Gig Harborites love the natural surroundings in which they live, and Gig Harbor Now staff members keep them apprised of opportunities to enjoy and preserve their forests, waters and creatures.
With rainfall about one-third less than normal, Pierce County issued a burn ban that began today, June 7. It applies to yard debris and land clearing, not burn pits and barbecues.
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Two local land-use advisory commissions this week issued contrasting recommendations about shoreline permits that would allow Taylor Shellfish to convert 25.5 acres on Burley Lagoon from Manilla clam and oyster farming to growing geoducks. The Pierce County hearing examiner will analyze the public comments, recommendations, environmental impact statement and other information and hold a public
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With Memorial Day right around the corner, we wanted to give a local shoutout to Clara and Wyatt’s current playground of choice – Kenneth Leo Marvin Veterans Memorial Park on Gig Harbor’s west side. With its tall tower slide, friendship-making disc swing, and a stone monument for local veterans, this Gig Harbor city park is sure to be a fast fave.
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The environmental impact study states that the 25.5-acre operation would have only negligible or minor impacts, but neighbors aren’t convinced.
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The park in Lakebay on Key Peninsula will open to day use on May 15, but supply-chain issues on a septic repair project are holding up camping.
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State budgets also included money for PenMet’s community recreation center and restoration of Whiteman Cove on Key Peninsula.
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Today’s adventure explores Gig Harbor’s Adam Tallman Nature Park, a mostly paved half-mile path that weaves you through wild wetlands and boasts a surprise duck pond obscured from the street.
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Russell Wilson is calm and docile. His large ears pop upright atop his soft furry head as he stretches out casually in an oversized pen at Rabbit Haven, a non-profit rescue and shelter for rabbits in Gig Harbor’s Ray Nash Valley. Russell and his pals at Rabbit Haven could use your help. Since rabbits go
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The city of Gig Harbor hosted an online workshop on climate change on March 29, as part of its efforts to craft a Climate Action Plan. Seattle-based Cascadia Consulting Group led the workshop, attended by more than two dozen people. The consultants gathered feedback on five “overarching sectors” of the action plan: transportation; buildings and
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A gray whale found dead last weekend on Fox Island likely had been struck by a boat. But even before that, it probably wasn’t doing very well. Scientists with the Cascadia Research Collective and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife conducted a thorough examination and necropsy of the gray whale on Tuesday, April 4. Cascadia
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