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    Environment
    NW Fisheries Commission courtesy photo
Bull kelp
    Kitsap part of recovery effort for two Puget...
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • April 29, 2025 1:30 am

    Tribes, scientists and BI high school student help pass new law

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    NOAA courtesy photos
J62 traveling with the J19 matrilineal line.
    1st looks at Kitsap’s biggest baby seen at...
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • January 12, 2025 1:30 am

    A 400-pound, 7-foot-long, orange-and-black newborn may have already set the record for Kitsap’s largest baby of the year, but its…

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    Greater Peninsula Conservancy courtesy photo
The first waterfall that graces Dickerson Creek.
    Salmon projects in Kitsap hook funding boost
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • October 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Raising a family in Kitsap County is about to get easier — if you’re a coho salmon, that is.

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    EPA courtesy photos
A scientific diver collects sediment samples in a healthy eelgrass bed for future chemical, physical and taxonomic analyses.
    Eelgrass at BI Superfund site: to restore or...
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • September 26, 2024 1:30 am

    Eelgrass, a humble aquatic flowering plant that recently made headlines for its newfound ability to cut down dangerous pathogens in…

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    Molly Hetherwick/Kitsap News Group photos
A few large piles of creosote-contaminated dirt frame the future view from Pritchard Park, while a ferry arrives in Bainbridge.
    BI Superfund site gets funds to spur cleanup
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • September 9, 2024 1:30 am

    Pritchard Park may have some unbeatable views sooner than expected, thanks to new federal funding — they just have to…

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    Molly Hetherwick/Kitsap News Group photos
The visage of a Great Blue Heron, complete with nest and eggs, decorates a mailbox on Lovell Avenue SW on Bainbridge Island.
    Lots for sale near herons concern many
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • April 25, 2024 1:30 am

    A recent real estate listing has ruffled some feathers in Winslow.

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    Brandyn Boyd, Magnolia Forest Preschool courtesy photos
Two preschool students play in the water during a school day.
    Legacy of outdoor ed on BI brings nature...
    By Margaret Hetherwick • March 29, 2024 1:30 am

    Bainbridge Islanders are known for their love and appreciation of the natural environment. But what inspires that passion, and how…

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    Fish and Wildlife courtesy photo
A large black bear grazes in a field.
    Bear necessity: Respect them ‘so they can stay...
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • March 29, 2024 1:30 am

    Don’t give them easy access to food

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    Dave Parks, Coastal Watershed Institute courtesy photo
Herring spawn event seen from above along Agate Pass in March of 2023.
    Spring has spawn: Herring return after ‘Holy cow’...
    By Molly Hetherwick Kitsap News Group • March 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Spring may have melted away dreams of snow, but the beaches of Bainbridge Island are still dappled with pearly white…

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    Visitors connect with the Bloedel Reserve grounds in a very individual, personal way. Erin Fisher photo
    ‘They’re our life-force:’ Member Day salutes Bloedel Reserve’s...
    By Bloedel Reserve • May 8, 2023 6:00 am

    June 10 celebration offers a full day of garden tours, workshops, plant sale and much more

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    The area that was cleared of selected trees. Courtesy photos
    Tree-cutting near NK Heritage Park, Arborwood permitted by...
    By Tyler Shuey • October 30, 2021 1:30 am

    Needed for utilities; developer returning cut trees to park

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    A volunteer helps pick up trash as part of Puget Soundkeeper’s Poulsbo cleanup. Tyler Shuey/North Kitsap Herald photos
    Puget Soundkeeper holds cleanup events in Kitsap
    By Tyler Shuey • October 18, 2021 1:30 am

    Seattle-based water quality advocacy group looking to expand footprint

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    Suquamish Tribe to sue King County over repeated sewage spills in Puget Sound
    Suquamish Tribe to sue King County over repeated...
    By Kitsap News Group staff • July 22, 2020 1:30 am

    Tribe gave King County 60 days notice to file a lawsuit for continual violations of Clean Water Act

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    Great Peninsula Conservancy postpones upcoming events
    Great Peninsula Conservancy postpones upcoming events
    By Herald Staff • March 18, 2020 8:30 am

    Annual Spring Dinner will be made up in October

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    500-gallon sewage spill prompts no-contact advisory for Chico Creek, Chico Bay
    500-gallon sewage spill prompts no-contact advisory for Chico...
    By Kitsap News Group staff • March 6, 2020 8:30 am

    Advisory to be in effect through March 11

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    Conservancy and county team up on local tree planting
    Conservancy and county team up on local tree...
    By Kitsap News Group staff • February 12, 2020 1:30 am

    Event is slated for Saturday, Feb. 29 from 8:30 a.m. to noon; volunteers needed

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    Local private school will study Kitsap Lake algae blooms
    Local private school will study Kitsap Lake algae...
    By Tyler Shuey • January 29, 2020 1:30 am

    School project looks to prevent recurrent algal blooms at Kitsap Lake

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    AG Ferguson asks court to block EPA’s attempt to repeal Clean Water Rules
    AG Ferguson asks court to block EPA’s attempt...
    By Herald Staff • December 29, 2019 1:30 pm

    Attorney General Bob Ferguson recently filed a lawsuit to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to repeal a 2015 rule…

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    Approximately 3,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Kitsap Lake
    Approximately 3,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Kitsap...
    By Kitsap News Group staff • December 23, 2019 1:30 am

    No-contact advisory issued through December 29

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    15,000 gallon sewage spill prompts no-contact advisory for Port Washington Narrows
    15,000 gallon sewage spill prompts no-contact advisory for...
    By Kitsap News Group staff • December 21, 2019 1:30 am

    Seven day no-contact advisory in effect through December 26

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