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    Backyard Habitat

    Backyard Habitat

    New videos from Backyard Habitat Program!

    Below check out a video of this year’s salmon tours event, as well as a video for two fish passage projects we designed, permitted, put out to bid and hired a contractor to install this past summer.  Lingenfelter is located in South Kitsap on Huge Creek, and the Dow FFFP Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 10 months ago December 22, 2025
    Backyard Habitat

    See the Wildlife through the Trees: Creating Habitat in Your Forest

    Join Our Workshop! Saturday, April 26, 2025 10:00 AM-2:00 PM Union, WA Join us for a walking tour of a local forested property for demonstrations of various wildlife habitat practices. Learn from specialists and experienced land managers on how you can get started and the variety of benefits that can Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 2 years ago April 3, 2025
    Agriculture

    Wildfire Preparedness

    November 16, 2024 Time: 11 am – 1pm Location: Poulsbo Fire Department Station 71, 911 NE Liberty Road, Poulsbo, WA 98370 Free GO BAGS for 30 patricipants Join us for a discussion on how to prepare yourself and your property for wildfire and emergency situations. Ask questions of the experts Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 2 years ago November 5, 2024
    Backyard Habitat

    Kitsap Salmon Tours 2024

    GET ALL THE INFO HERE Join us with WSU Kitsap Extension on November 2, 2024 from 11am-3pm at 7 different stream sites across the county, as we explore all things salmon with biologists, local environmental organizations, and trained docents. This FREE event offers exciting opportunities such as interactive activities, guided Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 2 years ago October 21, 2024
    Agriculture

    Defend Your Home from Wildfire

    Are you prepared for wildfire? Check out the Washington Department of Natural Resources Firewise and Wildfire prevention page! See Fire Prevention information in English and Spanish! Each year, wildland fires consume homes in the wildland-urban interface – defined as areas where homes are built near or among lands prone to Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 2 years ago May 20, 2024
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    NOTICE: Warning issued for Long Lake due to potentially toxic cyanobacteria

    Public advised to avoid all contact with lake water due to health risks for people and animals. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION Today the Kitsap Public Health District issued a cyanobacteria warning for Long Lake in South Kitsap. The public should to avoid all contact with water in Long Lake Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 4 years ago August 16, 2022
    Left-to-right: Zebulun Klement, Sarah Mikkelborg, and Sophie Savoie
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    Happy holidays, from the new KCD AmeriCorps members

    Hello, and happy holidays, from the new AmeriCorps members at Kitsap Conservation District: Sarah, Sophie, and Zeb! We joined the team at KCD in October and are excited to be here through next summer. Fall was a busy season for us, learning the ropes and tackling projects before the cold Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 5 years ago December 30, 2021
    Backyard Habitat

    Request for Bids: Chico, WA Project

    Kitsap Conservation District is accepting bids for 700 feet of stream channel construction, installation of log structures and streambed sediment, and floodplain excavation. Bids are due by March 25, 2021, 4pm addressed to Carin Anderson at KCD, c-ander@kitsapcd.org, 10332 Central Valley Road NE,  Poulsbo, WA 98370.  The project is funded by Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 6 years ago February 24, 2021
    Beaked Hazelnut (Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service)
    Backyard Habitat

    Edible Native Plants for your Backyard Habitat

    By Jesse Adams – Resource Planner Native plants have many benefits. Well-established native plants control erosion by holding the soil with their roots. They reduce flooding by slowing runoff. Trees, shrubs and groundcovers clean water by filtering out sediment and pollutants before they reach lakes, streams and Puget Sound. What Read more

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 7 years ago January 17, 2020
    Backyard Habitat

    Apply for Backyard Habitat stream restoration today!

    We are now accepting applications for our Backyard Habitat Program for stream restoration on private properties in uninorporated Kitsap County. Up to $20,000 is available per landowner. We can fund restoration design, construction, planting projects and more. We are accepting applications through November 8th, 2019.

    By Kitsap Conservation District, 7 years ago October 15, 2019

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