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124 site developments at Old Church Camp, Swauk Creek Access, and Thrall Road/Wilson Creek Access. Sponsor Existing sites/new sites/bridges Cle Elum Existing site enhancements $173,600 Ellensburg Existing site enhancements $1,337,650 County Existing and new site developments $5,239,200 P&RC Existing site enhancements $2,162,500 WDFW Existing site enhancements $619,700 DNR Existing site enhancements $1,794,000 WDOT Existing site enhancements $163,125 BPA Existing site enhancements $1,055,825 BLM Suspension bridge $2,709,000 Suncadia New site developments $930,650 All total Existing sites/new sites/bridges $16,185,250 In actuality, a number of these projects will likely involve numerous agencies and sponsors as well as multiple funding sources and phases when ultimately implemented. Implementation participants and partnerships The public access plan‘s implementation will require the involvement of numerous public, nonprofit, and some private agencies and organizations even where some access sites may be owned or acquired by a single agency or organization. Some agencies may be the project’s lead responsible for obtaining funds, acquiring properties, designing and constructing projects while other agencies may be participants responsible for identifying and/or mitigating environmental concerns, permitting access and construction, and/or maintaining or managing site access. Depending on specific public access projects, lead and participant partners could include: § Kittitas County – lead agent for overall plan implementation coordination as well as lead agent for specific site acquisitions and developments. § City of Cle Elum – lead agent for design and construction of improvements to Hanson Ponds/Whispering Pines Drive/Levy footbridge reconstruction as well as the linkage between this site and the Coal Miners Trail and PTC Trail with the city’s Skyline Trail network. § City of Ellensburg – lead aent for design and construction of improvements to the City Wells launch ramp and parking, Upper Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park takeout, and possible reconstruction of the Rinehart/Umptanum Bridge launch. § P&RC (Washington Parks & Recreation Commission) – lead agent for Bullfrog Road South toilet installation and participant for suspension bridge trail connections to the PTC Trail at Old Church Camp, Swauk Creek Access, and Gladmar Road Conservancy, and relationship between Thrall Road/Wilson Creek and Helen McCabe State Park. § WDFW (Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife) – lead agent for King Horn Slough picnic and trails, Thorp/Green Bridge picnic, toilet, and trails and participant for the Big Pines Campground suspension bridge. § WDOT (Washington Department of Transportation) – lead agent for Mile Post 20/19’s pull-offs, picnic, and trails and participant to any on-road traffic restrictions and enforcements to the Teanaway River Bridge on SR-10. § DNR (Washington Department of Natural Resources) – participant to Old Church Camp suspension bridge to DNR land and the eventual connection with the PTC Trail. § USFS (US Forest Service) – participant to wayfinding signage and river kiosks at Stampede Pass Bridge, U-Fish Road on the Yakima River and Suspension Bridge on the Cle Elum River. § BPA (Bonneville Power Administration) – lead agent for Easton Acclimation Pond suspension bridge and trails, Teanaway River Lambert Road launch access and trails, and Clark Flats Acclimation Ponds wildlife trails. § BLM (Bureau of Land Management) – lead agent for Big Pines Campground suspension bridge. § Yakama Nation – participant for all public access site launch enhancements and constructions on the Yakima and Cle Elum Rivers including the proposed new launch sites at Bullfrog Road Bridge, Old Church Camp, Swauk Creek Access, and Thrall Road/Wilson Creek.