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 will use this grant to restore a 975 foot historic trestle that connects two portions of the Palouse to Cascades Trail separated by a large valley, highway 270, Hangman creek, and the town of Tekoa. A small portion of the trail surfacing will be improved to smooth out the approaches to both ends of the trestle. Interpretive and directional signage will also be included. Completing this project will connect approximately 5.5 miles of trail east of the trestle and 28.5 miles of trail west of the trestle resulting in a contiguous 34 mile trail experience that will stretch from Malden to the Idaho border. State Parks will also install a vault toilet and picnic shelter at the Malden Trailhead, and perform upgrades to trestles EE102 and EE104. The primary recreational opportunity provided by this project is non-motorized trail use.