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Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission via email: <br />Peter M. Msyer <br />Direclor <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />WASHINGTON STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION <br />11 1 I lsr6€l Ror'd S.W. r P.O- 8ox 42660 . OUmpie. WA 98504.2650 r (360) 902{5{n <br />TDD T€ldoonmunicstlona D€elce fortt€ Ora{: 80G83}6388 <br />s*ar.Dgrkf, .dals-rr8. us <br />June 9, 2021 <br />$lkole Ogan <br />l(ittilas County Public Works <br />tllensburg; WA <br />Re: 0ornments for County Recreation and Tourism Plan <br />Thank you for the opportunily to commenl on the 2011 Kittatas County Recreation and Tourlsm Plan, <br />State Parke is committed to providlng hlgh-guallty rccreatlon opportunltles at one of the mosl unlque <br />areas wlthln the state and coordlnatlng a long-term vlslon br recreatlon ln collaboratlon wlth Xlttitds <br />County, Washington Department of Fish and Wildfife, 6rant PUD, and other proFerty owners in the <br />area, <br />A$ you aro aware, Washln8ton 5tat0 Parks i$ currcnthy engaged in a long-range plannlry ellort at Glnkio <br />Peulfled Forest Stste Parh whlth lncludes tie Wanapum Recrc8lion ArEa. Our Chssiflcation ond <br />Managemenl Plsnnirg efforl (CAMP) is r four*tage process that culminates in adoption o{ land <br />clagrltlHllons oRd long+em boundarlas by the W6shlngton Slate Parkr ard Recreatlon Commlssion. We <br />4ppreclate lhE county'6 fiFedbach provlded during Stage 2 ofthe (AMP ptoces and encourage <br />contlnued lnput in the next pbnnlng rtrgct, With txplficd lncrerses in populatton and growing <br />r€crestlon demand, the Glnkgo plannhu elfort and the [ounty'$ necreation and Tourlsm Plan offer r <br />tlmely and unlque opFortunity to consider a hollslic vislon lor the Vpntage area that compleruentt <br />existlng and futurr planr includin8 ihe countfs comprchen$he plan, shorellne mrster ptotram, Gr6nt <br />pUD'r re(reition phns rnd other phns, State Parkr would llke to be an actlye partner wlth Kittltrs <br />County and other land managers, property ownero, othcr stakeholders to plan and lmplement r <br />collecthe vl$lon for the arE6. <br />Arcai of pot€ntlal collaboratlon and shrred lntereBte lnclude: <br />r Truils = lncluding on' and off-road treilr and coordinrted lrail rtgndards where rpproprltt€ <br />. Resourca Parb - camplnE; doy-ure rnd ryrt€r a0cesc <br />. SpeclBl Purpo$B F8cllltlss {€.8, Stat€ Horse PErk} <br />r R€rource(lnssrYancJer <br />r HlstorhaUrulturalresources <br />r Flnanrlal resources <br />ln .dditlofi, the followlng colnmentr Bnd qu6$tlons rre provided for your consldaratlon, <br />Ealtarn Rcgion Hondquartcn r ?70 9rh $t. NE Sultc 200 r Eest ltr/cnrtehco, WA e8802 r (809) G6S4319 <br />3l