07/25/2026
Make your voice heard! Now's your chance to share your thoughts and help shape future rural land use and development in Kitsap County. Take a few minutes to share your thoughts before the deadline of July 31.
Please! Everyone- take five to ten minutes of any day this week to participate in the Rural Lands Analysis survey. We desperately want to hear from you! Anyone can chime in, but we'd love to hear from the farmers here in Kitsap County. Please share, spread the word, talk about this at your favorite weekly gathering- anything! This small survey has huge ramifications for Kitsap County Planning in the next few years. 🆘⚠ (https://www.kitsap.gov/dcd/Pages/Rural_Lands_Analysis.aspx)
The purpose of the Rural Lands Analysis project is to evaluate existing rural land use patterns, policies, and regulatory frameworks in unincorporated Kitsap County and to provide a clear analytical foundation for future rural planning decisions. The project will support recommendations for informed program and policy development, potential future updates to the Rural and Resource Lands Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan and the identification of future targeted code improvements.
This effort is informed by prior rural planning initiatives, including the Year of the Rural, but is a distinct project focused on analysis, documentation, and implementation support rather than a comprehensive plan update on its own.
Within the Rural Lands Analysis, the Salmon Recovery in Local Planning Project will identify strategies in local salmon recovery plans that intersect with land-use planning and policy implementation in Kitsap County. By linking the goals of salmon recovery to the County’s long-range planning framework, this effort will strengthen alignment among ecological health, rural character, and community resilience.
Again, the survey link is: (https://www.kitsap.gov/dcd/Pages/Rural_Lands_Analysis.aspx)
