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October 7, 2021 |

A couple of red alders (Alnus rubra) at GPC's Grovers Creek Preserve that were girdled to create habitat for wildlife.

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The May Walk and Talk is a week from today! Join

The May Walk and Talk is a week from today!

Join Michaela Petrini, GPC's Stewardship Associate for a morning of nature journaling at Cowling Creek Preserve. With nearly a decade of experience in environmental education, Micaela has led nature-based journaling programs for hundreds of learners!

Follow the link in our bio to learn more and RSVP! Don't miss out on this opportunity to unwind and slow down!

This past Wednesday, our volunteers were hard at w

This past Wednesday, our volunteers were hard at work removing invasive ivy at Lay Wildrose preserve. Over two hours, we cleared ivy from over 20 trees!

While English ivy doesn’t parasitize its tree hosts like other viny climbers, it weakens trees by trapping moisture on the bark (increasing the tree’s risk for disease and pests), competes for soil water, and adds mass and surface area to the structure of the canopy. All of these pieces significantly weaken trees to the point that high wind events easily topple the trees.

Want to learn more about how you can help protect our forests and habitat against the weeds? Visit https://greatpeninsula.org/events/ to join us at our next work party!

A lot of great items and experiences will be in th

A lot of great items and experiences will be in the auction at the 2023 Coservation Celebration. Here's just a few to get excited about. Get together with your friends and bid on a week at Casa Cardonal! Or maybe send you and a lucky someone on a trip to Baja with UnCruise!

The best part about having the winning bid is that you benefit GPC AND get someone awesome out of it.

Read more about what's in the auction in the link in our bio. There are a few tickets left for the Celebration, we hope to see you there!

Stewardship Associate Ben Wymer @awoodswalk_photog

Stewardship Associate Ben Wymer @awoodswalk_photography got some photos of this red-tailed hawk nest at one of GPCs properties earlier this year. Ben is an awesome photographer and naturalist and has prints to bid on during the 2023 Conservation Celebration!

Far from uncommon, red-tailed hawks nesting on any property are a good sign of ecosystem health - they need a big range, plenty of food to raise healthy chicks, and most of all some peace and quiet. You'd probably struggle to find this nest now with leaf out in the forest, one of the benefit of early spring time in the field.

Keep an eye on the skies this weekend - birds of prey harness thermals rising into the air to glide across the landscape where they can search for prey and keep an eye out for interlopers!

#landtrust #walandtrusts #redtailedhawk #birdsofintagram #pnwwonderland #greatpeninsula #conservation #hawks #birdsofprey

GPC's 2023 Conservation Celebration is less than a

GPC's 2023 Conservation Celebration is less than a month away! We are excited to be back at Kiana Lodge on June 1st for our annual fundraiser. Come for dinner, drinks, and a shared commitment to conservation; stay for our first ever paddle raise and the opportunity to bid on some amazing auction items!

Thanks to our lead sponsors for helping make this event possible; you are vital members of the GPC team!

RSVP by May 18th via the link in our bio.

Support local conservation and GiveBig May 2-3! Jo

Support local conservation and GiveBig May 2-3! Join communities across Washington on these days of giving!

Make your gift to fund local conservation projects and protect lands across GPC's working region! There's increasing development pressure across our region and you can be a part of ensuring we have healthy forests, streams, and shorelines far into the future. Thank you for your support!

Follow the link in our bio to give today!

Doesn't it feel good to leave a place better than

Doesn't it feel good to leave a place better than when you found it?

We know that our friends at the US Navy and the Port of Bremerton agree! We had two separate days of stewardship at Newberry Woods Community Forest for Earth Day last week and made a big dent in Scotch broom removal there!

Thanks to the Friday crew from the Navy, who came out and got things started! The Kitsap Sun also came out and covered to project (link in our bio). Newberry Woods Community Forest wouldn't exist without the help of the U.S. Navy REPI Program!

Thanks to our Saturday crew from the Port of Bremerton who came and continued the hard work! We were grateful to have Commissioner Axel Strakeljahn,
Airport Manager Monroe Whitman,
Director of Facilities & Property Development James Goodman, and
Senior Accountant Kristie Miller sponsor this event.

Thanks to everyone for being a part of this amazing conservation minded community!

Second Wednesday Work Parties with Great Peninsula

Second Wednesday Work Parties with Great Peninsula Conservancy return this May for a day in the forest at Gig Harbor’s Lay Wildrose Preserve

Come out for a morning of English ivy whacking in the sun-speckled (fingers crossed!) forest floors of your regional wildlands

When: Wednesday, May 10th, at Lay Wildrose Preserve in Gig Harbor

Check out the link in our bio to find more information and sign up!

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