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A recent IslandWood graduate, Layne is from Tacoma, Washington and had been serving with AmeriCorps for the 2 years prior. Layne started with the Washington Conservation Corps and completed a term as an Environmental Educator for a local Non-profit. They chose IslandWood for its focus on social justice and inclusion in the field of environmental education! In the future Layne hopes to own a hobby farm and garden where they can teach students about the wonders of nature. In my free time Layne likes to hike, paint/draw, and hangout with their bearded dragon.
IslandWood acknowledges that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suqʷabš “People of Clear Salt Walter” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suqʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suqʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855. While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish and Duwamish (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ) land, we also conduct programs on the land of the Snohomish (sduhúbʃ), Puyallup (spuyaləpabš), Muckleshoot (buklshuhls), Skokomish (sqoqc’bes), and S’Klallam (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm) peoples.
IslandWood is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our tax ID number is 31-1654076.
4450 Blakely Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206.855.4300