On Sacred Ground Receives Grant from Pacific Power Foundation
January 14, 2025
On Sacred Ground received a grant from the Pacific Power Foundation to conduct workshops for homeowners to design wildfire defensible spaces using permaculture techniques. Two host sites will provide hands-on opportunities for workshop participants to see how to design waterscapes, which could include ponds or swales as enhanced barriers to wildfire. Additionally, homeowners will receive a well-rounded classroom education for understanding permaculture landscaping techniques that help hydrate landscapes and prevent catastrophic wildfire. Online workshops will be part of this series starting in February 2025 in light of the recent fires in the Los Angeles area and the overall desire on the west coast to mitigate increasing wildfire risk. In person workshops will take place in Southern Oregon's Josephine County, and are slated for May 2025.
For workshop information or to register, click here: Hydrating the Landscape & Wildfire Defensible Homes
On Sacred Ground received a grant from the Pacific Power Foundation to conduct workshops for homeowners to design wildfire defensible spaces using permaculture techniques. Two host sites will provide hands-on opportunities for workshop participants to see how to design waterscapes, which could include ponds or swales as enhanced barriers to wildfire. Additionally, homeowners will receive a well-rounded classroom education for understanding permaculture landscaping techniques that help hydrate landscapes and prevent catastrophic wildfire. Online workshops will be part of this series starting in February 2025 in light of the recent fires in the Los Angeles area and the overall desire on the west coast to mitigate increasing wildfire risk. In person workshops will take place in Southern Oregon's Josephine County, and are slated for May 2025.
For workshop information or to register, click here: Hydrating the Landscape & Wildfire Defensible Homes
San Juan Island Works to Save One of the Rarest Butterflies in North America
July 30, 2024 - Fox13 News Seattle
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/san-juan-island-rarest-butterflies
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/san-juan-island-rarest-butterflies
New Island Marble Butterfly Website Flies Forward
On Sacred Ground and Jenny Shrum to Manage Island Marble Butterfly Captive Rearing for FY 2024
June 1st, 2023
Hot off the Press!
On Sacred Ground, under the leadership of Jenny Shrum, will take over the captive propagation permit from San Juan Island National Historical Park, a first since the Park began the rearing program in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2009. Jenny Shrum has been involved in or at the helm of the lab since 2014 and is excited for this next step toward island marble recovery. Jenny and On Sacred Ground managed captive rearing in 2020 and 2021, but under the national park's permit. On Sacred Ground's Executive Director Sarah Hanson also anticipates strong advancements toward stabilizing island marble's population. "This means that the national park staff can shift their focus toward creating more quality habitat for the island marbles still within the park, which is something they've been moving toward for several years. With higher quality habitat within the park and more suitable and protected habitat being established outside the park boundaries, this butterfly has a solid chance of making it."
Hot off the Press!
On Sacred Ground, under the leadership of Jenny Shrum, will take over the captive propagation permit from San Juan Island National Historical Park, a first since the Park began the rearing program in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2009. Jenny Shrum has been involved in or at the helm of the lab since 2014 and is excited for this next step toward island marble recovery. Jenny and On Sacred Ground managed captive rearing in 2020 and 2021, but under the national park's permit. On Sacred Ground's Executive Director Sarah Hanson also anticipates strong advancements toward stabilizing island marble's population. "This means that the national park staff can shift their focus toward creating more quality habitat for the island marbles still within the park, which is something they've been moving toward for several years. With higher quality habitat within the park and more suitable and protected habitat being established outside the park boundaries, this butterfly has a solid chance of making it."
Working Together for the Island Marble Butterfly
Island Marble Butterfly, Front and Center: Will it Persist?
November, 14th 2022 - The Seattle Times
Will this rare butterfly found only on San Juan Island go extinct?
Will this rare butterfly found only on San Juan Island go extinct?
San Juan County Passed a Resolution in 2016 to be a Voluntary Leave No Trace County - We Revisit our LNT Commitment 6 Years Later
November 2nd, 2022 - San Juan Update
Leave No Trace Speaker Series comes to San Juan Island this fall
Leave No Trace Speaker Series comes to San Juan Island this fall
Jenny Shrum Wins U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Award
September 20th, 2022 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Winners Announced
Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize Winners Announced
Raising Awareness Around the Ties between Salmon, Orca, Coast Salish Canoe Culture, and Healthy Shorelines
August 17th, 2022 - Shoreline Area News
Environmental event at Richmond Beach features visit from the Snohomish Tribe's Blue Heron Canoe Family
Environmental event at Richmond Beach features visit from the Snohomish Tribe's Blue Heron Canoe Family
What is On Sacred Ground Working On?
Jenny Shrum conducts DNA research to support Island Marble Butterfly Conservation
April 11th, 2019 - Eastern Ecological Science Center
Conservation Genetics and Genomics of the Narrowly Endemic Island Marble Butterfly Euchloe Ausonides Insulanus
Conservation Genetics and Genomics of the Narrowly Endemic Island Marble Butterfly Euchloe Ausonides Insulanus
OSG Leads First Orca Recovery Day Event at Ground Zero
November 5th, 2018 - San Juan Journal
Celebrate orca recovery on November 10th
November 4th, 2018 - The Orcasonian
Orca recovery day of action on San Juan
Celebrate orca recovery on November 10th
November 4th, 2018 - The Orcasonian
Orca recovery day of action on San Juan
Will All the Island Marble Butterflies Die?
December 6th, 2016 - The Stranger
All the Island Marble Butterflies on San Juan Island Might Die if Jenny Shrum and Her Team Don't Save Them
All the Island Marble Butterflies on San Juan Island Might Die if Jenny Shrum and Her Team Don't Save Them