Resolution_2021 Kittitas Co Recreation and Tourism Plan Adoption

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Plan Element 6: Resource conservancies 6.0 OBJECTIVE: Assist with the planning, coordination, and preservation of unique environmental areas, wetlands, wildlife habitat, open spaces, forestlands, and scenic areas. Work with other public and mission related non-profit and private agencies, such as CIe Elum-Roslyn, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Thorp, and Damman School Districts, Central Washington University, Washington State Departments of Fish & Wildlife, Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation Commission (P&RC), US Forest Service (USFS), US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nature Conservancy, Yakama Nation, Suncadia, and others to provide access to and create an effective approach to the following conservation issues. Action Item 6.1 Conserve Wildlife habitat Identify and help conserve critical wildlife habitat - including nesting sites, foraging areas, and migration corridors within or adjacent to natural areas, open spaces especially within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Wenatchee National Forest, Teanaway Community Forest, LT Murray Wildlife Area, Oak Creek Wildlife Area, Wenas Wildlife Area, Naneum Ridge State Forest, Colockum Wildlife Area, Quilomene Wildlife Area, and Whisky Dick Wildlife Area, and along the Yakima River and Columbia River shorelines. 6.1.2: Preserve sensitive habitat sites that support threatened species and urban wildlife habitat - particularly around the Little Kachess and CIe Elum Lakes, and along the Yakima River shorelines. Action item 6.2 Natural area Preserve and protect significant environmental features - including unique wetlands, open spaces, woodlands, shorelines, waterfronts and other characteristics that support wildlife and reflect Kittitas County resource heritage — especially Teanaway Community and Naneum Ridge State Forests. 6.2.2: Provide public access to environmentally sensitive areas and sites that are especially unique to Kittitas County and surrounding area — including the length of the Iron Horse State Park/John Wayne Trail corridor from Snoqualmie Pass through Yakima River Canyon to the Columbia River at Vantage. Action Item 6.3 Conserve Forestlands Identify and conserve forest cover and the scenic attributes woodlands provide — especially the Wenatchee National, Teanaway Community, and Naneum Ridge State Forests. Action Item 6.4 Conserve Open spaces Define and conserve a system of open space corridors or separators to provide definition between natural areas and urban land uses in and adjacent to Roslyn and Cle Elum — especially the open spaces created by the Teanaway Community Forest and the recent acquisitions by Central Washington Forest, LLC and managed by The Nature Conservancy. 17