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Johnson South Sound Preserve
Around the Hidden Lagoon
The muddy easement passes two just-built houses and a fifth-wheel before plunging into the woods. Then the roadbed itself plunges down a ravine. A landslide has scooped away the hillside below, … more
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Coach Beth Porter, left, runs with fourth-graders Evey Lee and Eliza Rasmussen.
Evergreen Elementary Girls on the Run
The nationwide program Girls on the Run returned this spring to Evergreen Elementary School for a 12-week season. Eighteen girls from third through fifth grade met after school twice a week for … more
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Longbranch Marina, circa 2003
New Longbranch Pumpout Station Delayed Indefinitely
Plans to build a pumpout station at the Longbranch Marina, designed to give boaters a way to empty their sewage tanks, was halted by an unexpected permitting roadblock because of a shared well that … more
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Erden Eruç hoists the Philippine pennant on arrival, delivered by the local kayak club
KP Man Completes First Solo Row from U.S. to Asia
Solo circumnavigator Erden Eruç of Wauna, 60, made landfall at Legazpi City in the Philippines March 24, becoming the first person to row from North America to Asia after launching from … more
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Yellowlegs wading
Watch for Yellowlegs, Honeysuckle and More
Listen for the loud “klee-klee-klee” call of greater yellowlegs in estuaries and flooded fields. This shorebird passes through the Key Peninsula during spring and fall migrations. Watch … more
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Deep in the Tree Frog's Chorus
At last, I find a frog. It is spread-eagled in the shallow water like a lost toy. Its throat floats before it as round and sheer as a soap bubble, pushing its head up. It looks almost pathetic as it … more
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Fishing Under the Bridge
While drivers rattle the Purdy bridge in cars and trucks, fly fishers often stand thigh deep in saltwater below at the mouth of the Burley Lagoon, their attention fixed on a far different … more
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Eruç hoists the Philippine pennant on arrival, delivered by the local kayak club.
Latest Tracker Updates: Westbound Rower Around the World
Follow KP resident's heroic one-person-powered voyage more
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Where Beaches Are Born
Agates and oysters. A clear tide. Stories.  I am south of Driftwood Annie’s point, strolling Pitt Passage with two veteran beach walkers. The going is wonderfully slow. “It … more
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Kim Daniel runs tubing from the spile to a collection bucket.
The Sweet Reward of Tapping into Bigleaf Maples
Nate Daniel, executive director of Great Peninsula Conservancy, considers himself a syrup hobbyist. His introduction to tapping maple trees came the year he worked at a University of Rhode … more
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North Herron Road
Amplified King Tide Causes Dramatic Flooding
One of the highest tides of 2022 was predicted for just after sunrise Friday, Jan 7. Daylight revealed a tide two feet higher than the prediction. Seawater filled the parking lot of Purdy’s … more
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Getting ready to hike 10 miles out to Dungeness Spit to earn the Hiking Merit Badge
Local Scouts Welcome New Leadership and Rechartered Cubs
After nearly two years of challenges brought on by the pandemic, including the loss of a local program for younger Scouts, Scout Troop 220 and Cub Scout Pack 222 are back together again, meeting weekly at the Key Peninsula Civic Center … more
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On a Ramble, Raven-watching in the New Year
Let’s take a ramble. Let’s head through this soggy pasture and aim for the woods. Think of all we’ve seen in the last year on the KP, the encounters with deer and moths, the … more
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Naturalist's Notebook
A Beaver Poop Mystery The dam is deep in a thicket and quite small. To reach it I’m forced to crab-walk into the lively creek below it. Salmonberry canes extract the small blood offering … more
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Mud-splattered KPMS students Venicia Robles.
Guided Mountain Biking for Local Teens Inspires More
Red Barn Youth Center teamed up with Key Pen Parks to take nine students from Key Peninsula Middle School for a guided mountain bike ride. It was a ride they won't soon forget. more
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Erden Eruç rowing out of Waikiki Harbor Oct. 7
Wauna Man Resumes Solo Row From U.S. to Asia
Solo circumnavigator Erden Eruç, 60, of Wauna, resumed his second solo row across the Pacific Oct. 7 when he relaunched from Waikiki, Oahu, where he arrived Sept. 10 after an 80-day crossing from Crescent City, Calif. more
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QB Jake Bice at work.
Seahawks Prevail in Epic Overtime Fish Bowl 43
The Peninsula High School Seahawks beat the Gig Harbor Tides 35-28 Sept. 17 at Roy Anderson Field in a stunning come-from-behind win for their sixth consecutive Fish Bowl victory. more
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Wandering Bands of Berry Hunters
Fall again. Heavy sunflower heads have fallen and the clouds of goldfinches that came for their seeds have scattered into the trees. Rain falls and rotting resumes. Down come the soggy stems of … more
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McDermott Point is KP’s Latest Conservation Project
The Pierce County Council voted to adopt the recommendations of the Citizens Advisory Board to the Conservation Futures Program to begin negotiating the purchase of conservation properties. more
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Naturalist Notebook
Snakes Eaten, Snakes Eating Recently a friend asked me if there are birds that eat garter snakes. A few, I told him. Red-tailed hawks are known for making off with snakes. It is always an odd … more
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