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San Juan Island Interpretive Panels

Five interpretive panels featuring 87 total species were created in partnership with the San Juan Preservation Trust. Each panel represents a different ecosystem found within the Marilyn & Fred Ellis Preserve on Shaw Island. Explore the five panels below.

Forests

Illustrated panel made up of detailed watercolor paintings of plants and animals found in a forested habitat on Shaw Island, WA.

Watercolor painting of a long-toed salamander nestled among licorice ferns and Western amethyst laccaria mushrooms. A bronze ground beetle peeks out from under a fern.

Marine Shoreline

Illustrated panel made up of detailed watercolor paintings of plants and animals found in a marine shoreline habitat on Shaw Island, WA.

Watercolor painting of a black oystercatcher foraging for food among rocks covered in pacific glasswort, muscles, barnacles, and limpets.

Grasslands & Balds

Illustrated panel made up of detailed watercolor paintings of plants and animals found in a grassland habitat on Shaw Island, WA.

Watercolor painting of a Townsend's vole nibbling grass next to a goldback fern and a rock with cumberland rock shield lichen

Homestead Gardens

Illustrated panel made up of detailed watercolor paintings of plants and animals found in a homestead garden on Shaw Island, WA.

Watercolor painting of an American goldfinch sipping from a bird bath next to a mourning cloak butterfly caterpillar

Freshwater Wetlands

Illustrated panel made up of detailed watercolor paintings of plants and animals found in a freshwater wetland habitat on Shaw Island, WA.

Watercolor painting of a Northern red-legged frog next to a common yellowthroat

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