non-profit conservation land management agencies have a working group that helps coordinate and support each other’s work? The Land Bank helped establish the San Juan Islands Terrestrial […]

Wolf Hollow Update on Bald Eagles Found at Mount Grant Preserve

– submitted by Shona Aitken, Education Coordinator | Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

We thought you might like to hear a little more about the two Bald Eagles that were unfortunately found dead atop Mount Grant […]

Tom Marschner and his faithful walking companion, Ellie the Golden Retriever, encountered a rare and sad occurrence while hiking Mount Grant Preserve Friday afternoon. Nearing the summit, they discovered a pair of dead Bald Eagles splayed out […]

Orcas Field Assistant, Kayla Seaforth, and Salish Seeds Project Nursery Assistant, Sarah Benson, begin planting seedlings on Turtleback Mountain Preserve during a January deluge. With the help of the Washington Conservation Corps (WCC), 14,000 native seedlings […]

A conservation easement owner admires a snag (standing dead tree) on his property. Dead trees are a bit of a misnomer. They teem with life. A variety of fungi, insects, amphibians, birds and mammals utilize snags. In […]

A new bird species for our list! Last week a Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) was spotted at Zylstra Lake Preserve by San Juan Preservation Trust’s new conservation director, Vickie Edwards, bumping our total to 108. Although widespread […]