Environment

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.

PenMet adds security at Fox Island sandspit park

Jun 03, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

A private security guard will again help assure that rules are enforced to avoid parking disputes and protect the fragile beach.

Heavy rain in recent months caused a small portion of Bergen Drive to sink, and multiple attempts to patch the roadway failed.

Borgen Boulevard pavement repair becoming a bigger task

May 12, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Gig Harbor City Council on Monday approved an emergency resolution to hasten repair of a section of Borgen Boulevard near Olympus Way that has been closed due to a pavement failure. Public Works Director Jeff Langhelm noted that crews have been attempting to repair the pavement since January. Recent rains worsened the condition of

Cutts Island chosen for first Puget Sound floating toilet

May 10, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

The island off of Kopachuck State Park has no facilities, and has long been plagued with garbage and human waste. A floating toilet targeted for installation in May 2024 could remediate much of the problem.

Data on lead in Donkey Creek slows to a trickle

Apr 21, 2022 | By: David Armstrong

Donkey Creek is an unprepossessing-looking stream, but glamour isn’t everything. The small salmon-bearing creek is well-known and well-liked by locals and visitors. The waterway takes an annual star turn when fish fans venture to its banks for the Donkey Creek Chum Festival, a celebration of the salmons’ return to the stream where they were born,

The property is adjacent to Austing Street and Donkey Creek Park.

Grant helps move North Creek land purchase closer to reality

Apr 18, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

Thanks in part to a $20,000 grant from the Russell Family Foundation, the Gig Harbor Land Conservation Fund has already achieved a key benchmark toward acquiring 5.15 acres of forested land near Donkey Creek Park. The recently-launched Conservation Fund had been planning a fundraising campaign for this week, hoping to raise $50,000 to contribute to

Neighbors of proposed sports complex want to know its impacts

Apr 08, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

The group is circulating petitions to submit to the City Council asking for environmental impact studies on the entire project by an independent agency.

Areas proposed for residential dock prohibition are marked in red on this map.

New restrictions on docks proposed for parts of Fox Island, Key Peninsula

Apr 05, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

Pierce County is proposing prohibiting new residential docks and piers on 7.3 miles of shoreline on Fox Island and the Key Peninsula. The prohibition is among five proposed amendments to the county’s Shoreline Master Program, a set of regulations required by the state Shoreline Management Act. The other amendments deal with aquaculture, fencing within buffers

Gig Harbor Police captured the scenes above and below at Skansie Brothers Park.

King tides a rising threat in Gig Harbor

Mar 31, 2022 | By: David Armstrong

Gig Harbor’s Midway School, a lovingly restored one-room schoolhouse built in 1893 and relocated to the Harbor History Museum on an oversized truck in 2009, is due for another change. This time it’s thanks mainly to rising sea levels and higher, stronger king tides that inundate the harbor shoreline several times a year. The folks