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The Peshastin Pinnacles are unique 200 foot high sandstone spires that tower over the Wenatchee River Valley.
Green Marker Arid Lands NAPs
This acquisition project protects over 3,000 acres of high priority...
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Green Marker Beebe Springs Natural Area Phase 3 Development
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will use this...
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Green Marker Beebe Springs Restoration Phase 2
The Department of Fish and Wildlife will use this grant...
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Green Marker Beebe Springs Trail Phase 2
The Department of Fish and Wildlife will use this grant...
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Red Marker Camas Meadows Rare Plant Habitat Restoration
The Department of Natural Resources’ Natural Areas Program will use...
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Green Marker Cashmere Swimming Pool Revitalization
Cashmere seeks to renovate an eighty-year-old community swimming pool. Proposed...
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Green Marker Colockum Access Improvements
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will use this...
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Green Marker Columbia River Small Craft Access
This project will provide citizens and visitors access to the...
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Red Marker Don Morse Park Water Access Improvements
Chelan Parks and Recreation Department will use this grant to...
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Green Marker Entiat Slopes NAP
Entiat Slopes is an existing Natural Area Preserve (NAP) site...
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Red Marker Entiat Waterfront Trail
Entiat will use this grant to redevelop about 6 acres...
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Green Marker Lakeside Park
This development project in Chelan County will improve the safety,...
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Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 1
Purchase of 478 acres in the Larkspur Meadows NAP complex...
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Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 2
Addition of approximately 106 acres to the Larkspur Meadows NAP....
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Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 3
Larkspur Meadows contains the world's largest population of both an...
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Green Marker Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 4
This purchase continues protection for the most significant and largest...
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Green Marker Leavenworth Skate Park
This project constructs a skate park on approximately 13,000 square...
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Green Marker Peshastin Pinnacles
Acquisition of 35 acres containing unique 200-feet-high sandstone spires that...
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Green Marker Rotary Park Expansion
The City of Wenatchee and the Wenatchee, North Wenatchee and...
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Red Marker Saddle Rock Acquisition
Wenatchee will use this grant to buy 325.12 acres, which...
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Green Marker White River
The goal of this project is to secure the last...
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Note: Not all projects are shown. red = pending, green = funded

Chelan County

Projects Funded in 2011 - 2012 4 total projects $1,488,120

Camas Meadows Rare Plant Habitat Restoration - Dept of Natural Resources - $145,500 The Department of Natural Resources’ Natural Areas Program will use...
Don Morse Park Water Access Improvements - Chelan Parks & Rec Dept - $500,000 Chelan Parks and Recreation Department will use this grant to...
Entiat Waterfront Trail - City of Entiat - $500,000 Entiat will use this grant to redevelop about 6 acres...
Saddle Rock Acquisition - City of Wenatchee - $342,620 Wenatchee will use this grant to buy 325.12 acres, which...

1990 - 2010 Funded Projects 20 total projects $9,399,563

Arid Lands NAPs - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,027,425
Beebe Springs Natural Area Phase 3 Development - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $750,000
Beebe Springs Restoration Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $249,410
Beebe Springs Trail Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $243,478
Cashmere Swimming Pool Revitalization - City of Cashmere - $300,000
Colockum Access Improvements - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $255,063
Columbia River Small Craft Access - Wenatchee Parks & Rec Dept - $47,500
Entiat Slopes NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $248,194
Lakeside Park - Chelan Parks & Rec Dept - $98,918
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 1 - Dept of Natural Resources - $931,924
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 2 - Dept of Natural Resources - $300,000
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 3 - Dept of Natural Resources - $373,972
Larkspur Meadows, Ph. 4 - Dept of Natural Resources - $444,281
Leavenworth Skate Park - City of Leavenworth - $67,500
Multi-Site Acquisition - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $552,923
Peshastin Pinnacles - State Parks - $355,874
Rotary Park Expansion - City of Wenatchee - $198,500
Wenatchee Foothills Trails, Phase 1 - City of Wenatchee - $172,043
White River - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,032,558

What is the WWRP?

The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.

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Congress funds Land and Water Conservation Fund!

Thanks to your hard work and support, Congress funded the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $323 million, a 7% increase from last year! Six Washington projects are likely to receive funding.

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