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Registration open for Trillium Trail Run, May 10

Run for the trails! The Trillium Trail Run 10K/5K and Kids Fun Run returns to Bainbridge Island Saturday, May 10, a benefit to acquire, build and maintain new Bainbridge Island trails.  

The Trillium Trail Run is presented by the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation.

Early-bird registration for the timed event is now open at  www.trilliumtrail.run. Cost is $35 for the 10K run and $30 for the 5K, with all proceeds supporting trail projects on Bainbridge Island. The Kids Fun Run is free. 

Runners and walkers will enjoy a scenic course from Battle Point Park, along the Forest to Sky Trail and over Hilltop meadow, and looping among the great firs of the Grand Forest.  

Race packets and timing bibs will be distributed the morning of the event. Race T-shirts must be pre-ordered at registration.

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Registration open for Trillium Trail Run, May 102025-04-22T15:17:01-07:00

Foundation, Land Trust launch campaign to preserve Grand Forest East

The Bainbridge Island Land Trust with the support of the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation have launched a campaign to raise funds to protect 39 acres at Grand Forest East, allowing purchase by the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District.  

The Park District on February 21, 2025, announced its intent to purchase the property, contingent on a successful fundraising campaign. With negotiations now underway, the fundraising campaign, Stand for the Grand Forest, is expected to be over $2 million, said Cullen Brady, Executive Director, Bainbridge Island Land Trust. 

The Board of the Bainbridge Island School District voted to surplus the 39-acre property. 

“This is an urgent campaign,” Brady said. “The School District’s January 9, 2025, action to surplus and sell this property, among their first order of business in the new year, started the clock ticking. We need the community to […]

Foundation, Land Trust launch campaign to preserve Grand Forest East2025-03-24T14:49:25-07:00

Day of Remembrance stewardship at the Exclusion Memorial

Gratitude for all who turned out for the annual Day of Remembrance volunteer stewardship day at the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Feb. 19, in community with our Japanese American neighbors and in support of Bainbridge Island’s monument to civil rights at Pritchard Park.

Day of Remembrance stewardship at the Exclusion Memorial2025-02-20T14:44:17-08:00

BURT 100 ‘Ultra’ run raises $5K for Bainbridge Island trails

The drive is, in their own estimation, “peculiar.” How else to describe the urge to run 100 miles on Bainbridge Island trails – nonstop, overnight, and this year in freezing weather – without, say, a bear on your heels?  

It’s a fair question, says Chris Heiden, who co-founded the Bainbridge Ultra Running Team with Mark Goodro five years ago.  

The inaugural BURT run – a modest 50 miles – was a loosely organized excuse to get out of the house when Covid cancelled every other run in the area. About 15 runners showed up, although some felt the course was too short.  

So the Bainbridge “Ultra” got even more so: 100 miles.   

“The drive for the 100-mile distance, for me, was that it’s so hard and the probability of failure high, just getting to the end is a kind of a life accomplishment,” Heiden […]

BURT 100 ‘Ultra’ run raises $5K for Bainbridge Island trails2025-02-18T16:23:38-08:00

Neighbors celebrate new Arbor Trail

 Trails connect Bainbridge Island parks, schools, neighborhoods, even families.  

When Sandra McIver moved to Bainbridge Island, she and her husband settled at West Port Madison, and her daughters and their families at Agate Point – neighborhoods geographically close, yet historically never linked. So even a quick visit from one household to another meant a drive out to the busy highway.  

“From the very beginning,” McIver said, “we were looking at Bloedel Reserve (between us) thinking, wouldn’t it be great if there was a trail we could walk? I just thought that was a complete fantasy.”  

Today, it’s a reality. The new Arbor Trail links W. Port Madison Road with Dolphin Drive/Agate Loop, the first-ever nonmotorized connection between the two neighborhoods. The trail is a partnership between the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation and Bloedel Reserve.  

McIver, a member of […]

Neighbors celebrate new Arbor Trail2025-02-18T16:14:23-08:00

Big numbers for MLK Day of Service at Blakely Harbor Park

A volunteer force 230 strong made it “A Day On, Not A Day Off” at the annual MLK Jr. Day of Service at Blakely Harbor Park, Jan. 20.  

