Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park

Friday, June 25, 2010

Citizens Support Natural Habitat, Park Survey Indicates

The Community meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Tree Advisory Board (24 June) was well-attended and citizens spoke up in strong support of preserving current natural habitat. The mail-in survey conducted earlier indicated that 94.5% of people who responded place a high value on parkland.

The 7th 'Whereas' in City Resolution 09-029 establishing the current PRT Board states:

'WHEREAS many elements of the Functional Plan remain to be implemented including master park planning for specific parks and acquisition of parcels of land to secure and expand Kah Tai lagoon nature park...'

For the complete resolution text, go to Resolution 09-029 to download it or read it online.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Rotary Invitation for Friends of Kah Tai, 27 July 2010

The Rotary Club of Port Townsend has invited the Friends of Kah Tai to make a presentation on 27 July 2010.

Parks/Rec/Trees Board meeting, 24 June 2010, 6 pm

Parks, Recreation & Tree Advisory Board – Community Meeting (Blue Heron School). Attend and show your support to protect Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park in perpetuity.

Monday, May 17, 2010

JTA board meeting, 18 May 2010, 1:30 pm

The next JTA board meeting will be at the Mountain View Commons on Tuesday. Come show your support for public transit in Jefferson County.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Protect Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park!

If you would like to sign the petition to protect Kah Tai from commercial development, send an email using the contact link in the right column. If you would like to be on a Friends of Kah Tai email list, use the contact link to let us know.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Kah Tai work party, 18 April 2010, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Last Sunday's work party was very productive. Audubon will host another round of scotch broom and holly removal on Sunday. Wear layered work clothes and work gloves. Meet at Kah Tai Park.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Kah Tai work party, 11 April 2010, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

The next Kah Tai work party will include weeding and picking up trash on Sunday, from 10am to 2pm. Audubon is hosting. Meet at Kah Tai Park.

Kah Tai public presentations

Admiralty Audubon's November 17, 2011 program was a Kah Tai status update. Thirty-some people attended to hear about the RCO recommendation, the NPS ruling that includes all 78.5 acres of Kah Tai in the 6(f) boundary, and the Port's lawsuit against the City, RCO and NPS in an attempt to overturn that ruling.

Admiralty Audubon featured a presentation by Rick Jahnke on 17 February 2011, which included a history of the Park's creation and current attempts to develop the uplands. We estimated 40-50 attendees.

The Sierra Club of the North Olympic Peninsula presented a talk on the history of Kah Tai at their first Port Townsend general gathering, 22 January 2011. Rick Jahnke included a history of the Park's creation and current attempts to develop the uplands. We counted about 40 attendees in a standing-room-only crowd at the Community Center.

A roomful of Port Townsend citizens (we counted 65) attended a presentation on 25 August 2010. The warm-up music included two great protest songs written especially for fundraising to save Kah Tai in the late 1970s. Several visual displays highlighted the history of the struggle to protect Kah Tai from development incursions.