Great Peninsula
Conservancy
2007 Annual Report Protecting our lands and waters for generations to come
Success and Inspiration
Our Conservation Legacy
I want each of you to be as inspired
by the mission and future of Great
Peninsula Conservancy as I am. The
numbers alone are inspiring: nearly
2,100 acres protected through a
combination of land acquisitions
(400 acres), partnerships (700 acres),
and conservation agreements (1,000
acres). These conservation gems are
spread across the Great Peninsula,
which we define as Kitsap, Mason,
and western Pierce counties. But of
course it’s the lands themselves that
truly inspire.
Consider this short list of GPC
protected lands:
• critical wetlands like the 85.5-
acre Klingel/Bryan/Beard
Wetlands which are part of the
Union River estuary at the toe of
Hood Canal
• salmon streams like Chico Creek,
Photo Credit: Doug Merson
Annual Celebration at Cowling Creek Forest Preserve.
Clear Creek, Curly Creek, and
Ruby Creek in Kitsap County
• untouched Puget Sound
shorelines like Stavis Bay near
Seabeck, Johnson South Sound
Preserve on the Key Peninsula,
and Wollochet Estuary on the
Gig Harbor Peninsula
• working farmlands like the 140-
acre Davis Farm on the Union
River in Belfair
• rich forests like the Ellis Forest on
the Gig Harbor Peninsula
• public parks like Banner Forest
But of course it’s
the lands themselves
that truly inspire.
in Kitsap County and Sehmel
Homestead Park in Pierce County
During 2007 and into the early
part of 2008, Great Peninsula
Conservancy added four new
conservation lands to our treasure
chest (see details on page 3).
• Barker Creek in central Kitsap
County
• Bear Creek in Mason County
• Cowling Creek along Miller Bay
• Dogfish Creek in Poulsbo
It’s a rich heritage to preserve for our
children, grandchildren, and the wild
creatures which also call this place
home. I hope you, too, are inspired
by these great lands.
Securing Our Future
In 2007, Great Peninsula
Conservancy’s Board of Directors
recognized that we are at a pivotal
point in our history. Now is the time
for the Conservancy to firmly secure
our place in the region and operate
at a higher level with expanded
staff and a focused effort to identify
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Inside
2007 Finances in Review....... 2
2007-2008 Lands
Conserved............................. 3
Conservation Legacy
Map....................................... 4
2007 Contributors................. 6
Calendar of Events................ 8
 2007 Finances in Review Continued from cover
Audited financial statements for Year End 2007
Success and Inspiration
Assets Liabilities & Net Assets and protect the highest priority
Current Assets Current Liabilities conservation lands in the region.
Cash & cash equivalents..... $99,165 Accrued expenses................$7,158
Pledges receivable................ 81,560 Notes payable......................92,000
Prepaid expenses.................... 2,345 Our very committed Board
Total Current Liabilities...........$99,158 recognized its responsibility to lead
Total Current Assets.............. $183,070 this new initiative and launched
Notes Payable......................$467,000 the Great Peninsula Challenge.
Noncurrent Assets Together, they pledged $126,000
Investments.................... $1,548,434 Total Liabilities......................$566,158 over three years: $43,000 in 2007,
Property & equipment..... 4,850,563 $42,000 in 2008, and $41,000 in
Net Assets 2009. They made their pledges
Total Noncurrent Assets..... $6,398,997 Unrestricted...................$5,549,734 as a challenge to others – like
Temporarily restricted........413,220 you and me – who care about
Total Assets........................ $6,582,067 Permanently restricted.........52,955
land conservation in our region.
Total Net Assets................$6,015,909
Total Liabilities They have personally pledged to
  & Net Assets...................$6,582,067 match every dollar contributed
to the Great Peninsula Challenge
Net Gains/Losses
on Investments Contributions
in 2008 up to $42,000. Gifts will
Revenue Interest 8% 32% strengthen the Conservancy’s
7%
Contributions.................... $280,058 capacity to conserve and steward
In kind contributions........... 457,123 Merchandise & Events
1% conservation lands in perpetuity.
Merchandise and events......... 9,429 Together, the challenge and
Interest.................................. 61,255 Revenue
matching gifts could total $84,000!
Net gains/losses on Now, that’s inspiring!
investments........................... 71,631 In Kind Contributions
(includes land)
Total Revenue........................ $879,496 Fundraising Expenses 52% I hope you’ll join with me in
3%
answering their challenge by
making a generous pledge to the
Expenses 2008 Great Peninsula Challenge.
Program expenses............ $125,380 Administrative
With your help we can reach
Administrative expenses....... 81,813 Expenses and exceed our target. Your
38%
Fundraising expenses............. 6,176 gift helps protect the lands and
expenses
Total Expenses...................... $213,369
Program Expenses
59%
waters of the Great Peninsula for
generations to come. Thank you!
Increase in net assets............. $666,127
Net assets at beginning of year...........................................................$5,349,782 Sandra Staples-Bortner
Executive Director
Net assets at end of year......................................................................$6,015,909