It was the largest-ever turnout for the annual stewardship day at the park.  

How about these impressive numbers across the board: 

Blackberry, ivy and other invasive weeds (25 yards) tugged and hauled off to TILZ for composting. New native shrubs and trees (400 total) put into the winter soil, blanketed by yards and yards (50) of fresh mulch. Trash (10 gallons) picked up from nearby roadsides. Even pinecone bird feeders (dozens) crafted by small hands, to support our avian neighbors.  

Here’s another great number: $200,000 – that’s the funding granted by the Parks & Trails Foundation to support Blakely Harbor Park restoration since 2014.  

That number is multiplied many times over by the outstanding work […]

Big numbers for MLK Day of Service at Blakely Harbor Park2025-02-16T14:16:21-08:00

Parks office returns to Strawberry Hill, thanks to Foundation, park expansion

The Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District has officially relocated its administrative offices to a newly repurposed building on the east side of Strawberry Hill Park. This move marks a significant milestone in the Park District’s ongoing efforts to improve facilities for staff and better serve the community.

The new office at 7686 NE High School Road is part of a larger expansion of Strawberry Hill Park, which received a $1.1 million grant from the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation in April 2024. This grant funded the acquisition of a 9-acre parcel formerly owned by Comcast, located along High School Road. The lightly wooded property expands the park’s footprint, bringing its total size to 38 acres.

The newly repurposed office building was originally Northland Cable and later the Bainbridge Island Broadcasting station. The structure was initially deemed unsuitable for renovation. After acquiring the property, […]

Parks office returns to Strawberry Hill, thanks to Foundation, park expansion2025-01-16T11:06:20-08:00

Foundation, Land Trust to work with community to preserve 39 acres at Grand Forest East

The Bainbridge Island Land Trust and the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation acknowledge the recent announcement by the Bainbridge Island School District (BISD) that it plans to surplus its 39-acre property that functions as part of Grand Forest East parkland.

The Grand Forest nature complex is a treasured Bainbridge Island landscape, known for its interconnected trail network, intact forest core and vital natural habitats.

Recognizing the conservation and recreational value of this land, our organizations are united in our commitment to protect it permanently, ensuring that it remains undeveloped and accessible to the community for future generations.

On January 9, the School Board voted to surplus the 39-acre parcel. The Land Trust and Parks & Trails Foundation will work closely with the Bainbridge Island community, local leaders, and other stakeholders as we explore ways to safeguard this valuable resource.

We encourage everyone to join us in helping to conserve one of the Island’s […]

Foundation, Land Trust to work with community to preserve 39 acres at Grand Forest East2025-02-21T08:13:26-08:00

Join us for the MLK Day of Service, Jan. 20

Join Bainbridge Island Metro Parks, the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation and supporting partners for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 at Blakely Harbor Park.  

Conservation projects for all ages are planned: planting native wildflowers, mulching young plants, and removing invasive species like ivy, spurge laurel, and blackberry. Park District and Parks & Trails Foundation staff and volunteers will be on hand to share knowledge about the park and its restoration. All tools are provided.  

Sign up to volunteer as an individual, family, team or club. […]

Join us for the MLK Day of Service, Jan. 202025-01-08T10:04:30-08:00

A warm December welcome for 8 Acre Woods

Befitting a park with trailheads on three sides, everyone seemed to come to 8 Acre Woods from a different direction, metaphorically speaking.  

Andrew Schmid grew up on nearby Manitou Park Boulevard and knew the Skiff Point parcel as all woods and no trails, too dense and impenetrable even for rowdy kids on BMX bikes. 

Those more recently familiar with the land knew it precisely for trails, built with intention over the years by the property owner who invited all to walk and share the land.  

Then there’s Jim Kondek. He’s lived on neighboring Falk Road for almost 40 years and reckons he’s walked every mile of Bainbridge Island trails, but had somehow never crossed the green threshold into what would become known as 8 Acre Woods.  

“I knew it was here and was a good-sized parcel, but I had no idea there […]

A warm December welcome for 8 Acre Woods2025-01-13T13:34:21-08:00

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