• BOCC Decision: No ReZone Upheld

    Posted on June 24, 2025

    We are very pleased that the Kitsap Board of County Commissioners has voted to Keep Kitsap Green, by protecting rural Kitsap from large-scale residential overdevelopment.
    This is not about winning or losing, but an opportunity to come together on our shared goal of a bright future for the generations to come.[…]

  • Help Protect Rural Kitsap From Overdevelopment

    Posted on June 18, 2025

    Speak up! Email your comments by the  June 20 deadline and tell your county commissioners you support efforts to protect the rural parts of our county from rezoning that would turn it into subdivisions.

    On June 9, the county commissioners made a preliminary decision to turn down 14 requests to rezone rural portions of Kitsap County – including 400 acres adjacent to the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park – for higher-density residential development.

    On June 23, they will make a final decision. Developers are pushing the commissioners to reverse that decision. Commissioners need to hear from the public! […]

  • DNR Firvana Timber Sale – letter

    Posted on May 30, 2025

    Update: Firvana Timber Sale delayed thanks to letters from KEC, Kitsap County Commissioners, and You!
    The Kitsap Environmental Coalition (KEC) objects to the sale of timber at the Firvana site next to Green Mountain for the following reasons.
    First, the Commissioners of Kitsap County and KEC have called for delaying sales of structurally complex forests around Green Mountain. This delay provides time to evaluate the sites more and attempt to convert them from timber sites to areas preserved for future generations and nature. […]

  • Planning Protocol MIA

    Posted on May 23, 2025

    I am concerned that the 2025 PROS Plan before you is a complete replacement that jettisons all the good work that has gone before.
    The County has worked on land acquisitions for parks going back to the mid-1960s. The concept of Heritage parks came about in 1998-2000 and was followed by additional purchases of large tracts. These future Heritage parks were intended to provide recreation, but importantly were considered large enough to protect wildlife and habitat—the latter an important point for generating community support. […]

  • Heritage Park, not Regional Park

    Posted on May 23, 2025

    My husband and I were drawn to Kitsap County due to the community’s commitment to the natural spaces here. Before moving here full time, we took WSU Water Stewardship programs, learning how vital it is to protect wild corridors not only for their beauty and the species found in them, but for our own health, flourishing and quality of life. Those experiences changed our whole way of thinking.

    You see, we moved from an area of the southwest where most people have very little connection to wildlife, water resources and the lands that are quietly being converted to shopping centers and recreational complexes. […]