By the numbers......

  • Imperiled Species: Island Marble Butterfly 
    • ​2020 (species listed as federally endangered June 4th, 2020):
      • Fostered 258 chrysalides for release in 2021 season (island marble collection numbers set by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
      • 134 butterfly encounters in the wild over 82 surveys conducted
      • 224 volunteer hours toward habitat plot creation
      • Contributed to direction & construction of new habitat constructed at American Camp Unit of San Juan Island National Historical Park
    • 2021:
      • Fostered 224 chrysalides for release in 2022 season
      • 217 butterfly encounters in the wild over 100 surveys conducted
      • Helped to establish, develop & train residents to monitor Cattle Point HOA's habitat plot
      • Monitored Eagle Cove & Frazer CCAA (Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances) habitat plots, provided monitoring training to Ecostudies Institute staff
    • 2022/2023:
      • Conducted scoping study for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to describe and compare a suite of potential propagation facility structures that could be used to support captive propagation of island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausinodes insulanus) populations at the American Camp Unit of San Juan Island National Historical Park as well as future translocations to suitable habitat beyond the Park boundary
      • Collected, preserved & recorded data for island marble egg cases & larval molts for DNA study with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USGS, and the University of Florida Daniels Lab
      • Laid groundwork for and launched the Island Marble Butterfly Volunteer Program (IMBVP), the associated IMBVP Program Manual and the island marble butterfly hub, a website for up-to-date island marble information
    • 2024:
      • Fostered 125 chrysalides for release in 2025 season as required by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, with an 88% rearing lab survival rate through egg collection, habitat surveys, growing host plants, maintaining the rearing lab, and release the previous year's eclosed butterflies
      • Collected 70 salvage tissue samples for the purpose of investigating potential pathologies present for future research needs
      • Prepared and updated the island marble captive rearing manual for Woodland Park Zoo, the 2025 captive rearing organization as selected by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Environmental Education
    • ​2018:
      • Coordinated Southern Resident Killer Whale Orca Recovery Day on San Juan Island, 60 participants
    • 2019:
    • 2021:
    • 2022:
      • Mealworms Compost Styrofoam(TM) Project with Sprint Street International School 6th & 8th graders - 25 students 
      • ​The Salmon-Orca Dilemma - Speaker Series at Lynnwood High School with Dr. Deborah Giles, Paul Chiyokten Wagner of W̱SÁNEĆ Nation and Protectors of the Salish Sea, Annie Crawley of Dive Into Your Imagination - 350 9th graders
      • City of Shoreline Beach Clean-Up & Snohomish Tribe's Blue Heron Canoe Family Landing Event - 18 volunteers, 54 volunteer hours, 50 lbs. trash & micro-plastics removed
      • Leave No Trace Speaker Series - San Juan County, with Dr. Deborah Giles of Wild Orca, Jenny Shrum and Sarah Hanson of On Sacred Ground - 99 attendees/viewers
    • 2023:​
      • ​​Mentored 1 Friday Harbor High School student in Community Learning Project with Environmental Stewardship Focus​
      • "Conservation in the San Juans" - speaker series with Skagit Valley College's Road Scholars - 118 people reached
      • Outreach Washington Conservation Corps - 12 participants reached
    • 2024:
      • ​Imperiled Species Speaker Series - San Juan County, with Dr. Deborah Giles of Wild Orca, Walt Andrews of San Juan Island Conservation District and Dan Grosbill of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - 37 people reached as of July 19, 2024
      • "Conservation in the San Juans" - speaker series with Skagit Valley College's Road Scholars - 34 people reached as of July 19, 2024
      • Mentors to Mentors - Marine Environmental Education Program for youth, ages 15-30.  50 student participants, 27 environmental/scientific/tribal/public lands mentors connections, 146 service hours contributed as of October 6th, 2024, 751 program hours 
  • Permaculture Consultations, Projects & Education
    • ​2018:
      • ​1 permaculture installation project completed
      • 2 Clay Seed Balls workshop conducted with Spring Street International School 6th graders & general public - 10 students, 5 participants
    • 2020:
      • ​1 permaculture installation project completed
    • 2021: 
      • ​1 permaculture design site plan completed
      • 2 permaculture installation projects completed
    • 2022:​
      • ​3 permaculture design site plans completed
      • 2 permaculture installation projects completed
    • 2023:
      • 1 permaculture design site plan completed
      • 1 permaculture installation project completed
  • Science, Research & Public Lands Access Plans​
We live and work on the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish people who have lived in the region since time immemorial.  We acknowledge the Tribes' treaty rights, as well as our responsibility to uphold them and to collectively steward our planet and shared resources.
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