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RCO SCORP's 2018-2022 Recreation and Conservation Plan is similar to our PROS plan and follows a model <br />of identifying few priority areas based on assessment of demands, level of service by area, and survey results, <br />Additional, or more specified plans, were also created in support of an overall recreation plan. For example, <br />State Trails Plan, State Community Athletic Facilities Plan, Boating Grants Program Plan, and the Nonhighway <br />and Off-Road Vehicle Activities Grant Program Plan. <br />Participation rates - were highest for picnicking, barbequing, or cooking out (80.9% of the survey <br />respondents) and walking without a pet (71,3%). <br />Frequencies - were highest for walking without and with a pet (97.8 times per year). <br />Kittitas Countv is located straddling 4 of the SCORP regions for which the diary surveys were collated <br />including the: <br />North Cascades - extending north through Chelan and Okanogan and west through Snohomish, Skagit, and <br />Whatcom Counties. <br />Seattle-Kinq - including all of King County <br />South Central- including Yakima, Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla Counties. <br />Columbia Plateau - including Douglas, Grant, Adams, and Lincoln Counties. <br />Table 2. Percentage and occurrences of participation for the top 5 tourist-oriented activities in Washington State by region <br />Participation rates for top 5 tourist-oriented activities <br />Activity SeaKng NoCas SoCntl <br />Picnicking, bbqing, cooking 78.3Y0 83,3% 84.2Yo <br />Walking w/o pet 78.1o/o 67.6To 71.90/o <br />Wildlife viewing 58.1o/o 61.60/o 49.90/o <br />Sightseeing 58.40/o 61,8% 51.3o/o <br />Hiking 57,80/o 59,10/o 43,8o/o <br />Frequencies for top 5 tourist-oriented activities <br />Activity SeaKng NoCas SoCntl <br />Picnicking, bbqing, cooking 20,8 2lJ 17 <br />Walking w/o pet 97.9 102.3 95.5 <br />Wildlife viewing 31.9 55,1 37.7 <br />Sightseeing 14,3 15.4 17.1 <br />Hiking 13.2 15.7 15.6 <br />ColPlt <br />85,1Y0 <br />65,3% <br />55.3% <br />54.70/o <br />36.5% <br />ColPlt <br />18,9 <br />71.9 <br />3'1.1 <br />12,1 <br />17.3 <br />Since these surveys were conducted and the 2016 PROS plan was written, the RCO has compiled newerdata <br />in an Assessment for Demand 2017 report (https://www.rco,wa.qov/StateRecPlansiresources/) and has <br />identified Kittitas County as part of the North Cascades region, Data is also broken down further into <br />demographics: age, race, education level of participants, male/female, and with/without children. Below are the <br />top 10 activites in the North Cascade range, which are very similar to the 2012 data reported above. <br />6