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    TREE SALE

    Our ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT AND TREE SEEDLING SALE is going on now. Click here to see the species offered for sale this year or to place an order. Orders taken until January 28, 2012 for pickup Feb 4th.

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    Fisher Pond

    Vashon’s largest inland body of water, and the Land Trust’s signature preserve, Fisher Pond is a wonderful place to walk and relish the Island’s natural beauty and wildlife.

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    Work parties

    Volunteering is a great way to enjoy the Land Trust properties, get exercise and do good work. Watch this link or sign up for notice of work parties. They’re fun and they’re part of what keeps our island beautiful.

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    Soaring

    For 22 years the Land Trust has been the group dedicated to preserving the Island’s natural places and rural character.
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    Glow

    Help the Land Trust preserve our gorgeous piece of Puget Sound. Donate, volunteer, or get involved today.

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What's Happening

40 ACRES ADDED

Island Center Forest got larger last month with King County’s purchase of a vacant 40 acre parcel which extends the existing preserve to the northeast toward town. Click here to read the Beachcomber article….. Read more…..

WE NEED A TRUCK

The Land Trust is looking for a new-to-us (used) truck for our stewardship program. Read more…..

Volunteer Spotlight

Kate on the Amazon with sloth pal.

Meet Kate Thompson – our volunteer of the year. This beautiful new website was designed by Kate, who volunteered not only her expertise but her patience and good humor through hours of work with our mostly non-tech-savvy staff.

Keeping it wild

Located in the central Puget Sound basin, Vashon-Maury Island is passionate about retaining a rural and natural character amidst today’s rampant development. Vashon-Maury is surrounded by the Puget Sound megalopolis where population has doubled in the past twenty years, and natural places are being paved over as rapidly as possible.

Vashon itself is about 12-miles long. Maury is about 6- miles long and is attached to Vashon by a narrow isthmus. Together, they are about 25,000-acres (~37 sq.mi.), with a population of about 11,000. With saltwater shorelines of 51 miles, Vashon-Maury has over half of the shoreline of King County. Vashon-Maury was once a thriving agricultural community serving the Puget Sound market with produce. Now, however, it is primarily a commuter community with many tele-commuters. READ MORE