I’m thrilled to be able to share some news about the property familiarly known on Orcas Island as Glenwood Inn. The Preservation Trust, in partnership with the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank, are the successful bidders on this 58-acre waterfront property, with its 1,857 feet of natural shoreline. This highly conservation-worthy parcel is now under contract for public acquisition and permanent conservation. Read more.

Ever since the Salish Seeds Nursery was established at the Preservation Trust's Red Mill Farm Preserve on San Juan Island in 2015, keeping tools, seeds, and workers out of the Pacific
Northwest weather was a challenge for the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank, which manages the nursery.

The Preservation Trust’s Forty-third annual meeting took place, virtually, on the evening of May 19, 2022. We recorded the event, and invite you to watch the whole thing, or just some of the highlights—including our featured presenter, Eliza Habegger, giving a wildflower-filled talk titled "Growing Together with the Salish Seeds Project."

The San Juan Preservation Trust is pleased to announce this year’s Climate Leadership Scholarship winners: Congratulations to Isara Greacen (Lopez Island High School) and Luke Fincher (Friday Harbor High School)! Meet them in our video interview.

Each year, the the Preservation Trust's staff selects a volunteer whose efforts exemplify the best qualities of all our valued volunteers—cheerful dedication and diligence in advancing SJPT’s mission. This year, Skip Bold from Shaw Island is being honored as the Volunteer of the Year for 2021–22. He’s a true example of a good island neighbor, certainly one we are privileged to have around! Take a boat ride with Skip as he talks about his work on the Marilyn and Fred Ellis Preserve.

Learn about practical uses for some of the native northwest floral species that were integral in the lives of the First Peoples and early settlers.

Tour the Tharald Homestead at the Marilyn and Fred Ellis Preserve and learn about what it took to begin a life in the islands in the 1800s.