Great Peninsula Conservancy recently acquired Divide Community Forest. These newly protected 467 aces are the largest purchase in Great Peninsula Conservancy’s history! Purchased for $6.34 million, the project was funded from several sources, including a $2.9 million grant from the State RCO Community Forest Program, a $2 million grant from Kitsap Conservation Futures, several major…
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Great Peninsula Conservancy recently protected 13 acres of critical shoreline along the Hood Canal. This acquisition ensures the eelgrass beds and shallow tidelands that provide habitat will be protected in perpetuity. Image Credit: Great Peninsula Conservancy
Whatcom Land Trust Works with Community Partners to Protect Land and Reduce Transportation Carbon Footprint Article by Lorraine Wilde Photos taken by Emily Segura Maze While celebrating its 40th Anniversary conserving land in Whatcom County, Whatcom Land Trust (the Trust) partnered this past October with Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) to protect 51 additional acres at…
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Cowiche Canyon Conservancy recently protected 40 acres of land, marked in yellow in the map above! The property protects the Rocky Top trail network, and includes trails like Walk N Roll, Green Harvester, and William O. Douglas Trail. The project was made possible through a generous donation from Tide SW Foundation, Dustin Yeager and his…
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Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust recently closed on 20 additional acres of land to increase the acreage of the Tahlequah Creek Preserve! The preserve now protects 30 total acres of watershed, and 3,000 feet of the Tahlequah Creek. This section of Vashon Island is among the most wild and critical pieces of land on the island,…
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The txʷaalqəł Conservation Area, also known as the North Creek Salmon Heritage site, has been fully conserved and protected after three years of hard work from Great Peninsula Conservancy, Key Peninsula Land Fund (which recently joined GPC as a special committee), the City of Gig Harbor, and other community partners. The 50+ acre green space in Gig…
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Situated within the estuary of Salmon and Snow Creeks, the newly protected property by Jefferson Land Trust is home to more than 1,000 feet of shoreline, 1.1 acres of upland habitat, and 4.6 acres of tidelands. The conserved land and waterways are valuable habitat for Hood Canal summer chum, chinook, and steelhead. Image Credit: Jefferson…
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Cowiche Canyon Conservancy and local partner Ponderosa Assisted Living Facility teamed up to hold a wildlife viewing trip at Snow Mountain Ranch. With a grant from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Watchable Wildlife Grant, special equipment was purchase to aid folks of all abilities in viewing the surrounding wildlife. The group even saw a pair…
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Great Peninsula Conservancy recently closed on the Shawl Forest Conservation Easement! The 30-acre forested property on the Key Peninsula, donated by a generous landowner, is now protected forever! Photo Credit: Great Peninsula Conservancy
Last month, Chelan-Douglas Land Trust secured a 221.6 acre conservation easement above Wapato Lake near Mason, Washington. The conserved land offers high-quality shrub-steppe habitat for wildlife in the transitional pine zone environment and sits adjacent to public lands allowing for a healthy wildlife corridor. This project would not have been possible without the collective efforts of CDLT,…
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