Welcoming Regenerate Vashon to the Cascadia BioRegen Program
We’re delighted to welcome Regenerate Vashon as a new Landscape Group in the Cascadia BioRegen Program. Rooted in the forested hills, streams, and shorelines of Vashon–Maury Island, this group is bringing people together to restore ecological health and community resilience at island scale.
Vashon’s story stretches from glacial origins to vibrant Coast Salish stewardship, including the sx̌ʷəbabš, Suquamish, and Puyallup peoples. Today, the island’s forests, farms, and nearshore habitats still hold the potential to model whole-system regeneration—where people live within the limits and gifts of place.
The group is stewarded by Megan Strachura of the Seattle Doughnut Economics Coalition, Jennifer Williams of Wild Dreams Farm, and Tom Dean of the Vashon–Maury Island Land Trust, with support from Sue Letsinger and Brandon Letsinger of Regenerate Cascadia. Together they bring deep experience in restoration, mapping, education, and regenerative design.
In the year ahead, Regenerate Vashon will host community gatherings, launch a bioregional mapping workshop, and co-create a living atlas of the island’s watersheds, soils, and habitats. A new flow-funding sandbox will help move small, transparent grants to on-the-ground projects while building trust and capacity. The group will also develop shared measures of progress—from salmon and eelgrass recovery to soil health, food production, and community wellbeing.
Partnerships with the Vashon–Maury Island Land Trust, Vashon Nature Center, Zero Waste Vashon, VIGA, and Indigenous partners are central to the work. Together, these collaborators are creating a coordinated, community-driven plan for regeneration that honors both ecological boundaries and cultural resilience.
As part of the Regenerate Cascadia network, Regenerate Vashon can now receive tax-deductible donations, apply for grants, and collaborate across the Salish Sea to build a thriving, regenerative future from ridge to reef.
See more from Regenerate Vashon on their own webpage: https://regeneratecascadia/bioregen-program/landscape-groups/vashon
You can donate to this Landscape Group here:
https://regeneratecascadia.org/support/