Photo Credit Tom Twigg Photography and Video Since 1999, the Stillwaters Environmental Center has been dedicated to informing and empowering the Kingston community to make ecologically responsible decisions for the…
Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative
The Listen Up Collaborative is an expansion of a successful partnership of Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC) and Jefferson Land Trust (JLT) designed to improve the long-term survival of Western Washington forest bird species. The…
2024 Conservation Sponsor Highlight: Puget Sound to Pacific
Great Peninsula Conservancy is excited to highlight, for a second year, our Conservation Sponsor of the 2024 Conservation Celebration: the Puget Sound to Pacific (PS2P) Consortium! Since last year,…
Peninsula Phenology: Botanical Knowledge for Restoration
A water droplet, running off the cedar we all hunched under, relentlessly plinked against one of the big brown bags at our feet. While the rain dripped around us, GPC…
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…
Community campaign receives match to expand Hansville Greenway
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…
GPC Legacy Member Highlight: John L. Nichols
“With a simple act, there will be preservation of some portion of the northwest habitat that I love so much.” Great Peninsula Conservancy is thrilled to celebrate John L. Nichols,…
A Seventh Grader’s Letter to GPC
What inspires you to get outside? What’s special about the outdoors? How is GPC able to protect so much land!? These were questions answered by GPC’s AmeriCorps VISTA member…
Thank you, Jaime!
On February 13th, 2024, GPC’s Conservation Education Fellow Jaime Webb completed his second year of AmeriCorps VISTA service with GPC. During that time, Jaime helped to build capacity for GPC’s…