Ground kept unbroken at txʷaalqəł Conservation Area celebration
Nov 25, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickThe Phase IV purchase brings the txʷaalqəł Conservation Area to 52 total acres that will remain undeveloped.
Read MoreEnvironment
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.
Guests of honor show up for Chum Walk
Nov 23, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickThis year’s Chum Walk saw not only a lively amount of enthusiastic visitors of all ages, but of all species: Several Chum Walkers, including this reporter, spotted a few salmon in the creek once again. The Chum Walk, put on by Harbor WildWatch, had booths stationed along a 0.25-mile trail that began in Austin Park
Read More
Harbor Happenings | Celebrate salmon on Saturday
Nov 19, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonEvery autumn, Gig Harbor celebrates the return of chum salmon to Donkey Creek. This year’s Donkey Creek Chum Walk takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and includes guided walks along the creek, information booths, salmon-related activities and more. Pick up a Salmon Passport at Austin Park and follow the trail
Read More
Chum Walk may be light on chum again; here’s why
Nov 18, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickChum salmon probably won’t attend the annual event in big numbers again this year, but there are reasons for hope for the future.
Read More
Two In Tow & On The Go: This zoo adventure was no snoozer
Nov 08, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandSnagging a spot for the exclusive Zoo Snooze at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium isn’t just special — it’s downright rare.
Read More
County planners switch views on Purdy, now recommending a more urban future
Oct 30, 2024 | By: Ted Kenney“Shock” is the term one lawmaker representing Gig Harbor used to describe her response to the Pierce County Planning & Public Works Department’s recent flip-flop on the future of Purdy, the unincorporated community just outside Gig Harbor’s northern border. Early this year, county planners recommended stripping Purdy and some other unincorporated areas next to Gig
Read More
Green crabs, blackberries and knotweed not invited to State of the Watershed address
Oct 25, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickEditors note: This story has been updated since it was first posted. Meghan Whidden discussed Minterbrook Oyster Company. An earlier version of this story attributed the presentation to the wrong person. Green crabs, and blackberries, and suspicious septic tanks — oh, my! OK, OK — no one actually said the above verbatim, and this writer
Read More
Harbor WildWatch helps the Blue Water Task Force keep the water clean
Oct 23, 2024 | By: Carolyn Bick“When I was here, the harbor seal just went right under the dock and popped up on the other side,” Sarah Kelly excitedly says. Her eyes sparkle. “It was so close.” On this temperate day in early October, Kelly takes a sample of the water at Jerisich Dock. She is a Blue Water Task Force
Read More
Two In Tow & On The Go: Tacoma’s Franklin Park has Gig Harbor ties
Oct 18, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandFranklin Park in Tacoma has all the makings of a fantastic kiddo destination … slides, swings, and an unexpected tie-in to Gig Harbor. (That last one is a prerequisite on what’s considered cool, right?) Plus, Clara and Wyatt have already asked to go back.
Read More
After failed acquisition, undeveloped Eagles Ridge parcel still on PenMet’s’s radar screen
Oct 02, 2024 | By: Ted KenneyThe Eagles Ridge property is 114 acres of forested property with waterfront access. Only a fraction of it is developable.
Read More