Skagit Land Trust manages over 10,000 acres of land and creates dozens of community events to connect people with the land each year. We have over 550 amazing volunteers who contribute their time and energy toward our mission. Many don gloves and rubber boots and join SLT work parties, but there are lots of other ways to volunteer as well!

SLT volunteers can serve as land stewards, wildlife surveyors, volunteer educators, office
volunteers, committee members, or Board members. Some share their expertise by speaking at our events or leading wildlife or plant walks. Below are just a few of many all-star volunteers who have shared their diverse expertise and talents with us.

Brenda Cunningham has served as a volunteer land steward at Barney Lake since 1998. After working as our first Stewardship Director, Brenda retired and volunteered for three terms on our Board. She also provided illustrations for our Natural Skagit book, and last month, she helped us teach community members how to make native plant luminaries.

John Day has been a volunteer land steward at Tope Ryan since 2006 and has assisted with breeding amphibian surveys on several of our properties. John also participates in the Kulshan Neighborhood Youth Program planning and activities. He provides bird expertise during SLT's trumpeter swan viewing events as well.

Tim Manns is a Board member and a longtime land steward at Barney Lake Conservation Area, where he also shares his bird expertise at SLT’s swan events and bird walks for the community. Tim also planned and wrote the text for several of the Trust’s interpretive signs, and he conducts monthly bird surveys at two SLT properties.

Interested in sharing your talents? Contact us at volunteer@skagitlandtrust.org!