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Forest thinning underway at Strawberry Hill
Even a skinny tree makes quite a WHUMP when it hits the ground.
As we are there to hear it, an age-old philosophical question remains unsettled. In any case there are the echoes, reverberating through the misty morning and across the island to herald that forest thinning at Strawberry Hill Park has, […]
Thanks for an inspiring MLK event Blakely Harbor
Tremendous thanks to all who made MLK Day of Service at Blakely Harbor Park a grand success!
Much mulch was spread, many nasty weeds tugged out of the frozen ground as together we made it a wholesome and spirited Day On, not a Day Off for volunteer service and park stewardship.
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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 […]
Hyla, Madrona students do great work for parks
Here’s a great note to close out the year: great kids doing great work in great parks.
Students from Hyla School turned out in numbers in November and December, for stewardship projects at Moritani Preserve and Halls Hill Lookout & Labyrinth.
At Moritani, kids from both Hyla School and Winslow’s Madrona School – together about 70 strong, […]
$15K in Community Grants, more than $1M given this year
The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation has awarded Community Grants totaling$15,000 to six park and recreation clubs and programs.
The Community Grants cap a big year for the Foundation, which has given $1.020 million in total support to the Bainbridge Island Metro Park District in 2023 for park and […]
Spinning toward fun at Fort Ward playground
It’s never too cold for a trip to the playground, especially when the playground comes with a spinner. You can see it in the rosy faces of Caitlin Lombardi’s children Maple, age 7, Alma (5) and Pearl (2), whirling like dervishes at the new Fort Ward playground.
“The spinner has been wildly […]
Find winter peace in parks and trails
We are in the approach of the shortest day of the year, Dec. 20. The winter months can feel like a long dark tunnel through which we must pass endless hours in low light and shortened days. The moistness of the air is heavy, and the mists cling and linger in the fir and cedar […]
Welcoming Anika Binnendijk and Kari Siceloff to our team
We’re pleased to welcome two new team members to the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation, Anika Binnendijk as our new Development Director and Kari Siceloff as Community Programs Manager.
Anika Binnendijk’s professional path has included presidential campaign experience, appointments at the U.S. Department of Defense, State Department, and […]
Ferry walkways to be reused on Puget Sound to Pacific
An elevated walkway being removed from the Colman Dock ferry terminal starting this weekend is bound for re-use on the Puget Sound to Pacific trail corridor – a combination of the Olympic Discovery Trail and Sound to Olympics Trail in Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam counties.
The temporary walkway comes down as a new, permanent pedestrian bridge […]