The Kitsap Peninsula is a beautiful and growing part of the Puget Sound region. My wife Nicole and I feel very fortunate to have become part of the community since we purchased the tree farm from Port Blakely Tree Farms in 2004.

Working Forest

Most of Ueland Tree Farm is a working forest that provides raw materials (primarily timber and rock products) to the local region. Kitsap Quarry, in the industrial southeast corner of the property, also collects and recycles clean fill dirt, asphalt, and concrete. This process converts one construction project’s waste into another’s raw material, reducing the carbon footprint of both projects.

Conservation Initiatives

From the beginning, our intention has been to protect the most important ecological attributes of the land by keeping most of the tree farm in sustainable long-term forestry.

In an effort to protect key riparian areas and the water flowing into Chico Creek, we have worked closely with Keta Legacy Foundation (formerly known as the Mountaineers Foundation) to permanently preserve over 150 acres within the Chico Creek basin. As many of you know, Chico Creek is the most abundant and diverse salmon stream on the Kitsap Peninsula.

We also have supported the City of Bremerton’s efforts to protect their watershed, including completing a land exchange that allowed the City to acquire 40 acres it had long sought within it.

Currently, we endorse the Great Peninsula Conservancy-led effort to raise funding to preserve in perpetuity even more of the tree farm.

Urban Parcel

Ueland Tree Farm also owns 440 acres that was annexed into the City of Bremerton in 1999, while under Port Blakely ownership.

The Ueland family’s long-term goal with this land is to create a community that embraces the neighboring rural landscape while also helping the City and Kitsap County meet the region’s growing need for multi-income housing.

In all that we do, we strive to be both good neighbors and effective stewards of the property entrusted in our care.

Craig Ueland
Managing Member
Ueland Tree Farm