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.
The code update will make some land less developable in Gig Harbor, but future revisions to the city’s housing code will make other properties more developable.
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A May 2025 study conducted by the Wild Fish Conservancy identified at least 378 in-stream structures on the Gig Harbor Peninsula.
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Revenues came in higher and expenses lower than the park district anticipated.
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The city of Gig Harbor will revamp its popular Crescent Creek Park, while leaving the future of the old Masonic Lodge aside for now.
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After removing a seawall and two recently acquired buildings, an even more extensive project is planned for Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Park this year.
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The Friends of Burley Lagoon, with an assist from the Washington Conservation Corps, spent their Martin Luther King Jr. holiday getting their hands dirty.
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The conservancy will transfer ownership of the 21-acre Butterfield Forest, located south of the park, to PenMet Parks.
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The city wants to replace a box culvert that carries North Creek under Harborview Drive, but first it has to resolve the matter of salmon incubators there.
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A Fish and Wildlife biologist discussed shellfish management efforts last week during the KGI Watershed Council’s annual State of the Watershed meeting.
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The Gig Harbor North Annex proposal, located near St. Anthony Hospital and Target, would bring 108 apartments to land on Canterwood Boulevard.
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