We’ve Almost Got the Ante Together!
Our Forest Fund’s budget request from the legislature has cleared the state Senate, and has been included in the budget sent up to Governor Ferguson! This means that, unless the […]
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Spring Match Achieved! Let’s Keep Going!
Look at those beautiful spring green leaves filling up the tree on our little match meter! Our Forest Fund supporters have met AND exceeded the local business matching fund challenge […]
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Ready to Double the Trees You Save?
For our Spring Matching Campaign, Kitsap businesses have pledged $7,550 in pledges to our Local Business Matching Fund! It is tough for small businesses these days, but they know healthy […]
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Local Business Matching Fund Spring Campaign
Last fall, we put together a matching fund with pledges from local businesses to match donations from the public. $12,250 was pledged by local businesses and companies and became our […]
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Stepping into 2026
2025 has been a wild ride as years go, hasn’t it? No need to go into it all, as I am sure you are very aware of what has been […]
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Remembrance Day: Remember to Save Trees
Today is Veteran’s Day in the US, also known as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other countries. It was established 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson to commemorate the ending […]
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Now It’s Your Turn
Throughout October, Our Forest Fund has been soliciting for pledges from Kitsap businesses to build our Local Business Matching Fund. We are excited to announce that even in this difficult economic […]
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Think About How a Tree Stays Put.
Whatever the wind, whatever the weather throws at it, a tree remains where it rooted. It may fall, but it can’t walk away. All day, all night, in exactly one […]
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The Kitsap Great Give Is on NOW!
Mark your calendar for March 11, 2025: It’s time for the Kitsap Great Give! A joint effort of Kitsap Community Foundation, United Way of Kitsap, local nonprofits, and local donors, the Kitsap Great Give is a 24-hour, online giving […]
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2025 Winter Update
The Kitsap Great Give is coming up next month, and we thought we’d just update you on how the current Our Forest Fund tree campaign is progressing. At this moment, […]
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Here’s Something You CAN Do!
[Opinion by Alia Pirzada] There’s a lot of crazy going on. The Gulf of Mexico being renamed at the whim of somebody who is old enough to know better. A […]
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How to Plant Douglas Fir From Seed
Here is a fun experiment to try: growing trees from cones! If you can get a seed from a cone to germinate, you’ve won the lottery, because a tree has […]
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Help Plant a Future Old-Growth Forest!
We have 1000 saplings that want to become an old growth forest. You can help! Come join Our Forest Fund, Kitsap County Parks and other volunteers on Saturday Nov 30, […]
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A Forest Reading Room
Finding a quiet place in the woods to read a book is one of life’s great pleasures, isn’t it? Or listening to an audiobook on a hike through a forest? […]
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June’s Tree of the Month: Pacific Dogwood
The clusters of white flowers of the Pacific dogwood (also known as Western Flowering dogwood) are what probably catches most peoples’ eyes. Tucked in the partly shaded understory of a […]