In the heart of San Juan Island, the Cady Mountain Preserve Addition provides an important refuge for wildlife—an island within an island. As part of one of the largest contiguous conservation areas in the San Juan Islands, the 142-acre preserve addition expands upon multiple square miles of uninterrupted territory, where deep-forest species can thrive.

Please join us online for the San Juan Preservation Trust’s Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting.

When: Thursday, May 18 at 5:00pm

Where: The comfort of your own home. Sign up here for the Zoom virtual meeting.

Join us as we:

• Share the year’s program highlights
  
• Review the organization’s finances
  
• Announce results of the Board of Directors election*
  
• Present awards and special recognitions
  

To top off the evening’s agenda, keynote speaker Valerie Segrest will give a presentation titled “The Gift of Native Foods.”

We recently received a question from an astute social-media follower about why we use a non-native plant species (field mustard, or Brassica rapa) in habitat-expansion patches for the Island Marble Butterfly, when another member of the brassica family that is native to our region (Lepidium virginicum, aka Menzies’ pepperweed) was present in the butterfly’s historic habitat.

It’s a great question, and we thought we’d share some thoughts on the topic. ...

During this field class at the Ellis Preserve, participants will learn how to create or enhance habitat for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in their home landscapes.

Join us (on Zoom) for SJPT's 44th Annual Meeting. To top off a recap of the year's accomplishments, keynote speaker Valerie Segrest will give a presentation titled "The Gift of Native Foods."

Come help pull tansy and take a gander at this recently acquired property in Orcas Island' Crow Valley, JB Farm Preserve.

Join us for a day for weeding and general tree care in a young grove of Garry oak trees at the Phelps Preserve on San Juan Island.

Join ecological forestry expert Marty Main for this full-day field class on approaches to forest monitoring geared towards small-woodland owners.

Join us on Guemes Island for a day of tidying up the trails and beach at Peach Preserve.

Kathy and David Finholm of San Juan Island are dedicated volunteers for the Preservation Trust’s Western Bluebird Project. They teamed up this spring to capture this image of a hungry bluebird. Kathy photographed the bird eating a worm, then David transformed her photo into a pen and watercolor sketch.

“The bluebird had just grabbed the worm from the ground and landed on a fencepost to eat,” David said. “Both a male and female were perched on a fence wire. The male dove down to get the worm on the ground, then swooped up to the post and gobbled it. Great shot, Kathy!”