Great Peninsula Conservancy Annual Report

Great Peninsula Managing Editor – Kate Kuhlman
Printed on recycled paper by Blue Sky Printing, Poulsbo, WA
Conservancy Staff
Sandra Staples-Bortner, Executive Director
…working to protect forever the Kate Kuhlman, Director of Operations
rural landscapes, natural habitats,
and open spaces of the Board of Directors
Great Peninsula region Bruce Macdonald, President, Vaughn, 2008
John H. Nelson, Vice President, Kingston, 2010
3721 Kitsap Way, Suite 5 Dave Gitch, Secretary, Poulsbo, 2010
Bremerton, WA 98312-2461 Gary A. Cunningham, Treasurer, Seabeck, 2009
360-373-3500
Phil Best, Silverdale, 2008  •  John Dickson, Gig Harbor, 2010
1-866-373-3504 Rick Fackler, Seattle, 2010  •  Celia Parrott, Belfair, 2010  •  John Lantz, Gig Harbor, 2009
www.greatpeninsula.org Sidnie Shaffer, Bremerton, 2011  •  Ken VanBuskirk, Belfair, 2011
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 2007 - 2008 Lands Conserved
Cowling Creek – Miller Bay, Kitsap County
Great Peninsula Conservancy purchased 18.17 acres of
forested buffer to add to Cowling Creek Forest Preserve –
a joint project of Great Peninsula Conservancy, Friends of
Miller Bay, and the SuquamishTribe – that now protects 41
Photo Credit: Ann Haines

acres in the lower Cowling Creek watershed. The Preserve

is home to the
former Cowling
Creek Hatchery,
which played a
critical role in
restoring chum
Barker Creek – Dyes Inlet, Kitsap County salmon runs
Conservation agreement protecting 7.8 acres of the Barker to East Kitsap
Creek watershed donated by the Pinsch Family – Mary County streams
Bertrand, Rita Martin, Irene Myres, and Kathleen Pinsch. between 1977
Barker Creek is known for its fall chum, but also is home to and 2002. The
coho, Chinook, steelhead, and cutthroat. Cowling Creek
Forest Preserve
Bear Creek – Hood is now used
Canal/Union River, for educational
programs and
Mason County
Photo Credit: Jeff Reinking

will soon host

A bequest from the estate of a small trail
Laimi ‘Taz’ Rollins protecting system.
9.07 acres of riparian habitat
and forested uplands on
Bear Creek, a tributary
Photo Credit: John Lantz

of the Union River at the

toe of Hood Canal. Bear
Creek provides high priority
spawning and rearing
habitat for endangered
summer chum salmon.
Photo Credit: Dick D’Archangel

Dogfish Creek – Liberty Bay, Kitsap County

Great Peninsula Conservancy received an anonymous
donation of 7.43 acres of tidal estuary and forested
wetlands at the mouth of Dogfish Creek at the head of
Liberty Bay. These rich wetlands are prime habitat for
chum and other salmon. Great Peninsula Conservancy
subsequently donated the land to the City of Poulsbo for
addition to its adjoining Fish Park. This new nature park
has public trails and interpretive signage modeled after
GPC’s Clear Creek Trail in nearby Silverdale. 3
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              
  
              
              
             
              Conservation Value Key
              

    

              
                
   
                 
                 

             

              
              
                  
    
                 
              
                
    
             

                 
                 
              
                  
    
              
 
   
             
   
