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Stavis NRCA / Kitsap Forest NAP
- Status
- Funded in 2005
This project will acquire properties near Bremerton in Kitsap County. These properties are highly threatened by development and are a crucial part of a larger project area that contains the highest quality occurrence of a rare forest community type and a variety of high quality wildlife habitats. More than 98 percent of similar mature forest conditions (>100 years old) in the Puget Trough ecoregion have been lost since European settlement. The project area is one part of a much larger landscape-scale area of managed forest lands on the western Kitsap Peninsula that form one of the most important landscapes for biodiversity conservation in the Puget Trough. Stavis Creek, which runs through the site, is one of the best remaining Hood Canal salmon spawning habitats and is a designated recovery area for threatened Hood Canal summer chum. High-quality freshwater wetlands located on the properties form the headwaters of the creek and have habitat for cavity-nesting ducks. The site also hosts an active Bald Eagle nest, a small Great Blue Heron rookery, breeding Mountain Quail, Chinook Salmon, Cougar, and Black Bear. The objective is to protect all functionally connected natural-regeneration forests and high-quality wetlands from development, timber harvest, and other commercial uses. This project greatly enhances the long-term viability and quality of wildlife habitat in a still-intact functional landscape that is threatened with urban fragmentation.
Location
From Olympia, drive north on Highway 3. Near Silverdale take Newberry Hill exit. Drive West on Newberry Hill road. Turn right on Seabeck Highway and go thru the town of Seabeck. Turn right o Miami Beach road. Left on Stavis Bay road. The site can be accessed from several points in this area. It can also be accessed from the south off of Nelitta road.
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Stavis NRCA / Kitsap Forest NAP
- This project will acquire properties near Bremerton in Kitsap County. These properties are highly threatened by development and are a crucial part of a larger project area that contains the highest quality occurrence of a rare forest community type and a variety of high quality wildlife habitats. More than 98 percent of similar mature forest conditions (>100 years old) in the Puget Trough ecoregion have been lost since European settlement. The project area is one part of a much larger landscape-scale area of managed forest lands on the western Kitsap Peninsula that form one of the most important landscapes for biodiversity conservation in the Puget Trough. Stavis Creek, which runs through the site, is one of the best remaining Hood Canal salmon spawning habitats and is a designated recovery area for threatened Hood Canal summer chum. High-quality freshwater wetlands located on the properties form the headwaters of the creek and have habitat for cavity-nesting ducks. The site also hosts an active Bald Eagle nest, a small Great Blue Heron rookery, breeding Mountain Quail, Chinook Salmon, Cougar, and Black Bear. The objective is to protect all functionally connected natural-regeneration forests and high-quality wetlands from development, timber harvest, and other commercial uses. This project greatly enhances the long-term viability and quality of wildlife habitat in a still-intact functional landscape that is threatened with urban fragmentation.
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What is the WWRP?
The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.
