Land Trust News
Posted Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM
This festive gathering at the home of Rusty Kuntze & Libby Mills will feature walks on the Wren Ridge Conservation Easement meadow, forest, and Padilla Bay shoreline. Guests can catch up with friends, connect with board members, and talk with staff while enjoying delectable bites from Skagit Landing and sipping local wines & beers.
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Posted Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Click here to view livestream videos from the cameras at the March Point Conservation Area.
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Posted Friday, April 21, 2023 at 10:00 AM
For the past 25 years Skagit Land Trust has been working to conserve the land and waters at the entrance to Samish Island. The recent purchase of 73 acres was possible thanks to a partnership with the Padilla Bay National Estuary Research Reserve (PBNERR). On April 21st, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that PBNERR's grant to purchase the acreage from the Trust would be fully funded...
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Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 2:00 PM
You are invited to our Annual Membership Meeting hosted online this year. The evening will feature community awards, the announcement of a few newly completed conservation projects, and a presentation by by the Trust's Community Science Team on the March Point Heronry and Great Blue Herons.
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Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 9:00 AM
Read about a recent addition to Deception Pass State Park, a new Trust conservation area forest, upcoming swanrise events, and more!
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Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 8:20 AM
Your gift on November 29th will go further! All gifts during Giving Tuesday will be doubled thanks to a $10,000 matching fund.
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Posted Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 9:30 PM
Skagit Land Trust has multiple events planned this winter to allow Trust members and the community to view hundreds of Trumpeter Swans as they take off for the day from their overnight resting spot at Barney Lake.
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Posted Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 10:30 AM
Skagit Land Trust has the immediate opportunity to purchase five acres of mature forest on the edge of Barney Lake. Click to learn more and see the matching challenge.
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Posted Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 10:30 AM
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 Trust. Their dream was that the house
would come down and the land would be a home for wildlife, forever.
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Posted Monday, July 25, 2022 at 2:38 PM
Protecting A Wild Place at the Edge of Our Urban Life - Knitting Together a Place for Wildlife One Conservation Project at a Time at Barney Lake.
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