Upon arriving at Kit Ellis’s property, your first greeters might be the symphony of a dozen singing amphibians. “That would probably be the chorus frogs,” Kit says with a smile. At her forest in Gig Harbor, chorus frogs (or the ‘Pacific treefrog’), are one of many species Kit stewards. This month, we sat down with FSC certified forest landowner and NNRG board member Kit Ellis to learn how insights from her family’s 70 years of forest stewardship have informed her evolving approach to restoration.
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Northwest Trek
Northwest Trek, Eatonville, WA By Jennifer Whitelaw Northwest Trek is a 723-acre wildlife park near Eatonville. 435 of those acres feature a fenced in free-roaming area where native Northwest animals can be viewed from a moving tram. Take the tour and you will hear about the animals from one of the naturalists on staff. You […]