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Partnering to Restore the Skagit
February 24, 2025At Skagit Land Trust, we are fortunate to collaborate with dedicated conservation program partners who help us protect and restore Skagit County’s special places. …
Share Your Talents with Us
February 24, 2025Skagit Land Trust manages over 10,000 acres of land and creates dozens of community events to connect people with the land each year. We have over 550 …
Wildlife Corridors Stitch Together Skagit Habitat
February 10, 2025The call of a bull elk can be eerie as it echoes across a valley on a quiet fall morning during rutting season. Visitors are …
Engaging Future Stewards of These Lands
January 1, 2025When kids in our youth programs visit a Trust property for the first time it can be much like Alice Through the Looking Glass. You …
Volunteer Spotlight: Phil McLoud
December 23, 2024Like many of the members and volunteers drawn to the Skagit Land Trust (SLT) community, Phil McLoud has long seen the importance of conserving natural …
Samish Island Project Partnership Thrives
December 23, 2024During the summer of 2024, Skagit Land Trust (the Trust) added 50 feet of shoreline on Padilla Bay to our Samish Island Conservation Area with help from …
Stewarding Barney Lake with Help from Beavers
December 10, 2024Many of us have good meals on our minds as the holidays approach and the weather cools – and the beavers at our Barney Lake Conservation …
The Outstanding Cascade River Gains Protection
November 25, 2024Too silty, too warm, too stagnant – a lot can go wrong when it comes to salmon habitat, especially if you’re a mother salmon looking …
Inspiring the Next Generation to Care for the Land
October 2, 2024In Summer of 2024, Skagit Land Trust took eight groups of Sedro-Woolley 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders to our Utopia Conservation Area. Immaculate Conception Regional School 3…
Hard Work Pays Off for Invasive Removal Teams
October 2, 2024Rapid-spreading invasive plants tend to take over the native vegetation in our forests and fields, so invasive species removal is a big part of Skagit …