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Staff Book Recommendations
February 20, 2020Please enjoy Skagit Land Trust Staff’s book recommendations. We hope that you enjoy these titles as much as we do! Please consider supporting local …
Samish Flower Farm Protected
February 20, 2019Skagit Land Trust (the Trust) has purchased the Samish Flower Farm, the beloved “front door” of Samish Island, with its 100+ year-old forest and 500 feet of …
Kelly’s Point and Yellow Bluff Saved
February 12, 2018In 2018, the immense bluffs, coastal forest, and marine shoreline of Kelly’s Point were conserved by Skagit Land Trust. Over 450 families, businesses, and organizations donated …
Blanchard Mountain Forested Core Protection Funded
January 22, 2018The Capital Budget Bill that was passed this week included $10M for the Trust Land Transfer program for the “Harriet Spanel Forest” which is Blanchard …
Guemes Mountain: We Did It!
September 27, 2017Skagit Land Trust and the San Juan Preservation Trust are pleased to announce that Guemes Mountain has been protected! The 70-acre parcel, which is now …
Conservation Strides Forward in the Skagit
March 14, 2017In March of 2017, the Nature Conservancy and Skagit Land Trust announced that the Conservancy would transfer nine preserves totaling about 1,000 acres to Skagit Land Trust …
Big Lake Wetlands Protected as a Conservation Area
May 11, 2016Skagit Land Trust purchases 67 acres of critical wetland habitat at the south end of Big Lake. At the intersection where Lake Creek coming from Lake …
Skagit Land Trust Youth Programming Featured on the Radio
June 25, 2015On June 17th the radio show Speak Up! Speak Out! aired a segment sharing the positive impacts experienced by Emerson High School students working with …
Illabot Creek Conservation Easement
January 21, 2015Skagit’s Illabot Creek just became more thoroughly “wild and scenic” with the purchase and signing of a voluntary conservation easement agreement between the Trust …
Cumberland Creek Is Home at Last!
September 28, 2014Restoring more than 4,000 feet of salmon habitat, Cumberland Creek has been diverted into its historic channel in a joint effort by the Skagit Land Trust, …