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ADA Transition Planning
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is updating its Transition Plan to address barriers to accessibility for people with disabilities. The updated Transition Plan will help identify policy, program, and physical barriers to accessibility, and will develop barrier removal solutions to better allow people with disabilities to access the state park system’s natural, cultural, and recreational features.
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Alta Lake and Bridgeport CAMP
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is scheduled to discuss the Classification and Management Plan Final Recommendation for Alta Lake and Bridgeport state parks in November. Note that this the schedule could change due to COVID-19 response. The plan identifies land classifications for the existing recreation areas in each park, as well as potential purpose and land use classification for any new lands that are identified in the long-term boundary for Alta Lake. There are no long-term boundary changes proposed for Bridgeport State Park.
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Beacon Rock Entrance Road Realignment
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission undergoing a planning process to renovate the main park entrance at Beacon Rock State Park. The project primarily addresses traffic and visitor safety where State Route 14 (SR 14) intersects the entrance to Beacon Rock. The purpose of the project is to design safer parking, realign or relocate the vehicle entrance, and analyze how to best separate pedestrians from vehicles. The current road alignment and campground entrance road was designed in the 1930s and requires improvements with an increase in park visitation, volume and speed of vehicles along this segment of SR 14, and to address pedestrian/vehicle conflicts.
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Fort Townsend & Rothschild House
Review the planning process for Fort Townsend - Rothschild House.
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Fort Worden pier and boat launch
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is planning improvements to the Fort Worden State Park marine area, including replacement of the existing pier and boat launch as well as upland improvements to pedestrian and vehicle circulation and parking. The proposed improvements aim to enhance recreational use, provide safer access, reduce maintenance costs and restore nearshore habitat and processes.
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Ginkgo Petrified Forest/Wanapum
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission initiated the Classification and Management Planning process, known as CAMP, for Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park and Wanapum Recreation Area in January 2020. A public meeting and other outreach to interested parties was held in Stage 1 – Issues Identification. Stage 2 is currently underway, which includes the development of alternative approaches to address the issues identified in Stage 1. Staff is currently developing alternative approaches for the issues identified in Stage 1 and hopes to seek public input this fall.
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Kopachuck & Jarrell Cove
The CAMP project will address development and management of programs and facilities as well as protection of natural and cultural resources at these parks.
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Lake Sammamish Master Plan Update
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has begun a planning project for Lake Sammamish State Park in King County. The project will update the park’s Redevelopment and Restoration Concept Plan, which was adopted by the Commission in 2007. State Parks will consider whether the facilities proposed in the 2007 plan are still appropriate for the park and also whether any additional facilities should be considered.
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Lake Sammamish Trail Plan
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park are partnering to develop a plan to improve the trail system within Lake Sammamish State Park.
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Larrabee State Park Trail Planning
In 2019 the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission began a trail planning process at Larrabee State Park. The process is ongoing and we need your help. Trail planning was identified as a park need during a 2016 Classification and Management Planning or CAMP project at Larrabee. The park has a multitude of trails intended for a variety of recreational user groups.
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McSorley Creek Restoration
King County and Washington State Parks are seeking public input on a proposed restoration project near Des Moines that would remove rip-rap at McSorley Creek and the shoreline at Saltwater State Park to improve fish habitat, control flooding and enhance recreational amenities.
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Miller Peninsula Planning
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is developing a long-range plan for Miller Peninsula State Park Property. Miller Peninsula is a 2,800-acre undeveloped park in the north Olympic Peninsula, just east of Sequim and north of Highway 101 in Clallam County. The property includes a trail system for hikers, mountain bikers, and equestrians through a beautiful second-growth forest. It also includes three miles of saltwater shoreline on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Discovery Bay, but most of the shore is high-bank, so beach access is limited.
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Moran Mountain Bike Trail Proposal Planning
Washington State Parks is looking at long-term management options at Moran State Park as Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) transitions away from the current utility corridor. Parks has received a proposal from Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance for formal development of a trail that will follow the alignment of the power line corridor. The developed trail would use an existing trail and the power line access road.
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Palouse Falls, Lyons Ferry & Lewis and Clark Trail
Washington State Parks is beginning a planning process for Palouse Falls, Lyons Ferry and Lewis and Clark Trail state parks. State Parks prepares land use plans through an agency-wide planning system called Classification and Management Planning or CAMP. CAMP is a multi-staged, public participation-based planning process for individual parks that culminates with adoption of park land classifications, a long-term park boundary, and a park management plan.
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Saint Edward EERC
State Parks has hired SKL Architects to design the Environmental Education and Research Center in the historic Seminary gymnasium annex. The work is composed of design and construction in an approximately 2,400 SF interior space. Improvements will include a Multipurpose classroom/lab, with an entrance to the facility that is separate from the Park office entrance.
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Saint Edward State Park
Rehabilitation of the Lodge at Saint Edward State Park begins Summer 2018.
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Steptoe Butte & Steptoe Battlefield State Parks
Washington State Parks is beginning a planning process for Steptoe Butte State Park and Steptoe Battlefield State Park Heritage Sites . State Parks prepares land use plans through an agency-wide planning system called Classification and Management Planning or CAMP. CAMP is a multi-staged, public participation-based planning process for individual parks that culminates with adoption of park land classifications, a long-term park boundary, and a park management plan. The combination of these deliverables constitutes a land use plan. The CAMP process typically takes ten to fifteen months to complete
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Westport Light Recreation Concession Area
In 2019, Westport Golf LLC approached Washington State Parks with a proposal to construct a Scottish links style “artisanal” golf course and a 30- to 40-room inn as part of overall development of Westport Light State Park near Westport. State Parks is considering this proposal — which is only conceptual at this time — but has made no commitments.
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Lake Newport Property to Pend Oreille County - Proposed Transfer
Pend Oreille County has made a transfer request of commission owned Lake Newport State Park Property. The county proposes to incorporate this property into their Pend Oreille River Water Trail Plan.
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Auburn State Park Property Disposition
The Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission has deemed the following property surplus to the needs for state park purposes and is offering it for sale at the appraised value of $2,080,000.
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Kopachuck State Park Right of Way Transfer to Pierce County
State Parks is currently working on a capital project that will renovate and expand both the upland and beachfront day use areas of the park. As a requirement to receive a building permit for this project, Pierce County is requiring additional right-of-way widths along certain portions of exiting roadway abutting the park. The County has determined that the project would generate additional traffic and when completed, will generate new vehicle trips which will have an impact on the existing county roadway system, and these impacts must be addressed. The right-of-way dedication required by the County will help to offset the impacts of this development on the adjacent roadway.
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Willapa Hills Trail proposed trailhead at Menlo in Pacific County
Proposed trailhead which will be sited within the right-of-way of the Willapa Hills State Park Trail.