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May 2019 Update
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Volunteers are diligently working at Harper Park to remove significant amounts of English ivy from the trees. Volunteers from the US Navy, Washington Youth Academy, South Kitsap High School and community members have put in over 14 hours removing four truckloads of ivy since February. Thank you for your contributions! |
All are welcome to join New Life Church volunteers as they pull invasive English ivy at Harper Park on Saturday May 25 from 9:00 am - 11:00 am. Meet at Harper Park, 3500 SE Southworth Drive. The Parks Department will provide the tools and instruction, and we ask that you bring you own gloves. For more information contact Jackson Lee, Volunteer Coordinator at 360-337-5350.
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You may have noticed the newly improved trail extending from the parking area to the old clay mine. Funding from the Department of Ecology has helped the Parks Department widen the trail and improve the walking surface with crushed gravel. The trail now provides easier access for diverse users. Come for a walk and check it out for yourself!
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Washington Department of Natural Resources and Washington Conservation Corps Crews did a fantastic job removing toxic creosote treated wood from Harper Estuary on May 15, 2019. Their team took 12 creosote logs from the beach and estuary. Removing this debris from the marine environment provides immediate benefits, improving water quality and the cleanliness of the beach. Thank you to everyone who helped!
Recently community members were asked for your ideas and recommendations about the dugouts in Harper Park on new conversation boards. These boards were posted at Audrey’s Espresso and Harper Park for nearly two weeks in May. The responses from the boards – in the park, espresso shop, and online – and at a community meeting (held on March 21, 2019) are summarized here. More community conversation boards on other topics associated with the future of Harper Park and the estuary will be available.
Thank you for participating!
A Harper Park community picnic is tentatively planned for mid-July and an education walk along this beautiful waterfront will be in late summer or early fall. Maintenance work to replace the pedestrian bridge on the lower trail and improve the picnic shelter, entrance signs, parking lot, and trails is ongoing.
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