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<br />§ Cle Elum River from proposed Suncadia Bullfrog Road Bridge
<br />Access upriver to the Cle Elum Dam
<br />§ Yakima River from the proposed Suncadia Bullfrog Road Bridge
<br />Access on the Cle Elum River to the Yakima River to WDFW’s SR-10
<br />Takeout
<br />§ Yakima River from the proposed Ellensburg City Wells launch to
<br />Kittitas County’s proposed Thrall Road/Wilson Creek Access
<br />§ Yakima River from BLM’s Roza Campground to Roza Dam
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<br />Jet boats can create hazardous conditions for other smaller
<br />watercraft on the river given the jet boat’s speed and the wake the
<br />boats create that can swamp other watercraft. County ordinance
<br />prohibits the operation of motor-powered watercraft on the
<br />Yakima River from Mile Post 146.1 to Roza Campground.
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<br />River shoreline activities
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<br />Recreationalists engage in a variety of activities on the shore that
<br />involve different supporting facilities including:
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<br />Wildlife trails
<br />Short walks or hikes, including ADA enhanced, to view fish, birds,
<br />mammals, and other wildlife on dirt, gravel, or asphalt paths
<br />through woodlands, wetlands, and other habitat areas within a
<br />public access site’s boundaries including:
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<br />§ Every publicly accessible site in the rivers inventory suitable
<br />and improved or proposed to be improved with paths and trails
<br />through wildlife habitat areas
<br />§ Lands owned and managed by USFS, WDFW, DNR, P&RC, BPA,
<br />BOR, and BLM as well as Kittitas County, Cle Elum, Ellensburg
<br />§ Suncadia and a number of other private properties along the
<br />riverfronts
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<br />Multipurpose trail connections
<br />Extended day hiking, biking, and in some instances, horseback
<br />riding on multipurpose trails that exist or are proposed to be
<br />connected to publicly accessible sites or adjacent lands including:
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<br />§ Palouse to Cascade Trail (PTC Trail – former Iron Horse Trail)
<br />– a 285-mile reuse of the former Chicago Milwaukee & Saint Paul
<br />(CM&SP) Railroad corridor from North Bend to Spokane with
<br />numerous existing trailheads or roadside accesses at Stampede Pass
<br />Road south of Stampede Pass Bridge Access, Monahan Road at Cabin
<br />Creek Access, Lake Easton State Park, Cabin Creek Road in Easton,
<br />Three Bridges Access on Pebble Beach Drive, Bullfrog Road South
<br />Access, Lower Peoh Point Road in South Cle Elum, East Taneum
<br />Road in Thorp, Goodwin and Thorp Depot Roads in Thorp, Gladmar
<br />Road Conservancy in Thorp, US-97 in Ellensburg, Faust and Sinclair
<br />Roads in Ellensburg, Reecer Creek Road in Ellensburg, West 14th
<br />Avenue in Ellensburg, and Alder Street at the Kittitas Valley Event
<br />Center,
<br />§ Proposed PTC Trail connections – by river crossing suspension
<br />bridges to the remote 18-mile stretch of PTC Trail from South Cle
<br />Elum to Thorp at the proposed public access sites at the proposed
<br />Old Church Camp Access across DNR lands and Swauk Creek
<br />Access.
<br />§ Cle Elum Skyline Trail connections – between the 5.0-mile Coal
<br />Miners Trail (CMT) from Roslyn south through Wye Park and
<br />Memorial/Fireman’s Park to the PCT at Peoh Point Road, and
<br />potentially on the levy and Whispering Pines Drive on the north
<br />shore of the Yakima River through Hanson Ponds/Kiwanis Fishing
<br />Ponds.
<br />§ Ellensburg City-to-Canyon Trail connections – extending from
<br />the PCT Trail at Reecer Creek Road then through Rotary Park to
<br />Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park Access then south in various
<br />alignments through the Hanson Pits/Tjossem Ditch Access, then the
<br />combined BPA, BLM, WDFW, Ellensburg, and Kittitas County
<br />conservancy lands to the proposed Thrall Road/Wilson Creek
<br />Access.
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<br />Picnicking and day-use areas
<br />Day-use facilities for individual, family, and group picnics,
<br />gatherings, and events activities are currently provided at scattered
<br />public access sites in Easton, Cle Elum, Ellensburg, and the Lower
<br />Canyon. Day-use facilities with picnic tables, shelters, and toilets
<br />are proposed on existing and proposed new public access sites to
<br />close gaps and increase access to day-use opportunities between
<br />Cle Elum and Ellensburg:
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