Category Overview
The State Lands Development and Renovation category provides funding to two state agencies to repair, renovate, and develop outdoor recreation facilities on existing recreation lands. As the popularity of outdoor recreation increases in our state, these grants help address overcrowding, ensure our outdoor amenities are safe for public use, improve visitor experience, and allow more people to enjoy our great outdoors.
Project Highlights
The Department of Natural Resources will use this grant to install campground and trailhead restrooms in Blanchard State Forest, in western Skagit County. The department will install two toilets in the Lily and Lizard Lake backcountry campgrounds and one at the Blanchard Upper Trailhead parking area. The toilets will reduce environmental impacts from public use. Blanchard State Forest provides 15 miles of trail and primitive camping opportunities for recreation users from all over Washington. The Department of Natural Resources will contribute $41,000 in a state appropriation, equipment, staff labor, materials, and donated labor.