Events

Our first Bluebird Blitz of the year will see our volunteer community scientists get assigned an area to record Bluebird sightings and go out looking for one of the Preservation Trust's favorite birds!

On the same day as our first Blitz of the year, you're invited to join us at Red Mill Farm for an evening of answering bluebird monitoring questions and discussing one of our favorite birds.

Discover a variety of common mosses and learn about their unique characteristics and ecological role.

Our second Bluebird Blitz of the year will see our volunteer community scientists get assigned an area to record Bluebird sightings and go out looking for one of the Preservation Trust's favorite birds!

Help us remove some invasive weeds at the Illg Preserve, a lovely preserve on the southern coast of San Juan Island that is otherwise not open to public access.

On this Earth Day, come enjoy some outer-island tranquility and help us with some Henry Island Preserve maintenance.

Come and join SJPT staff as we head to the Mottola Preserve to cut back some blackberry, rose, and other unwanted plants at this lovely protected property on Lopez Island.

Take in the spring splendor of wildflower blooms on Vendovi Island while learning about the natural and cultural history of this remarkably unspoiled preserve.

Geologist Julia Tourney will share the story of the geologic history of the islands, explaining the dynamic forces that shaped the archipelago. 

Come and join us for a day of a handful of planned activities that will help make San Juan Island's Ihiya Biological Preserve a better place.

Learn how to create or enhance habitat for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in your home landscape.

Come 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.
No registration necessary.

One of SJPT's most recently-protected properties, JB Farm in Orcas Island's Crow Valley, is a property that needs your help pulling tansy. Join us for a celebratory opening volunteer event!

Come 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.

Join Marty Main, a veteran specialist in ecological forestry, for this full-day field class that will cover regional context, tools for evaluation, and approaches to forest monitoring geared towards small woodland owners.

Join us for a trail maintenance day at the Peach Preserve on Guemes Island, where we will be brushing back vegetation along the trail, removing invasive plants, and picking up beach debris.

Join marine ecologists David Duggins and Megan Dethier for a guided tour of various shoreline types--the fascinating and fragile edges where land meets sea.

Come 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.

Join art instructor Sally Vongsathorn in artistic activities that are sure to spark creativity and deepen our engagement with the world around us. For all ages.

Come 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.

Come to Shaw Island and help us spruce up the trail around the Graham Preserve at this volunteer work party.

Join ecologist Ruthie Dougherty for a guided ramble to identify freshwater wetland features at the Ellis Preserve, highlighting wetland plants with unique functions, adaptations, and historic uses.

Come 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.