Seven Projects and 300 acres – Land Protected by GPC in 2023
Land trusts measure their success in a variety of ways, but completing projects that permanently protect land is always an important metric. Thanks to generous donors, community partnerships, and...
View ArticleThank 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…
View ArticleA 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…
View ArticleGPC 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,…
View ArticleConservancy group buys 183 acres along Tahuya River for restoration, salmon...
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…
View ArticleCommunity 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…
View ArticleGreat 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…
View ArticlePeninsula 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…
View Article2024 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,…
View ArticleLand 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...
View ArticleGet ready for GPC’s Summer of Stillwaters Events!
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...
View ArticleJune European Green Crab Molt Search Training
On June 13th, Great Peninsula Conservancy hosted a Molt Search Training at Misery Point Preserve in conjunction with Washington Sea Grant’s Crab Team and Washington State University Extension. Molt...
View ArticleSuccess at Summer of Stillwaters
On July 19th and 20th, the Kingston community came out to celebrate Great Peninsula Conservancy’s Summer of Stillwaters; a five event series celebrating the integration of Stillwaters Environmental...
View ArticleBehind the scenes with Stewardship: Documentation and Reports
Learn more about the importance of Land Trust documentation and reporting for Great Peninsula Conservancy's Stewardship team.
View ArticleGreat Peninsula Conservancy hosts Open House August 24
In 2000, a group of visionary local leaders stepped up to preserve the natural beauty of the forests, streams, shorelines and community greenspaces of west Puget Sound. Today, Great Peninsula…
View ArticleGig Harbor Land Conservation Fund Joins Forces with GPC To Preserve Natural...
The Gig Harbor Land Conservation Fund announced this week that it has officially joined forces with Great Peninsula Conservancy (GPC). The Fund was launched in January 2022 by a group…
View ArticleVote NO on Initiative 2117
GPC relies on state grant funding to preserve vital wildlife habitat, especially for salmon recovery. To protect the salmon streams, shorelines, forests, and farmlands essential to the health of our…...
View ArticleGPC Legacy Member Highlight: Naomi Maasberg & Joleen Palmer
“Preserving this little watershed and estuary is very, very important to us, and we’d like to make sure it stays there for the fish and other wildlife well into the… The post GPC Legacy Member...
View ArticleGig Harbor’s txʷaalqəł Conservation Area Saved Forever
A project that began in 2021 was successfully completed on August 28, 2024 with the purchase of Phase IV of the North Creek Salmon Heritage Site, also known as the… The post Gig Harbor’s txʷaalqəł...
View ArticleManagement Plans: A closer look
Last month our stewardship team explained the different types of baseline documentation and record-keeping that must be conducted in order to best steward our fee-owned properties and conservation...
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