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August 22nd
MEET CLEAR CREEK
In 1993, Paul Brittain, a local businessman, decided
something be done with the Clear Creek corridor and stream. In the middle of Kitsap County’s most rapidly developing
commercial area, Silverdale, the stream and its riparian area needed to be preserved for future generations.
The
beautiful little stream, with its headwaters several miles north of Silverdale, arrives at a pleasant estuary and then drains into Dyes Inlet,
part of the Puget Sound. Once meandering through a quiet rural area,
the stream was ignored in the boom of retail and commercial development that
began in the late 1970’s in Silverdale. Actually, not entirely ignored, at
one point there was serious discussion of capturing the stream in almost 2
miles of culverts, to make development easier.
Fortunately, that action was
not taken but the ensuing retail and commercial development took place with
each and every building turning their backs on the historical little stream
instead of taking advantage of the natural beauty and heritage.
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