Pacific Rim Institute

Pacific Rim Insitute for Environmental Stewardship is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization engaging science, culture, and community for ecological restoration. We focus on the research, restoration, and conservation of Washington's westside prairies found on Whidbey Island and around the Salish Sea. 

• Science: Our efforts to promote ecological restoration are grounded in sound environmental science principles. At the same time, in our efforts to democratize scientific understanding, we communicate our discoveries in ways that are accessible and inspiring to the general public. • Culture: We believe that environments are shaped by culture, and that culture itself is impacted by environments in turn. We believe that healing of the land often involves the healing of broken relationships—between people and the land, and between people groups. For that reason, PRI actively attends to the wisdom of regional Indigenous peoples and welcomes their active engagement in our work. • Community: The PRI site is a hub for diverse community; we welcome all who seek to learn about and invest in the healing of the land as they work alongside others on activities like native seed harvesting or plant propagation. • Ecological Restoration: All of creation, human and nonhuman, depends on thriving, diverse ecosystems for health and survival; the promotion of such ecological diversity through restoration work is at the heart of the PRI mission.