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
Washington State Parks will use this grant to purchase 7 parcels totaling approximately 52 acres on Icy Creek Ridge in the Green River Gorge Conservation Area, located in King County near Black Diamond. This is the second phase of an acquisition of 16 parcels in Icy Creek Ridge, totaling approximately 105 acres. State Parks’ plans for the Conservation Area include a trail along the south rim of the gorge, from Kanaskat-Palmer State Park to Flaming Geyser State Park. The parcels in Icy Creek Ridge are some of the last needed before trail development will be possible, and an existing road will provide good access for a future trailhead for the South Rim Trail. This acquisition also protects habitat corridors between the Green River and properties in King County’s Bass Lake Complex to the south. The primary recreational opportunity supported by this project is non-motorized trail use.