VIEW TO THE SOUTH FROM TURTLEBACK | STAFF ARCHIVE
July 2019
Postcard from the Islands
Help us protect the islands you love!
NEWS FROM SJPT
NOTES FROM HEATHER:
In the field with our summer intern
Heather Rolph, this year’s Fred E. Ellis Summer Intern, submitted the following as she wound up her six-week term with us. She writes: " On May 20, I rode into Friday Harbor on the last ferry of the morning and pushed my bike up the ramp into the first spatters of rain. ...
BRAVE FLYER "AMELIA" | SUSAN VERNON
GOOD BUTTERFLY NEWS!
For the last several years, the only place in the world where the Island Marble Butterfly was known to live was in a few small patches on the seaside prairie at American Camp, near the southern end of San Juan Island. 

That changed in late May ...
THE GREENTHALS ON LOPEZ | STAFF ARCHIVE
PRESERVING A HILLTOP
Kip and Stanley Greenthal live on 25 wooded acres atop Pavey Hill, a prominent rise near Mud Bay on Lopez Island. Last fall, they donated a conservation easement on their land to the Preservation Trust. Here's their story ...
HISTORIC BARN AT THE ELLIS PRESERVE
OPEN PRESERVE DAYS
If you’d like to visit the Ellis Family Preserve on Shaw Island, you have three golden opportunities this summer. We’ll be holding Open Preserve Days, when the gates and doors will be open to the public from noon to 4:00 p.m. on three dates: July 13, Aug. 17, and Sept. 21.
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The Gann Society is a group of individuals who have notified us that they have provided for the San Juan Preservation Trust in their
estate plans.

Protect these islands for generations to come with a bequest to SJPT. 
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 13 Ellis Open Preserve Day
The Ellis Family Preserve on Shaw will be open to the public. Come look around!

Noon–4:00pm
July 21 Forest Immersion Walk
Slow down and connect with nature at Zylstra Lake Preserve, San Juan Island.

10:30am–2:30pm
August 14–17 San Juan County Fair
Visit us at our booth, where we'll be introducing an exciting new project.

10:30am–2:30pm
August 17 Ellis Open Preserve Day
The Ellis Family Preserve will be open to the public. Check out the Shed Sale.

Noon–4:00pm
Sept. 21 Ellis Open Preserve Day
Third and final day this summer when the amazing Ellis preserve will be open.

Noon–4:00pm
Sept. 21 Sunset Walk on Turtleback
Bring the family for some almost-equinox fun on Turtleback Mountain.

5:00pm–7:45pm
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
PHOTO BY SUSAN VERNON
Island marble butterfly larva feeding on field mustard ( Brassica rapa ) at Frazer Homestead Preserve, San Juan Island, June 16, 2019 (see our story "Good Butterfly News," above).

The photographer, Susan Vernon, titled this photo "Holding On." The image of this exceedingly rare baby island marble clinging to its host plant, she asserts, " says everything to me about hope and survival.”

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