Another conservation win is in the books for the Hansville Greenway. A new 10-acre expansion to the 345-acre greenspace in North Kitsap closed at the end of 2023 thanks to…
Conservancy group buys 183 acres along Tahuya River for restoration, salmon habitat
For decades, a piece land along the Tahuya River in Mason County was used as a pasture to raise horses. Since a Gabion wall — a steel mesh cage filled…
Celebrating Orca Recovery and Salmon Conservation
This October Great Peninsula Conservancy celebrated Orca Recovery Day with an Orcas and Salmon Walk & Talk at Curley Creek Tyner Preserve. Curley Creek sees an average of 2,500 fall chum returning…
Reading the Landscape: Wildlife Tracking Walk & Talk
On April 29, Great Peninsula Conservancy Stewardship Associate Ben Wymer led a three hour Wildlife Tracking Introduction at Newberry Woods Community Forest. During this Walk & Talk, Ben shared his…
Clear Creek Task Force Seeks New Community Leaders
SILVERDALE, WA – Clear Creek Trail, the community trail that runs from Trigger Ave to the mouth of Clear Creek at Dyes Inlet, needs new volunteers to support and lead…
Great Peninsula Conservancy partners with Navy to buy and protect forest near Bangor
Peiyu Lin, Kitsap Sun “CENTRAL KITSAP — Three-year-old Jada Wong had her boots on, even if she needed a little assistance on the hike to the middle of a forested…
The Hidden Refuges from Climate Change
The forests that surround us are full of incredible variety. As the climate of our region changes over the coming decades, different parts of the landscape will be affected differently.…
This Forest On The Kitsap Is Protected – Forever
On Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula – that arrow-shaped piece of land between Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula – Great Peninsula Conservancy is working to conserve and restore degraded shorelines, peat bogs, forests,…
Great Peninsula Conservancy receives federal and state grants to protect Misery Point on Hood Canal
BREMERTON, WA (January 13, 2021) – A conservation partnership has protected the 20.7-acre Misery Point Preserve on Hood Canal near Seabeck. Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC), the regional land trust operating in…