Events

This three-part meeting series with Great Peninsula Conservancy, your local land trust, will focus on the recently established Newberry Woods Community Forest and the ways in which the community (you!) want to engage with the forest. Join us to determine how this new community forest can best benefit the people and wildlife of our region. We’ll…

ALL FOREST TOURS ARE CURRENTLY FULL! Please keep you eyes on GPC's events page for more information about upcoming tour opportunities as they are made available. Welcome to Newberry Woods Community Forest! Join Great Peninsula Conservancy, your local land trust, to explore this new 200-acre preserve. We're going to hike through the forest, learn about…

In the first public meeting, community members (you!) will have developed a wide variety of possible objectives and community benefits for Newberry Woods Community Forest. In this second of three planning meetings, participants will prioritize and distill a realistic list of achievable objectives and community benefits. We’ll also spend time discussing the feasibility of objectives…

ALL FOREST TOURS ARE CURRENTLY FULL! Please keep you eyes on GPC's events page for more information about upcoming tour opportunities as they are made available. Welcome to Newberry Woods Community Forest! Join Great Peninsula Conservancy, your local land trust, to explore this new 200-acre preserve. We're going to hike through the forest, learn about…

This three-part meeting series with Great Peninsula Conservancy will focus on the recently established Newberry Woods Community Forest and the ways in which the community (you!) want to engage with the forest.  In the previous two meetings, you shared your ideas, recommendations, and dreams for the Newberry Woods Community Forest. Join us for our last…

Are you interested in what goes on behind the scenes of a tree planting? Great Peninsula Conservancy, in partnership with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Hansville Greenway Association, and Kitsap County Parks, is relocating 1000 trees from Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park to Hansville Greenway West. Kitsap County Parks Department has generously donated 1000 trees…

Calling all forest enthusiasts and North Kitsap community members! In collaboration with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Hansville Greenway Association, and Kitsap County Parks, Great Peninsula Conservancy is planting 1000 trees at the Hansville Greenway Expansion and we need your help. With the generous donation of 1000 trees from Kitsap County Parks Department, GPC is…

Calling all forest enthusiasts and North Kitsap community members! In collaboration with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Hansville Greenway Association, and Kitsap County Parks, Great Peninsula Conservancy is planting 1000 trees at the Hansville Greenway Expansion and we need your help. With the generous donation of 1000 trees from Kitsap County Parks Department, GPC is…

The History and Future of Stewardship at Klingel-Bryan-Beard Wildlife Refuge Last year, 317 volunteers joined Great Peninsula Conservancy to plant 5,000 native trees and shrubs at the Klingel-Bryan-Beard Wildlife Refuge as part of an assisted migration study with Western Washington University to support climate resilience, but the history of stewardship on the property begins long…

Where: GPC's Johnson South Sound Refuge in Longbranch, Washington. Driving directions will be provided via email to event attendees. Please RSVP! What: We've all heard the old adage about teaching a man to fish... but have you heard the one about teaching him to monitor forage fish? Join us on Saturday, March 11th from 11am-1pm…

Walk and Talk: The History of Red Bluff  Where: GPC's Hahobas Shoreline Preserve (Mason County). Directions to this preserve will be provided via email after the attendee completes registration. Please RSVP!  What: Dr. Michael Pavel is a professor, author, artist, and Tradition Bearer of the South Salish Culture. Join GPC on March 18th from 11am-1pm to take a walk with Dr. Pavel as we…