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Anonymous Joyce Merkel J. D. Fortner & Amy Key Joan Phillips & Ric Jones
Linda Benedict & John H. Nelson The Morris Foundation Ed & Ann Frodel Wendy Phillips
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Gary & Celia Parrott Michael B. Orr & Robin B. Hruska Darrell Gee Thomas R. Preston
Ron & Nadean Ross Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe James & Caral Gilbert Heather Purcell
Robert & Judy Reinking Laura Gleysteen Dennis and Susan Quiring
$5,000+ James M. Salter Mary Gleysteen Jonathan H. & Barbara L. Rainey
Anonymous Gordon R. & Cathryn W. Sandridge Christine Grenier Connie & Terry Reckord
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Cy & Pam Dassel Rebecca Reath Michael King Bonnie D. Taylor
Paul & Linda Dorn Arlene J. Runberg Kitsap County Motorcycle Programs Virginia & Paul Thiebaud
Kit Ellis & Hugh Stout Roger & Athena Ryno Roxie A. Klett Sara Thompson & Rich Gelinas
William P. & Jane K. Fite Linda Waltie & Gregory Anderson Sheila C. Lally Barbara K. Vaughan
Dave & Sue Gitch Ann & David Wetter Steve & Julie Landau Alex J. & Dawn P. Virnig
Hansville Community Center Roger & Mary Zabinski Ann S Langlitz Dr. Keiko Wada
Alice Harris Donna Zimmerschied Andrea Lanyi Herb & Joyce Werner
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Port Madison Suquamish Tribe Bruce & Anna Barner Eric & Catherine Luria American Guild of Organists
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Jeff & Nan Feagin Walter Petersen Kathleen & John Colvard
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Terry Cowen
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Earthwise Media, LLC
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Fairwind Properties, Inc.
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Kitsap Conservation District
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Niki Quester Suzanne Fagan Kirk Wollin
Dana & Nancy Quitslund Lynn Fioretti
Rod Raguso Sarah Fisher & Matt Wilson >$35
Elizabeth Ramsey Willa A. Fisher Martin & Joan Adams
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R. H. & Jan Reinking James & Janelle Frisbie David & Sharon Anderson
Ann & Fred Reisch George & Rhoda Gage Margret Bailey
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Peggy Richards Chuck &Thelma Gilmur Jean Brennan
Sherry Richardson Drew Gregg Frances B. Call
Pam & Mark Roden John & Aimee Halko Robert & Karen Carlson
Donald A. Roe Elizabeth Haney Therese M. Clements
Doris Schonberg Lorraine Hanson Jennie Cooley
Vern & Jane Schuelein Mel & Kathy Haug Mitch & Jan DeRidder
Laurence Schuett Lynn & Tim Heiser Katherine E. Dickerson
Joanne & David Schuett-Hames Thomas Herron & Verna Loland Herron Susan Dougherty
David & Susan Scoggin Don & Kitty Hogg Margaret Doyle
Maryann Scott Sidney O. Hughes Stephanie Edwards
Harold & Nina Seaberg Dale Hunt Judie & Gerald Elfendahl
Don Serry Jo Imeson Sharon Feola
Joan & Charles Simmerman Cori Jensen Martha R. Fisher
Harold & Christine Slach Julia Johansen Judy Floyd
A.C. Sleight Coreen Haydock Johnson Gretchen Galer
Chris & Ann Smith Joe Kaech Jr. Joan Galvin
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David Smith-Denny Raymond L. Kronquist Thomas E Graham
Donald & Linda Sommer Ben Lashaway Robert & Lois Hartwig
Michael & Joan Soronen Margaret Lee John & Lona Jean Hoff
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Richard & Virginia Soth Laurie Letter Rhonda L. Hunter
John & Patricia Sprouse Edmunde Henry Lewin Dennis & Linda Hutchinson
Maria Steinbiesser & Geoff Custer Janice D. Macdonald Zann & Craig Jacobrown
John Swearngin Terrence Mace & Anne Wood Virginia Lee Johnson
Fredric & Marilyn Tausend Mary Manning Nancy Jorgensen-Neimi
Brian & Rebecca Thomas F. Jullien Martin & Duane Niemi
Larry & Kathleen Thomas Millard Martin Larry & Theresa Lambert
Janet R. Tracy & Gary R. Smith McClure Consulting, LLC Alice R. Lea
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Amy Van Fossen & Mark Thibault Kristie M. McMartin Jessica & James Loescher
Ken & Carol Van Winkle Jan & Max McMullen Bill & Teresa L. Looney
Deborah Vaughn Harriet Mooney Leslie J. Maddux
Stephen Wald & Joan Lobdell Daphne Nolte Janice D. McFarland
Michael Walker & Lori Ellison Jim Overland & Lynnae Donnen Sue Milling
Randena Walsh Sarah Parrington Catherine & Gregory Mitchell
Rick & Annie Waltonsmith Randall & Mercedes Peterson Marge Mix
Doug & Marilyn Wandrey Janice Pittman Janine M. Moss
Washington State Dept of Ecology Mary Poitras & Stephen Tuell Dorene Nordgaarden
Brian Watson & Elizabeth Roberts Bruce Porad Fredericka M. Pargeter
Dan & Nita Webster Frank Preckel Cheryl L. Peare
Robert & Linda Welander Gloria Reinman Erik Pedersen
Louise B. Weldon Victoria L. Rexford John Pierce & Holly Hughes
Rick & Linda Wescott LeAnne Richards Joye L. Redfield
Melinda & Paul West Donald A. Roe Allison & Tom A. Roman
Kathleen G. White Robert Rose Carol Shakow
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Retha Sue Williams Judith Sandberg Lynn H. Stough
George & Barbara Willock Alice P. Savage Hakan & Heidi Svensson
Joel & Lucinda Wingard Joann Schaffer Henry & Loisanne Sykes
Lora & Steve Wood Jackie Schurman The Tammen Family
Lou Ann & Roger Wood Alan J. Searle Burton & Mary Jo Tharp
Joan & Curtis Woods Werner Siegenthaler Alan L. Trunkey
Dawn Woolsey Jerry Sims & Jennifer E. Sutton
Joe Zuech Rebecca Slattery Sarah Van Gelder
Cherie Smith Susan & Robert Vukich
$35+ Leah Snider Bill & Judy Williams
Scott & Ivaly Alexander Kathleen Steenbock Beverly & Jack Wilson
Fay Baier David Stockand Ruth T. Wilson
Beverly J. Baldwin Winnie Swanson
Gilbert E. Banks Judith Toledano
Ellen & Peter Barnett James Trainer
Henry & Neena Bauer Laurie E. Usher
Correne Beaudoin-Hall Linda VanBallenberghe
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Great Peninsula permit no. 73

