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Critical Areas Ordinance – Comments Part 1
Following are comments from a working committee of the Kitsap Environmental Coalition on DCD’s proposed changes to the Critical Areas Ordinance, dated April 8, 2024. Code writing is an iterative process. Thus, our comments are not final, but should be considered as strong but tentative recommendations. […}
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Breaking Bud Forest Walk
Come see the Tahuya Headwaters Creek legacy forest in Kitsap County, DNR was planning to log 66 acres of this forest in the “Breaking Bud” timber sale, but the discovery of a rare ecosystem has delayed the sale. […]
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KEC Presents: Growing Healthy Soils to Feed the World
In the documentary Into the Soil, we follow Brigid LeFevre, who runs a community-supported agriculture operation (CSO) in Järna, Sweden. The members support this regenerative agriculture operation with money or hands-on help in the garden. […]
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Comp Plan Comment to BOCC: Non-Motorized Transportation
I would like to focus your attention on the detailed and thorough submission by Paul Dutky of the West Sound Cycling Club (pages 199 through 311 of the Comprehensive plan comments). These are in regard to the County’s non-motorized transportation plan and how the needs for bike facilities has been inadequate all over North, Central and South Kitsap. […}
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Comp Plan Comment to BOCC: Rural Preservation
Kitsap County is at a turning point. We ask that you, our Commissioners, act carefully with thought for the future, for the uncertainties of climate change and the stewarding of our precious natural resources and wildlife. We don’t want expanding suburban sprawl that destroys what is most valuable here. […}
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Show Your Love for KEC Today
Today is a great day to help Kitsap Environmental Coalition protect fresh air, living soil, and thriving forests with your donation. Multiply your contribution—urge your family and friends to do likewise. Donors receive a postcard with artwork from KEC members showing their love of Kitsap and its natural world. Thank you, from all of us […]
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Comp Plan Comment to BOCC: Climate Change
Good evening. I’m April Ryan from Kingston, and I appreciate this opportunity to participate in planning our future together. I’m also a co-chair of the KEC Steering Committee. However, tonight, I’m speaking for myself about the important step the County has made in adding Climate Change to the Comprehensive Plan. […]
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Comp Plan Comment to BOCC: KEC Ten Principles
Good evening. I’m Beverly Parsons from Hansville. I’m co-chair of the Kitsap Environmental Coalition Steering Committee and speaking on their behalf. We deeply value diversity, caring, inclusion, and grounding in our orientation to science.
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Earlier today, we submitted comments online outlining ten principles about the preferred land use decision and its implementation. -
Joshua Wright, an inspiration to Youth and all who care about the environment
Twenty-year-old Joshua Wright has been an activist since he was 14. He got his start with Fridays For Future and documentary filmmaking and has been intimately involved in forest conservation and advocacy since 2020. His work has involved advocacy, civil disobedience, mapping of rare ecosystems, organizing with tribes and documenting endangered species in both Washington State and British Columbia.[…]
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Ten Principles for the Preferred Land Use Decision
On March 26, the Kitsap County Planning Commission released its recommendation for the preferred land use alternative for the County’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan. We of the Kitsap Environmental Coalition (KEC) Steering Committee support the direction of the recommendation and we look forward to continuing to work with the County toward the completion of this Plan that will define the future of Kitsap. That work should be guided, we believe, by the following principles
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