NKTA Host Workshop

Linda Berry-Maraist, President of the North Kitsap Trails Association (NKTA), will describe the land acquisitions now amounting to 5,000 acres, including the Sound to Olympics Trail route.  The largest acquisition is 3,500 acres – now the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park, with more than 6 miles of the STO and 60 miles of trail network.  Port Gamble is immediately northeast of the Hood Canal Bridge.    

NKTA is a Peninsula Trails Coalition partner advocating for and supporting the Puget Sound to Pacific initiative, which facilitated the $16M federal RAISE planning grant with projects in Kitsap, Jefferson, and Clallam Counties to complete the STO and ODT sections of the Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Great American Rail Trail from Washington, D.C. to the Pacific Ocean at La Push.  

This is an opportunity to get better acquainted with our neighbors as we coordinate efforts to build the trail connecting the STO with the Olympic Discovery Trail between Hood Canal and Discovery Bay. 

Connecting our Trail Towns (Port Ludlow, Quilcene, Chimacum, Port Hadlock) to the Olympic Discovery Trail from the Hood Canal Bridge to Discovery Bay is a priority. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. See you in Chimacum...