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Keeping Barney Lake Remarkable “That Trumpeter Swans were nearly extinct, and Barney Lake played a central role in the recovery of the largest swans in …

Gary Miles and his wife, Betty first met with Skagit Land Trust in 1999 to discuss leaving their 10-acre forested property on Samish Island to the …

As stewards of over 6,000 acres of forestland in Skagit County, we get questions from landowners interested in learning more about how to best manage their …

With a funny name for an important part of the ecosystem, ‘snags’ refer to standing dead trees. Without snags, many different types of wildlife would …

Skagit Land Trust’s Conservation Easement on the Anacortes Community Forest Lands Grows by 253 Acres In Spring of 2020, 253 acres of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands …

One of Skagit Land Trust’s most beloved Conservation Areas, Hurn Field, just got bigger with the addition of five acres of floodplain salmon habitat. …

Thanks to an outpouring of community support, Skagit Land Trust purchased an additional 3.5 acres of nesting grounds for local Great Blue Herons at the March …

Thanks to overwhelming community support, Skagit Land Trust (the Trust) has purchased 50 more acres at the entrance to Samish Island and will manage this land …

In March of 2021, Skagit Land Trust and North Cascades Institute finalized a conservation easement on North Cascades Institute’s Confluence Property at the intersection of …

This fall, three properties with 3,300 feet of Skagit River shoreline and 44 acres of land were purchased near Day Creek and Lyman. This part of the …