Great Peninsula Conservancy will permanently protect 50 acres of prime estuary habitat and riparian forest in the Crabapple/Carpenter Creek Estuary in Kingston, Kitsap County. With high-quality salt marsh, tide flats, wetlands along Crabapple Creek and a remnant old growth Sitka spruce fringe, the project will protect a rare and important estuary system in Central Puget Sound. In addition to supporting natal chum, cutthroat and coho runs, the estuary's location and healthy condition make it regionally important habitat for out-migrating juvenile Puget Sound Chinook salmon. The project will purchase fee simple title to 50 acres of property under single ownership, thus permanently protecting 3 acres of salt marsh, 20 acres of tide flats and 10 acres of freshwater wetland and riparian habitat along Crabapple Creek. Once purchased, GPC will explore enhancement activities including large wood placement and ecological forestry. The project area includes four additional properties as secondary targets totaling 8 acres (see map) that may be purchased if funding allows. The project also requires a Boundary Line Adjustment to exclude a ~7 acre parcel with one house that is currently part of the parcels of the project area, with the goal of creating an adjacent environmental education center.