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Study Shows Trails Are Crucial

Jon Jonckers — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:07:39 +0000

According to the 2019 Executive Summary of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office, “The analysis on the benefits of trails facilitated by the Recreation and Conservation Office clearly demonstrates that trails are strong economic and health improvement drivers for every corner of Washington. Every county in Washington state benefits from walkers, runners, bikers and backpackers using our beautiful trail systems. Ninety percent of Washington residents participate in non-motorized recreation annually.”

In collaboration with the Washington Trails Association, Washington Bikes, and the University of Washington, the studies looked at the economic, environmental, social and health benefits of trails and recommended that state leaders develop more trails and use them as a way to improve health. In a nutshell, Washington trails contribute more than $8.2 billion dollars to Washington’s economy annually. These same trails support more than 81,000 jobs each year. Best of all, physical activity associated with these trails results in more than $390 million of health savings annually.Fun fact discovered while making this report include: Washington trail use accounts for 1.45% of the 2018 Washington gross domestic product. That means Washington trails created 11 times more GDP than logging, and seven-times more GDP than craft breweries.

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Bay Trail Fun Run

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 09:00:00 +0000

The 7th Annual 5K and 10K Family Fun Run along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho, is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail. All participants are entered into a door prize raffle for two Festival at Sandpoint season passes. Awards for first place finishers in the 5K and 10K. Information and registration at www.pobtrail.org under “Events.”

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Last Chance to Comment On Mt. Spokane Plan

Out There Venture — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:35:36 +0000

We received notice looking for written comments regarding Mt. Spokane non-motorized trails a couple of days ago. The deadline for submitting written comments is Thursday of this week:

Dear Stakeholder,

According to state law, the proposed two actions are being reviewed under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA).
The projects are regarding Non-motorized trails at Mount Spokane State Park.
1) Non-motorized Trail 153 Connector: creating approximately ¼ mile long naturally surfaced non-motorized connector trail to provide a link between the Mount Spokane Ski Lodge 2 parking area and Trail 150.
2) Non-motorized Trail 140 Restoration and Reroute: restore ½ mile section of non-motorized trail and create approximately 1 ¼ mile long naturally surfaced non-motorized trail reroute between Smith Gap and the Mount Kit Carson Meadows.
For more information please see the June 2010 Mount Spokane State Park Facilities Master Plan at http://www.parks.wa.gov/plans/mtspokane/ “Stage 3 – 01 Mount Spokane State Park DEIS 2010-June.
If you want a copy of the documents, please contact me. Any person wishing to comment on the DNS should submit written comments to me by July 8, 2010.

Randy Kline, Environmental Program Manager
Parks Development Service Center
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
1111 Israel Road SW
PO Box 42650
Olympia WA 98504-2650
Randy.kline(at)parks.wa.gov
(360) 902-8638
Fax: (360) 586-0207

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