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2013 BUSINESS OFFICE HOURS |
Monday - Thursday - 8:30am - 5:00pm
Friday - 9:00am - 2:00pm
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IMPORTANT NEWS |
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The Kingston Community Center
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The upstairs of the Kingston Community Center is OPEN and available
for rent.
The entire downstairs of the Community Center will RE-OPEN on Monday, May 20th. For more building use information, please contact Kitsap County Parks at 360-337-5350.
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PARK NEWS |
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Banner Forest Parking Lot
will be closed for repairs and
improvements, starting
Wednesday May 22nd to
Friday May 24th |
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TICKET EVENTS |
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Kitsap Destruction Derby
THUNDERBIRD ARENA
1200 NW FAIRGROUNDS RD, BREMERTON |
May 4, May 18th, June 1st, June 22nd, July 13th, July 27th,
September 7th,
September 21st
To Purchase Tickets
Click Here
For more information regarding this event
CLICK HERE |
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7th Annual "Fishing Kids" Event
SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH
Island Lake County Park
1087 NW Island Lake Road, Poulsbo |
To purchase tickets
Click Here
For more information regarding this event
CLICK HERE |
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ISLAND LAKE PROJECT |
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To commemorate their 75th anniversary, the
Olympic Chapter of the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association
(WSNLA) took on a community service project to develop a landscaped garden
adjacent to the John Horsley Community Center at
Island Lake Park.
The new garden looks incredible and will provide
a wonderful backdrop for photos for events at the Community Center. Kitsap
County Parks Department would like to thank all of the members of the
Olympic Chapter of the WSNLA for their amazing vision and work!
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All materials and labor for
the project were donated by the following members of the WSNLA:
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Dreaney Landscaping- Bremerton City Nursery- Tractor
work on site
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Asbury's Topsoil Inc. - Donation and delivery of soil
products
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Valley Nursery - plants
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Oly Mountain Fish Compost- Donation of compost
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Roadhouse Nursery- Jan Bahr CPH
owner- project coordinator- plant procurement and storage, volunteer
coordinator
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Megan Pulkkinen CPH Landscape Design- project
coordinator- site work, plant procurement, volunteer coordinator
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Bloedel Reserve- plants
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Woodbrook Native Plant Nursery- plants
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Garden Vision LLC- Kate Easton plants, volunteer
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For more information on the WSNLA, please visit
their website at www.WSNLA.org
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TRACKING THE THUNDERBIRD |
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Tracking the Thunderbird is a game for all ages where
you learn about the water cycle, while solving clues that take you to parks
in the county where the mythological Thunderbird has left a “Track”. Grab a
map and start your quest for the locations of the nine Thunderbird Tracks!
For more information click
HERE
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Banner forest watch group |
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The
Banner Forest Watch Group has been meeting monthly
since October 2010 to review and update the previous 2002 Banner Forest
Management Plan. The draft of the 2012 Management Plan is located
here. The appendices are
located
HERE. The
public is welcomed to provide written comments to the draft
here.
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The 2012 Banner Forest Management Plan was presented
for review and discussion at an Open House on October 15 in the County
Administration Building. The Banner Forest Management Plan will then be presented to the Board of
County Commissioners for review and adoption early 2013. |
