This August Great Peninsula Conservancy hosted a community science event at Curley Creek Tyner Preserve. The Benthic Sampling Walk & Talk provided people with an opportunity to learn how benthic macroinvertebrates can be used to assess water quality on GPC preserves, as well as get their boots wet in Curley Creek! Benthic macroinvertebrates are invertebrate…
Restoration at Martha John Creek Preserve
Great Peninsula Conservancy is working closely with the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe (PGST) to convert two acres of pastureland to riparian habitat at our Martha John Creek Preserve. Because our hot dry summers are hard on seedling plants, part of the restoration project is an experiment to see if planting through heavy wood chip mulch…
Summer Land Labs Highlights
Land Labs hosted two programs during summer 2023. Both were held at GPC preserves, all in the Hood Canal area, and focused on providing opportunities for students on their summer break. Partnering with the Marvin Williams Recreation Center, Land Labs led a beach exploration highlighting eelgrass conservation and stewardship of shoreline preserves, at Misery Point…
Summer Expansions: Two New GPC Properties
Great Peninsula Conservancy’s conservation team has been busy in 2023 and have already had two big wins for land conservation this summer. The purchase of the 147-acre Tahuya River Preserve, jumpstarting restoration of this important river, and the 38-acre Grovers Creek Expansion, adding protected wetlands and mature forest to existing conservation lands. Both projects strengthen…
GPC Legacy Member Highlight: Nate & Kim Daniel
Great Peninsula Conservancy is excited to recognize our Legacy Society members, Nate and Kim Daniel of Bremerton. Nate of course is GPC’s Executive Director! Here’s what Nate had to say about his and Kim’s decision to join the Legacy Society: “Nearly 20 years ago, Kim and I met while working at an environmental education center…
Monthly Work Parties Spanning the Peninsula
In May 2023 GPC started hosting monthly work parties across our working region with an eye to addressing stewardship needs and connecting with communities that live near GPC preserves. These are a great way to get out to properties that are reserved for wildlife and help support healthy ecosystems in your own neighborhood! Beatrice Lincke,…
In Photos: 2023 Conservation Celebration
On June 1, 2023 GPC’s Conservation Celebration returned to Kiana Lodge for an evening of fun! Thanks to the amazing community rallying around local conservation, a record-breaking $162,682.00 was raised! Highlights of the evening included honoring our Volunteer of the Year Dawn Dockter and Gary Allen Cunningham Conservation Award winner Phil Best, as well as an inspiring…
GPC Legacy Member Highlight: Elizabeth Lathrop
Great Peninsula Conservancy is excited to recognize our newest Legacy Society member, Elizabeth (Liz) Lathrop of Gig Harbor, Liz has been a supporter of local land conservation since the early days of Peninsula Heritage Land Trust, one of the four regional land trusts that merged in 2000 to form GPC. Joining GPC’s Legacy Society is…
Reading the Landscape: Wildlife Tracking Walk & Talk
On April 29, Great Peninsula Conservancy Stewardship Associate Ben Wymer led a three hour Wildlife Tracking Introduction at Newberry Woods Community Forest. During this Walk & Talk, Ben shared his passion for using animal signs to understand seldom seen animals on our GPC Preserves! Ben explained how different groups of animals have different numbers of…
Clear Creek Task Force Seeks New Community Leaders
SILVERDALE, WA – Clear Creek Trail, the community trail that runs from Trigger Ave to the mouth of Clear Creek at Dyes Inlet, needs new volunteers to support and lead the Clear Creek Task Force (CCTF) into the future. Community leader Mary Earl has volunteered nearly three decades of her time and energy supporting the…