We are recruiting for the Newberry Woods Community Forest Advisory Team (CFAT)! The volunteer CFAT brings the community’s voice to Great Peninsula Conservancy’s (GPC) decision-making process for the community forest.…
GPC’s Tree Girdling Initiative: Assessing Impact and Refining Practices
Since 2021, Great Peninsula Conservancy’s (GPC) stewardship team has girdled over 800 trees across eight preserves. Tree girdling is the process of cutting strips of bark from a tree so…
Beyond the Band: What One Owl Can Teach Us About Conservation
In September, the GPC stewardship team visited the 1.7-acre Stillwaters Environmental Center in Kingston to collect field information for a baseline documentation report (learn more about baseline reporting here). During…
Seabeck Shoreline Saved: A Win for Endangered Hood Canal Summer Chum
In October, GPC acquired a 13-acre shoreline property along the Hood Canal in Seabeck, WA, with the long-term goal of restoring a historic pocket estuary and salt marsh habitat for…
Gig Harbor’s txʷaalqəł Conservation Area Saved Forever
A project that began in 2021 was successfully completed on August 28, 2024 with the purchase of Phase IV of the North Creek Salmon Heritage Site, also known as the…
GPC Legacy Member Highlight: Naomi Maasberg & Joleen Palmer
“Preserving this little watershed and estuary is very, very important to us, and we’d like to make sure it stays there for the fish and other wildlife well into the…
Vote NO on Initiative 2117
GPC relies on state grant funding to preserve vital wildlife habitat, especially for salmon recovery. To protect the salmon streams, shorelines, forests, and farmlands essential to the health of our…
Gig Harbor Land Conservation Fund Joins Forces with GPC To Preserve Natural Lands In Gig Harbor And The Key Peninsula
The Gig Harbor Land Conservation Fund announced this week that it has officially joined forces with Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC). The Fund was launched in January 2022 by a group…
Great Peninsula Conservancy hosts Open House August 24
In 2000, a group of visionary local leaders stepped up to preserve the natural beauty of the forests, streams, shorelines and community greenspaces of west Puget Sound. Today, Great Peninsula…
Great Peninsula Conservancy Expands Filucy Bay Preserve by 55 Acres
Filucy Bay Preserve continues to grow. An anonymous donor has given Great Peninsula Conservancy, the nonprofit land trust that owns the preserve, four parcels totaling 55 acres. The preserve now…