Conservancy
3721 Kitsap Way, Suite 5
Bremerton, WA 98312

Calendar of Events
Visit our website www.greatpeninsula.org for the most current information.
To volunteer or sign up for an event call Kate at 360-373-3500 or 1-866-373-3504.
September 27 – Ivy Pull at the Indianola
Waterfront Preserve – 8:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Come learn the best techniques to control
ivy from Dana Coggon, Kitsap County
Noxious Weed Control Coordinator, and
help protect the native plants and trees on
this GPC preserve!
September 27 – Brush and Build Trail on
the Woodland Preserve – 1 to 4 p.m.
Bring your hand tools and come help
clear and brush trail on this 77 acre nature
preserve. Meet at 1 p.m. in the parking lot
at Gerald Cliff and Indianola Road. Parking
is limited, so please bike, walk or car pool.
Goodies and drinks provided.
September 30 – Stavis Bay Walk – 9:30 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m.
Take a walk through unique lowland Pacific
forest to the shores of Hood Canal’s Stavis
Bay, near Seabeck. Come learn how GPC
helped protect this property, now part of a
designated Natural Resource Conservation
Area. Walk the expansive beach and enjoy
spectacular Olympic views.
October 7 – Lay Wildrose Preserve & Sehmel
Homestead Park Walk – 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Tour the Lay Wildrose Preserve on the Gig Harbor
Peninsula’s Lay Inlet, from wild rose bush-lined
shore to the shade and calm of a 5 acre mature
evergreen forest. Just up the road take a behind-
the-scenes look at the work being done by
PenMet Parks to create Sehmel Homestead Park.
GPC is a partner in this new community park.
October 11 – Ivy Pull at Appletree Cove,
Kingston - TBA
Help remove invasive ivy on GPC’s waterfront
property on Appletree Cove, Kingston!
October 18 – GPC Monitor Training – 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m., GPC office in Bremerton
Land stewards conduct annual monitoring of
all GPC conservation lands. Become a land
steward. Sign up today!
October 24 – Fall Open House – 3 to 6 p.m.
Before the hustle and bustle of the holiday
season, come meet our Executive Director
and help celebrate our 2008 conservation
successes. Get an update on the “state of the
Conservancy”, the Great Peninsula challenge,
and a look to the future. Enjoy refreshments
and conversation with the Board, staff,
members, and friends of Great Peninsula
Conservancy.
October 30 – Klingel/Bryan/Beard Wildlife
Refuge Walk – 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Walk through this soon to be restored tidal
marsh on Lynch Cove at the toe of Hood
Canal, near Belfair. Learn the natural and
human history of this spectacular property
from long-time stewards and neighbors, Gary
and Celia Parrott. Late October will be a
good time to see migrating waterfowl.
November 5 – Chico Creek Salmon Walk –
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Suquamish Tribe fisheries biologist Jay
Zischke leads this walk in the Chico Creek
watershed not too far from Bremerton to
view salmon spawning. Jay will share his
extensive knowledge of salmon biology and
fascinating details of the life of our Northwest
icon. This 3 mile roundtrip walk over up and
down terrain also provides an opportunity to
view an eagle’s nest and the largest Douglas
fir in Kitsap County.