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…
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 and Hood Canal Coordinating Council partner to conserve and restore Big Beef tidelands
BREMERTON, WA (November 12, 2019) – A conservation partnership has protected 12 acres of tidelands and uplands on Hood Canal near Seabeck. Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC), the regional land trust…
Public Comment Period Open: Great Peninsula Conservancy Applies for Renewal of Accreditation
The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. Great Peninsula Conservancy is pleased to announce…
Great Peninsula Conservancy Hires New Executive Director
Read the Kitsap Daily News coverage here. FOR RELEASE June 3, 2019 Contacts Nathan Daniel Executive Director (as of June 1, 2019) (360) 373-3500 office nate@greatpeninsula.org Margaret ‘Kit’ Ellis President…
Great Peninsula Conservancy Director Announces Retirement
Read the Central Kitsap Reporter coverage here. BREMERTON, WA (April 30, 2019) – Executive director of Great Peninsula Conservancy announces retirement after 11 years leading the land trust through a…
Over 400 Acres Protected on Shores of Hood Canal
For Immediate Release February 27, 2019 Contacts: Joanna Fisher, (202) 740-8862 Joanna.fisher@tpl.org Sandra Staples-Bortner, (360) 373-3500 sandra@greatpeninsula.org Kenny Ocker, (360) 902-1149 kenny.ocker@dnr.wa.gov Jake Chappelle (360)…
Landowner Partners with Land Trust to Save Salmon
Press Release BREMERTON, WA The first time he saw the place he knew it was special. It was November 1994 and Steven Tyner was looking at real estate in South…
Port Gamble Forest Campaign Nears Deadline
Press Release KINGSTON, WA Community efforts to Save the Port Gamble Forest (SavePG.org) is fast approaching the July 31, 2017 fundraising deadline. This multi-year campaign to purchase 3500 acres of…