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Sign up for Winter Work Parties

Sign up for Winter Work Parties

There’s a full slate of winter work parties in Bainbridge Island parks and trails ahead. Sign up today!

Conservation Work Party

Where: Blakley Harbor Park, NE Country Club Road

When: Saturday, Feb. 10 and March 9 (2nd Saturdays), 10:00a-12:00p

What: Join the Park District, IslandWood, and the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation every second Saturday this winter in the ongoing restoration of Blakley Harbor Park! Thousands of volunteer hours have already been logged, helping transform the site of the former largest mill in the world. Volunteers will help remove invasive species, spread mulch to discourage regrowth, and plant native species where invasives have been controlled.

Well suited for children ages six and up who are comfortable using small hand tools and walking off trail on uneven surfaces.

REGISTER HERE

Trails Work Party

Where: Fort Ward Park (Upper Parking Lot), Fort Ward Hill Road

When: Saturday, Jan. 20, Feb. 17, March 16 (3rd Saturdays), 10:00a-12:00p

What: Join the […]

Sign up for Winter Work PartiesDouglas2024-02-07T10:57:50-08:00

Sign up for a fall work party

Sign up for a fall work party

Conservation Work Party

Where: Strawberry Hill Park, 7666 Highschool Road NE

When: Saturday, Oct. 14 (2nd Saturday), 10:00a-12:00p

What: Join the Park District, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Gear Grinders, and the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation this fall, preparing the site of the future mountain bike park for new trails and features. Projects will include removing invasive species, building habitats, and planting native plants.

Well-suited for children ages six and up who are comfortable using small hand tools and walking off trail on uneven surfaces.

REGISTER HERE

Trails Work Party

Where: Gazzam Lake Nature Preserve

When: Saturday, Oct. 21 (3rd Saturday), 10:00a-12:00p

What: Join the Park District’s trails team, the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation at Gazzam Lake Nature Preserve this fall, maintaining trail surfacing, improving trail drainage, and closing social trails in sensitive wildlife habitat.

These work parties are well suited for children ages eight and up who are comfortable using some small hand tools and […]

Sign up for a fall work partyDouglas2023-10-13T15:09:47-07:00

Join us for Moritani Community Picnic, Sept. 4

Join us for Moritani Community Picnic, Sept. 4

Tasty gourmet picnic boxes are available for purchase at this year’s Moritani Community Picnic, 4–6 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4 at Moritani Preserve.

Local band WHOZYAMAMA returns with their spicy brand of Cajun and Creole music for this relaxed, end-of-summer celebration for the entire family. The event is free!

New this year: Purchase a delicious, gourmet picnic box from island caterer Fig & Spice to benefit the Preserve. Each picnic box for one includes naan bites with an array of fresh, Mediterranean-style dips; an organic tabbouleh salad; salted tahini chocolate chip cookies; and choice of kombucha or premium sodas.

Picnic boxes are $40, with all proceeds benefiting the restoration and stewardship of Moritani Preserve. Pre-order is over, but a limited number of boxes will be available at the event.

Love a relaxing afternoon in the park? Kick back in the grass and enjoy live, local music at Moritani Preserve, 542 Winlsow Way […]

Join us for Moritani Community Picnic, Sept. 4Douglas2023-08-31T11:40:53-07:00

Be part of the mix on National Trails Day, June 3

Be part of the mix on National Trails Day, June 3

Be part of the mix – the trail mix! Celebrate Bainbridge Island trails with a fun and healthy hike on National Trails Day, Saturday, June 3.

While you’re out, pick up the newly updated Trails on Bainbridge Island map at Hilltop (Grand Forest) and lower Fort Ward Park from 10 a.m. to noon, hosted by the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation. The large-format color map includes Bainbridge Island’s 48 miles of public trails, as well as nearby dining, services and other amenities for park and trail users.

Learn more about the Parks & Trails Foundation’s work to expand and enhance the island trail network, including the cross-island Lost Valley trail. The Foundation will also hand out its trail mix.

The Trails on Bainbridge Island map is produced by the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District, with support from the Bainbridge Island Parks & […]

Be part of the mix on National Trails Day, June 3Douglas2023-05-17T12:28:47-07:00

Celebrate Earth Month all month in April

Celebrate Earth Month all month in April

April is Celebrate Trees! Earth Month Bainbridge Island

April is Earth Month on Bainbridge Island! Celebrating with activities and events for all ages for Earth Day and Arbor Day during the entire month of April and beyond. Everyone can take action and join activities to support, celebrate, and learn more about our environment and beautiful planet Earth.

Sustainable Bainbridge, in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation and many other Bainbridge Island nonprofits, is hosting an incredible variety of opportunities, including weed pulls and work parties, Earth Day celebrations, nature talks, free invasive weed disposal, and nature walks. Take action every day as an individual, a family, or a group.

