Category Overview
Urban Wildlife Habitat projects fund close-to-home places to play and explore nature. As our urban areas are increasingly expanding and densifying, these grants protect important fish and wildlife habitat within five miles of densely populated areas, creating green refuges that help keep our ecosystems healthy and provide places to enjoy nature right in our backyards.
Project Highlights
Kitsap County Parks and Recreation will use this grant to acquire approximately 27 acres to add to the 587-acre Illahee Preserve Heritage Park within the Kitsap County Urban Growth Area.The Preserve includes a nearly self-contained salmonid watershed, a wildlife preserve, and has a system of non-motorized, active and passive use trails.There is an existing trailhead which has parking, kiosks, a picnic shelter, and interpretive signage.The primary conservation opportunity provided by this project is habitat protection.