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Dec 5, 2024: San Juan County to Consider Updated Interlocal Agreement with Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District
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Nov 25, 2024: San Juan County Celebrates Completion of Lopez Skate Park and Calls for Inaugural Skaters
Nov 7, 2024: How Has Extreme Weather Impacted You? Participate in the County’s Climate Resilience Planning Effort
Nov 1, 2024: UPDATE: Sea Wall Repairs Temporarily Close MacKaye Harbor Dock and Boat Ramp on Lopez Island
Oct 22, 2024: DRAFT North Shore Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Oct 21, 2024: Reminder: You’re Invited to Attend Open Houses for the 2025 Comp Plan Update This Fall
Oct 1, 2024: LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE SAN JUANS SPONSORS OCTOBER COUNTY COUNCIL VOTER FORUMS ON SJI, ORCAS, AND LOPEZ
Sep 24, 2024: County Hosts Community Meeting on Lopez Island to Discuss Public Safety during Hunting Season
Sep 24, 2024: SJC Reviews Shoreline Habitat & Infrastructure Adaptation Strategies in the face of Sea Level Rise
Sep 23, 2024: DRAFT Watmough Bay Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Aug 29, 2024: San Juan County’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Survey Sets Baseline for Ongoing Change
Aug 27, 2024: 2024 San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners Gardening Workshop Series, October 15-24, 2024
Aug 27, 2024: County Representatives Discuss Solutions to Ferry Service Disruptions with Governor Inslee
Aug 21, 2024: County Council’s Request to Governor for Relief from Ferry Service Disruptions Not Fulfilled
Aug 20, 2024: San Juan County Certifies Primary Election Results & Celebrates Highest Primary Turnout in Years
Aug 13, 2024: WSF Commits Additional Crews to Interisland Route to Ensure Service During County Fair Week
Aug 13, 2024: Ferry Data from Staff and Local Partners Shapes Council Request for ‘Executive Relief’ From WA State
Aug 5, 2024: The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival returns to Lopez for its 27th Summer Concert Season
May 2, 2024: WA State Governor and Assistant Secretary of WSF Talk Ferry Service & Solar Power with SJC Officials
Apr 11, 2024: Community Meeting: Sea Level Rise Adaptation for Outer Bay and Agate Beach Areas on Lopez Island
Mar 11, 2024: Queers in Unexpected Places: Searching for (and Finding) Gender and Sexual Non-Conformity in the Rural and Early PNW
Mar 7, 2024: DRAFT Richardson Marsh Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Dec 5, 2023: County Council Member Jane Fuller and Senator Liz Lovelett to Host Public Meeting on Lopez
Nov 3, 2023: County and Town Send Open Letter to State Officials Regarding Impacts of Poor Ferry Service
Sep 29, 2023: Conservation Land Bank Announces Special Meeting to Discuss Watmough Bay Preserve Addition
Sep 14, 2023: The mobile dental van is coming to Lopez! // ¡La camioneta dental móvil ya llega a López!
Aug 22, 2023: San Juan County Adopts 32-Hour Work Week in the Name of Fiscal Health, Recruitment, and Islander Wellness
May 25, 2023: Recap of Lopez Neighborhood Meeting Regarding the Relocation of Public Works Facilities
May 23, 2023: District 3 Councilmember Jane Fuller Opens Office on Lopez and Hosts Community Conversation
Apr 17, 2023: Give Lopez Starts April 17th - A two week fundraiser benefiting 15 Lopez Island Non-Profits
Sep 22, 2022: Interim Watmough Preserve Addition Stewardship and Management Plan Now Open for Public Comment
Lopez Hill: Three-Way Partnership Achieves Triple Win
Oct 8, 2022
By San Juan Preservation Trust
The San Juan Preservation Trust, San Juan County Conservation Land Bank, and Lopez Community Land Trust have collaborated on a series of land transactions that expand a cherished nature preserve while also enhancing food security and affordable farming opportunities at the heart of Lopez Island.
The project has been more than two years in the making. It started in the spring of 2020, when a 117-acre property adjacent to the Land Bank’s 400-acre Lopez Hill Preserve came onto the market. To protect the property for future agricultural use, the Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) acted quickly to purchase the entire parcel. It retained ownership of 42 acres, including a 21-acre pasture with a long history of livestock grazing. LCLT sold the remaining 75 acres to the Land Bank in 2021, protecting one of the largest Western red cedars on the island and providing an opportunity to expand the Lopez Hill Preserve’s recreational trail system.
The final phase of the project is the Preservation Trust’s purchase of a conservation easement (CE) over the 75-acre Lopez Hill Preserve addition. Work on the CE is now underway, as is a fundraising campaign to cover the easement costs and establish a stewardship fund to care for the property.
An anonymous donor has pledged a challenge grant of $323,500 -- half of the total project cost. All contributions to the project will be matched up to the challenge grant total.
To qualify for the match, donations must be received by October 21, 2022.
Please consider partnering with us by making a gift today! To donate, go to sjpt.org/lopez-hill or call 360-317-3055 for more information.
The final phase of the project is the Preservation Trust’s purchase of a conservation easement (CE) over the 75-acre Lopez Hill Preserve addition. Work on the CE is now underway, as is a fundraising campaign to cover the easement costs and establish a stewardship fund to care for the property.
An anonymous donor has pledged a challenge grant of $323,500 -- half of the total project cost. All contributions to the project will be matched up to the challenge grant total.
To qualify for the match, donations must be received by October 21, 2022.
Please consider partnering with us by making a gift today! To donate, go to sjpt.org/lopez-hill or call 360-317-3055 for more information.
Walkers in the 75-acre Lopez Hill Addition