Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) holds conservation easements on 63 privately-owned properties, totaling over 1,500 acres of protected land. A conservation easement (CE) is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner…
GPC Legacy Member Highlight: Margie Esola
Margie Esola grew up in the city, but her parents always made sure the family spent their summers exposed to nature. “Medford Lakes [an hour outside Philadelphia], that was our…
Summer Land Labs: Puget Sound Shorelines
Sunny days at Arness Park in Kingston set the stage for GPC’s Land Labs module focused on the shorelines of the Puget Sound. Thanks to the hard work and support…
Management Plans: A closer look
Last month our stewardship team explained the different types of baseline documentation and record-keeping that must be conducted in order to best steward our fee-owned properties and conservation easements. Let’s…
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…
Behind the scenes with Stewardship: Documentation and Reports
Learn more about the importance of Land Trust documentation and reporting for Great Peninsula Conservancy’s Stewardship team.