1. Clean Water Utility

   Clean, fresh water is vital to our drinking water supply and our watershed creeks and wetlands. Natural flowing surface water and treated stormwater from impervious areas infiltrate into our ground water or drains to nearshore beaches and the Salish Sea. The County manages the quality and quantity of fresh water throughout the County via the “Clean Water Utility”, formerly known as the Storm Water Utility.

2. Leave No Trace

   San Juan County has embraced the Leave No Trace Guiding Principles and Ethic to support Stewardship on the San Juan Islands. In all 50 U.S. States and more than 30 countries, The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics (LNT) is at work providing education to preserve our natural world.

3. Parks, Recreation & Fair

   We are located in a beautiful maritime archipelago of 743 islands (428 at high tide!) in the northwest corner of Washington State. Of these, 60 islands are inhabited and 4 (Lopez, Shaw, Orcas, and San Juan) are served by Washington State Ferries, sailing from Anacortes, Washington. All of the ferry-served islands have shoreline County parks and/or campgrounds maintained by the San Juan County Parks and Recreation Department.

4. San Juan County Land Bank

   To preserve in perpetuity areas in the county that have environmental, agricultural, aesthetic, cultural, scientific, historic, scenic or low-intensity recreational value and to protect existing and future sources of potable water.

5. WSU Extension

   WSU Extension in San Juan County is a partnership between Washington State University and San Juan County government to bring valuable research-based information to the residents of San Juan County.