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<br />Goal 9: Install wildlife interpretive trails and exhibits – in,
<br />around, and between existing publicly accessible sites and
<br />significant wildlife conservancies on all suitable sites but
<br />particularly to BPA conservancy lands across from Easton
<br />Acclimation Ponds, to Kittitas County lands in Gladmar Road
<br />Conservancy and Hanson Pits/Tjossem Ditch, to WDFW and BPA
<br />lands around Ringer Loop Road, and to BLM and WDFW west
<br />ridgeline lands and shorelines across from Lmuma Creek
<br />Campground and Big Pines Campground, as well as trail bridge and
<br />trail crossings to new sites such as Washington State Department of
<br />Natural Resource (DNR) lands across from Old Church Camp.
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<br />Goal 10: Identify scenic attributes and viewpoints – with signage,
<br />kiosk directories, and other interpretive exhibits at safe vehicular
<br />and pedestrian access points along SR-10 in the Upper Canyon and
<br />Canyon Road in the Lower Canyon.
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<br />Goal 11: Increase disability (ADA) access – reduce trail and ramp
<br />grades, trail paving material density, picnic table and toilet
<br />dimensions, sensory and auditory signage contents, and other
<br />features for mentally and physically disabled users.
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<br />Goal 12: Utilize low impact development methods – include
<br />permeable surface paving materials, native and drought resistance
<br />vegetation, recycled building materials, stormwater bio-swales, and
<br />other applications when enhancing existing and developing new
<br />public access sites.
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<br />Goal 13: Design and implement a comprehensive branding and
<br />promotional program – of the Yakima River’s public access with
<br />logos, website splash pages, brochures, maps, signage, and kiosk
<br />directories on all educational, marketing, promotional platforms,
<br />websites, publications, and at all publicly accessible sites hosted or
<br />sponsored by Kittitas County, Cle Elum, Ellensburg, the Washington
<br />State Parks & Recreation Commission (WAP&RC), Departments of
<br />Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), Natural Resources (DNR), Transportation
<br />(WDOT), US Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Reclamation (BOR),
<br />Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Yakama Nation as well as
<br />private parties like Red’s Fly Shop.
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<br />Goal 14: Promote joint ventures with other public, nonprofit,
<br />and private parties – such as Kittitas Environmental Education
<br />Network (KEEN), Forterra, Nature Conservancy, Mountain to Sound
<br />Greenway, Trust for Public Land, Kittitas Reclamation District (KRD),
<br />Suncadia, Bristol Flats, KOA, Bighorn Campground, and Red’s Fly
<br />Shop, among others, to educate and promote the unique
<br />environmental, historical, and recreational potentials of the Yakima
<br />River’s public access and acquire, develop, maintain, and operate
<br />public access site activities and facilities
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<br />Goal 15: Utilize multiple implementation funding sources and
<br />synergistic opportunities – to use existing programs such as
<br />Kittitas County’s Lodging Tax, Washington State Recreation
<br />Conservation Office’s (RCO) state and federal grant programs,
<br />Washington State Department of Transportation (WDOT) paths,
<br />trails, and roadway funds, Washington State Legislature capital
<br />grants, as well as develop and apply innovative strategies to
<br />possibly include Conservation Futures taxes, General Fund levy lid
<br />lifts, and/or agents such as a Public Facilities District or the
<br />expansion of the Kittitas Park & Recreation District boundaries and
<br />responsibilities, among others.
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