Category Overview
State Parks grants help preserve and develop our state’s best outdoor recreation areas by funding new campgrounds and amenities to increase the capacity of our parks, creating new parks, improving park resources, and protecting historical areas. These grants help our state continue to develop our world-class parks system to share our cultural heritage and natural treasures with all of its visitors.
Project Highlights
State Parks used this grant to install new concrete decking, railing and safety fencing on the 680 foot long historic Renslow Trestle that connects two portions of the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail (formerly known as the Iron Horse Trail, separated by I-90 between the town of Ellensburg and the Columbia River. This project has improved safety and completed the missing link eliminating the last arduous and convoluted detour between Ellensburg and the Columbia River, resulting in 32 miles of continuous trail