Help protect Skagit County's natural heritage by becoming a member of Skagit Land Trust. Join together with over 1,000 other supporters of the Trust to help save the best of Skagit County.  Various membership levels are available.  Visit our store to become a member on-line, or print a membership form to mail to us. You can also call 360-428-7878 or email here for more information on becoming a member or donating to Skagit Land Trust.

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Skagit Land Trust protects one of the largest Great Blue Heron nesting sites in the Pacific Northwest at our March's Point Conservation Area.  A recent count of heron nests -- which is conducted in the winter when herons are not present -- revealed over 400 nests in the colony.  Although this conservation area is not open to the public due to its sensitive nature, Skagit Land Trust operates a web camera in the colony which broadcasts live images of the nesting herons in the spring and summer.  Click here for more infromation on this year's nest count and history of Skagit Land Trust's protection of this icnonic bird.

Skagit Land Trust's 2009 Annual Report (large file) is now available.

Skagit Land Trust and the San Juan Preservation Trust are pleased to announce that Guemes Mountain has been protected!  Read the press release here and also a summary of the campaign.  The 70-acre parcel, which is now part of a much-larger protected area, has been saved by a multi-year campaign led by the two land trusts and the incredible citizens of Guemes Island.  THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed ideas, time and money to the effort.  Donations are still needed for the long-term stewardship of the property.  To donate and for more information on public access and other issues, click here for complete information on Guemes Mountain.

The Save Guemes Mountain campaign has been awarded a $50,000 gift from the Boeing Charitable Fund to help with stewardship and restoration on Guemes Mountain. We are honored by this partnership and gift that will help to ensure that Guemes Mountain is managed in a sustainable way.

Skagit Land Trust has just received accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, a program of the Land Trust Alliance.  The accreditation is the result of a rigorous independent analysis of Skagit Land Trust's programs and practices.

Accredited land trusts are able to display a seal indicating to the public that they meet national standards for excellence, uphold the public trust and ensure that conservation efforts are permanent. The seal is a mark of distinction in land conservation.

Read the press release about about Skagit Land Trust's accreditation.

Skagit Land Trust has awarded the Washington Department of Natural Resources its 2009 Outstanding Conservation Partner Award.  Read all about it here.

A powerful tax incentive which has helped to conserve more than a million acres of farm, ranch, forest and wildlife habitat across the United States has been renewed until December 31, 2009 as a result of the new Farm Bill passed by Congress.  Click here for a Skagit Land Trust press release on how you can take advantage of this tax incentive to preserve land.

To read comments submitted by Skagit Land Trust in regards to the proposed mitigation bank restoration activities in the Barney Lake area click here.