What Is Hilltop and Why Does It Matter?
Hilltop is at the top of many Island residents’ thoughts these days. A 31-acre parcel of land sitting right between Grand Forest East and West, Hilltop is the crucial connection between these two...
View ArticleProtecting the Island’s Biggest Lake: Gazzam
Keep Gazzam Wild. You’ve seen the bumper stickers. Protection of the Gazzam Lake area has been expanding acre by acre for years, thanks to land acquisitions by the Bainbridge Island Metro Park &...
View ArticleBainbridge Land Trust Plants Flag on Hilltop: Project Gets the Go-Ahead
The Bainbridge Island Land Trust (BILT) just announced that on September 1 it approved the purchase of the Hilltop property, ending a few tense months of uncertainty about the property’s future. The...
View ArticleLand Trust Summits Hilltop: Title Transferred, Fundraising Continues
With the transfer of title on November 22, the purchase of the 31-acre Hilltop Property by the Bainbridge Island Land Trust is now complete. BILT is one step closer to its goal of joining the east and...
View ArticleBainbridge Land Trust Honors Ann Powel with Phyllis Young Award
Longtime Bainbridge resident and Bainbridge Island Land Trust (BILT) supporter Ann Powel has been named the 2011 Phyllis Young Award winner. BILT presents the award each year “in recognition for...
View ArticleLand Trust Launches First Bainbridge Shoreline Restoration Project, Creating...
11:42 a.m. At yesterday’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Powel family Broom Street property in Port Madison, about 50 people, including local luminaries Senator Christine Rolfes, Representative Sherry...
View ArticleNew Land Trust Director Hails from The Nature Conservancy
The Bainbridge Island Land Trust (BILT) officially announced today its replacement for Asha Rehnberg, who has served as the organization’s Executive Director for nearly five years. BILT’s new...
View ArticleThe Land Trust Celebrates an Exceptional Year (w/ Swell Slide Show)
by Paula Elliot The scene was crowded, casual, and festive on Friday evening, February 8, as the hall at The Island School on Day Road rang with music by the string band Agate Passage. We were at the...
View ArticleNew Land Trust Director Makes Abrupt Departure; Interim Appointed
Hallie Stevens, who took the helm of the Land Trust late last January, has resigned from her position to return to her home state of Florida to care for suddenly emerging health needs of her elderly...
View ArticleHilltop Conservation Campaign Surmounted, Protecting Vital Island Corridor
It’s been a long climb to the summit of the fundraising campaign to purchase 36 crucial acres of land between East and West Grand Forest. The Bainbridge Island Land Trust (BILT) and its many...
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