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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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Lk Easton Parcel Property Sales to WSDOT
At the July 2020 Commission Meeting, State Parks Staff is recommending the sale of a 7.92 acre parcel of land at Lake Easton State Park to the Washington Department of Transportation for use in a freeway expansion project.
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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 Mount Constitution Interpretive Center
Mount Constitution’s towering height and unique geography have made it a gathering place for diverse human and natural communities, for thousands of years. Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has sited this new Interpretive Center containing significant interpretive exhibits below the Tower near the summit of Mount Constitution in Moran State Park. Zervas Group Architects and Creo Industrial Arts with EDX, concurrently designed the building, interior, and exterior exhibits. Interpretive exhibits will be installed after building completion prior to the end of 2021. The project is being constructed by an Orcas Island local contractor Happy Acres Inc. The Interpretation Center is scheduled to be completed in early 2021.
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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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Penrose Point State Park Pier Replacement
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking public input on the planning and design for replacing the pier at Penrose Point State Park
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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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Twin Harbors State Park Move Campground
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites you to learn more about plans to move camping from the east side of State Route 105 to the west side of the park. The primary purpose of the project is to remove campsites constructed adjacent to wetlands that flood annually closing campsites. This project will relocate new sites on higher ground. This move will work to improve wetland functions on the east side while also improving recreational opportunities by getting visitors in closer proximity to the beach west of SR 105.
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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.