Tell us about your month. Take pictures and share your Earth Month actions and projects with us. Use the hashtag #EarthMonthBI when posting on social media for Earth Month on Bainbridge Island. Join us in celebrating with activities and events for […]

Celebrate Earth Month all month in AprilDouglas2023-03-22T18:06:13-07:00

Madeline Ostrander brings climate change home

Madeline Ostrander brings climate change home

If you’re feeling a little down watching the world you grew up with evanesce around you – forests burning here, glaciers melting there, our once reliably gorgeous Northwest summers now blighted by heat and smoke – there’s a word for that: solastalgia.

The term describes a sense of loss or homesickness, as Madeline Ostrander has it, “from watching one’s environment unravel.”

So, you’re not alone. The question is, how you respond.

“I think in this part of the world, where people are experiencing wildfires, there is a sense of unease about what is this place we’re living in now, and what is it becoming,” says Ostrander, science journalist and author of “At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth” (2022). “Some people feel it in a way that is very front of mind and they can talk […]

Madeline Ostrander brings climate change homeDouglas2023-03-10T15:27:56-08:00

Rad! Strawberry Hill Skatepark design to be presented Nov. 17

Rad! Strawberry Hill Skatepark design to be presented Nov. 17

Get stoked! The Strawberry Hill Skatepark plan is here.

The new skatepark design will be presented to the public at the Nov. 17 board meeting of the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Bainbridge Island Recreation Center.

The 16,660-sf. facility at Strawberry Hill Park will feature an expansive, open “street skating” area with ramps, stairs, rails and many other elements typical of an urban skating environment. An undulating “pump track” wraps around the skating plaza, allowing a long, continuous ride through momentum-building curves and bowls.

The park is designed for skaters of all skill levels, and will welcome not just skateboarders but roller and inline skaters and scooters as well.

The skatepark design is by Grindline Skateparks of Seattle, in consultation with a multi-age advisory group of Bainbridge Island skaters. Grindline has designed some 300 skateparks […]

Rad! Strawberry Hill Skatepark design to be presented Nov. 17Douglas2022-11-04T10:57:05-07:00

Bainbridge Beach Cleanup is Sept. 10

Bainbridge Beach Cleanup is Sept. 10

Seeking volunteers to help with the annual Bainbridge Island Beach Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.! This annual stewardship event is held in collaboration with Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup .

Sustainable Bainbridge, in partnership with many other Bainbridge Island nonprofits, is organizing this event to help clean our 53 miles of shoreline. We can all make a difference for our environment and our wildlife!

Everyone can get involved, whether it is supporting a team by entering data in the Ocean Conservancy CleanSwell app or picking up garbage along our shores and waterways–and even along our roadsides.

Sign up at https://www.sustainablebainbridge.org/event/beach-cleanup/

Take pictures and share your unusual debris and finds with us! Use the hashtag #bibeachcleanup when posting on […]

Bainbridge Beach Cleanup is Sept. 10Douglas2022-08-19T21:08:28-07:00

Leafline Trails Coalition launches 900-mile trail vision

Leafline Trails Coalition launches 900-mile trail vision

Gov. Jay Inslee pedaled the Sound to Olympics Trail on Bainbridge Island, as Leafline Trails Coalition today launched a visionary network with more than 900 miles of trails to safely and efficiently connect communities throughout the central Puget Sound region.

“Nobody’s ever caught frowning on a trail,” Inslee said as he live-streamed his ride up the STO from Winslow Way to High School Road, via a handlebar-mounted camera. “Everybody’s happy, ever notice that? People on trails are always smiling.”

Inslee live-streamed brief comments from the STO trailhead, hailing the regional trails plan as the most exciting mapping project since Peter Puget surveyed Puget Sound in 1792.

There are about 500 miles of trails today in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, Leafline says, but there has never before been a concerted effort to create a network that crosses jurisdictional boundaries and Puget Sound.

Currently, 56 percent of the more than 900-mile trail network is […]

Leafline Trails Coalition launches 900-mile trail visionDouglas2022-06-01T14:52:35-07:00

Help design Strawberry Hill Skatepark

Help design Strawberry Hill Skatepark

Strawberry Hill Skatepark is being renovated and expanded, and the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District wants skaters and other park users to help with the design.

The Park District will host a public meeting from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at Strawberry Hill Center. Grindline Skateparks of Seattle will present options for the new park, and take input and ideas.

The expanded skatepark will include a new “street skate” area with curbs, ledges, rails, stairs and other elements typical of an urban skating environment. The design will accommodate users of all ages and abilities, and more types of skating: skateboarding, roller and inline skating, and scooters.

What would you like to see? Take an online survey to vote for your favorite elements, or suggest features of your own.

The 20-year-old Strawberry Hill skate bowl, recognized as one of the best in the Northwest, will be refurbished as part of the project.

“The Strawberry […]

Help design Strawberry Hill SkateparkDouglas2022-05-20T20:48:21-07:00