Pacific Rim Institute For Environmental Stewardship

Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship (PRI) manages 175 acres of land outside of Coupeville, WA, on Whidbey Island. The 175 acres includes 40 acres of prairie, including 4.5 acres of undisturbed prairie, forests, and oak savannas, seven main buildings, 18 pheasant coops, and an enclosed native plant center with a greenhouse. In our native plant center, we grow and propagate over 30 species of native prairie plants for ecological restoration, often in collaboration with other organizations.

PRI works with federal and state agencies, local and tribal organizations, and individual landowners on and around Whidbey Island to restore and preserve native prairie species. We worked on the restoration of the golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) and were instrumental in its removal from the Washington endangered species list in 2023. Moving forward, we are working with US Fish and Wildlife, Eco Studies Institute, Whidbey Camano Land Trust, and other organizations on the restoration of the Taylor's checkerspot (euphydryas-editha-taylori) butterfly.