The project is the last threatened tract within a critical open space and wildlife corridor stretching across the Kitsap Peninsula. 

The site will be managed for old forest including a diversity of species and habitats. The project completes and buffers the adjacent Grovers Creek Preserve, which protects critical wetland and peat bog as well as a stand of more than 200-year old Sitka Spruce. The site is connected to 9,000 acres of working and protected forestland landscape which serves as a critical link in habitat connectivity for beaver, black bear, fox, mink, otter, red-legged frog and over 60 species of birds.