Kitsap Business Magazine features KEC
Protecting Kitsap's Future: Inside the Work of the Environmental Coalition
The following is an excerpt from the Kitsap Business Magazine's September 2025 issue
By QUINN PROPST
Ward Media Staff Reporter
"When residents near Hansville first heard that aerial pesticide spraying was coming to the clear-cut timberlands just outside their community, they didn’t know they were about to start a countywide movement.
The news hit in 2018, at the height of national headlines about glyphosate — the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup — and the growing list of lawsuits linking it to cancer and other serious illnesses. People in Kitsap County began to connect the dots between those headlines and the reality in their own backyard.
“Our goal is to champion the protection and restoration of Kitsap County’s natural environment and being sure that it’s healthy, both for people and for all of life,” says Beverly Parsons, a longtime member and current secretary of the Kitsap Environmental Coalition (KEC).
"For KEC, that means keeping Kitsap’s water, air, and soil clean. KEC is determined to Keep Kitsap Green."
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