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County affirms Conservation Futures funding for North Kitsap community forest and Island Lake land purchase
Summary
Commissioners affirmed a $2 million contribution to Great Peninsula Conservancy for a 467‑acre North Kitsap Community Forest parcel and approved the $940,000 conservation‑futures purchase of an 11‑acre addition adjacent to Island Lake Park.
Kitsap County commissioners on Jan. 13 affirmed two Conservation Futures–funded acquisitions: a $2,000,000 contribution to Great Peninsula Conservancy for a 467‑acre property in North Kitsap (the “Divide” acquisition) and a $940,000 purchase of roughly 11 acres adjacent to Island Lake Park.
Why it matters: County officials and the land trust described the purchases as the finishing pieces of long‑running conservation efforts to protect habitat corridors, shorelines and upland forest in North Kitsap, and to preserve open space near Island Lake Park. The funds come from the county’s Conservation…
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