Trail Steward

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Thank you for your interest in helping maintain Capitol Land Trust’s (CLT) public preserves!

Becoming a Trail Steward is a great way to give back to the preserves you love visiting and helps to ensure they remain great places for you and others to visit. Trail Stewards are our eyes and ears on the public preserves.

Currently, CLT has 4 preserves opened to the public. These preserves are all open for low-impact recreation from dawn until dusk and offer a variety of experiences in nature.

• Bayshore Preserve
• Darlin Creek Preserve
• Hilburn Preserve
• Randall Preserve

To become a Trail Steward first double check the volunteer position description to make sure this volunteer role is a good fit for you. Here are the key responsibilities you will have as a Trail Steward:

• Walk the trails at your preserve at least once a month and submit the online form.
• Pick up and dispose of small pieces of garbage.
• Clear/cut small branches or other small pieces of debris from the trails.
• Report any problems/observations to Capitol Land Trust (CLT) using an online form.

By having someone out at each preserve regularly we can make sure that our public preserves remain safe and enjoyable places for people to visit and connect with nature.

Salmon Docent 

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Volunteer salmon docents help interpret salmon behavior to people of all ages and build awareness around the importance of salmon conservation. Each fall chum salmon return to Johns Creek during an incredible spawning event lasting just weeks. Johns Creek runs through CLT’s Bayshore Preserve and offers fantastic viewing opportunities.

The Salmon Docent program supports our vision of a future where nature and community thrive. By creating broader opportunities to learn about and experience our natural environment, we can build a stronger and more diverse community that cares about conservation. We welcome our community to witness this amazing phenomenon. This program operates in partnership with Puget Sound Estuarium.

Join our team! Training is provided in mid-October and program days happen the first two weekends of November. Click here to sign up for an upcoming training opportunity. No upcoming opportunity? Email info@capitollandtrust.org and let us know you’re interested!

Photo Monitoring

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Nature changes over time. Whether it’s something natural like a shifting riverbed, or something done by humans like planting trees, photo monitoring helps us see the changes in habitat at our preserves.

It’s easy to help! Visit the photo monitoring stations at Bayshore Preserve. You can use our self-guided interpretive Google Map to locate each photo station or discover them on your own while walking the trails. Look for signs like this:

Place your phone in the bracket at photo monitoring stations and take a photo in landscape orientation. Send us your photos using the form below. Your photo will then be added to a collection of photos to create a time-lapse for each point.

Over time, the collection of photos will tell the beautiful story of ecological restoration and ecosystem changes at CLT preserves. Click here to see the time-lapse photos.