History
Founded in 1998, Lummi Island Heritage Trust is a private, non-profit land trust dedicated to preserving land on Lummi Island. The Heritage Trust has protected over 830 acres of our island's precious natural areas- forever. Of this, 273 acres are owned by the Heritage Trust, including land managed as nature preserves, wildlife habitat, and forests. The remaining 557 acres are private lands protected by conservation easements. Our land conservation work is not finished. The Heritage Trust is poised to protect over 140 more acres of private land with conservation easements. These exciting land protection opportunities will conserve open fields with fertile agricultural soils, wetlands that hold precious groundwater, and vital habitat for wildlife, birds and native plants.
Mission
Values
Lummi Island Heritage Trust is committed to:
- striving for integrity, respect and transparency,
- making stewardship of our protected lands a priority obligation,
- fostering a conservation ethics in all generations through education and outreach,
- ensuring financial sustainability of our organization through fiscal prudence and strong ties with our donors, volunteers, and the greater community and
- holding ourselves to the highest standards of excellence and permanence in all our work.