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Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for our latest Second Saturday Stroll, a Salmon Stroll with Olympic National Park! We had such a great time getting to know all the lovely anadromous fish enthusiasts who joined us last weekend.We walked away with… Read More ›

Thanks to this incredible community, we met the $55,000 matching challenge to support the conservation of the Big Red Barn Farm! A special thank you to the two generous community members who made this challenge possible, helping inspire 66 gifts in support of the Big… Read More ›

We joined the North Olympic Salmon Coalition for a day of their Stream Stewards program at River’s Edge, talking about the connections between land, water, farms, salmon and climate resilience in the Dungeness watershed. It was a fun day getting outside, talking salmon and exploring… Read More ›

For more than 120 years, generations of the Dick family have farmed this land in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. At this year’s picnic, we celebrated that history and the future of Big Red Barn Farm. North Olympic Land Trust recently purchased this special 135-acre farm, and… Read More ›

Thank you to Monica Berkseth from the Sequim Gazette for attending our Annual Family Picnic and covering the story of this award! We are so grateful to have an active local paper covering the news and projects of our small community. Read the full Sequim… Read More ›

On Sunday, July 26, during the Land Trust family Picnic the Land Trust will present the 2026 Farmer of the Year Award to the historic Dick Family Farm, which the Land Trust refers to as Big Red Barn Farm. For more than a century, the… Read More ›

SAVE THE DATE! Mark your calendar for July 26th as we gear up for the 11th Annual Land Trust Family Picnic at Olympic Bluffs Cidery & Lavender Farm. This is a family-friendly potluck-style event featuring live music from Raygun Carver, a local Port Angeles musician… Read More ›

Congratulations to North Olympic Land Trust Board Member Jen Kidder. Jen is now the Executive Director for Jefferson Land Trust! We are so incredibly excited that Jen is bringing her robust skillset to our neighbors at Jefferson Land Trust. The Peninsula Daily News recently published… Read More ›

Ian Van Coughran at the Lower Dungeness Prairie, courtesy of Annabelle ByrneStrong In the past few months Ian Van Coughran has been removing invasive Himalayan blackberry at the Siebert Creek Conservation Area. One of the Land Trust's newest and extremely dedicated volunteers, Ian keeps himself… Read More ›

One step closer to permanent protection! Thank you to the team at Peninsula Daily News for publicizing the purchase of Big Red Barn farm (traditionally referred to as the "Dick Farm")! The Land Trust is hard at work raising funds to permanently protect this iconic… Read More ›