Bainbridge Island Blakely Harbor Die-Off Markedly Worse

In September, Darrell Howe reported some isolated sword fern die-off at one spot on Bainbridge Island, on the trail between Fort Ward and Blakely Harbor Parks - see map below.

This week Darrell reports:

I had a chance to return to Bainbridge and walk back into the sickly fern site I noticed in September.   I will attach a few new photos.   I was way too conservative in my estimate of impacted area earlier in the fall.   I would now guess the total site may be more like 7,500 sf.    I did not see any other signs anywhere else on the Island for now.

Photos below the map.    

Fort Worden Die-Off Update

Erik Kingfisher, Director of the Jefferson Land Trust, along with his daughter Samara, paid a citizen science visit a few weeks ago to Fort Warden State Park, at the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula.  They verified observations made by Kitsap resident Heidi Danlicheck in October. 

Follow this link to see the Kingfishers' video and commentary:

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