$80M for Washington Wildlife & Recreation Program

Jan 27, 2018 by COPC

The Washington Wildlife & Recreation Program (WWRP) has received $80 million with the State Legislature’s recent passage of the $4.3 billion Capital Construction Budget.

After being delayed for months due to a stand-off over an unrelated policy issue, the legislature passed the $4.3B Capital Construction Budget, providing funding for the WWRP which will allow over 100 new high-priority land conservation and public recreation projects to move forward.

The grants will assist communities in all parts of the state, by funding projects such as:

• Preserving threatened Penn Cove farmland in Island County;
• Redeveloping the Arboretum Waterfront Trail in Seattle;
• Acquiring new public access to the Spokane River and assisting the City of Edmonds with its waterfront redevelopment;
• Purchasing forestland within the City of Olympia to expand a major urban park;
• Improving floodplain protection along the Wenatchee River in Chelan County; and
• Renovating a skate park operated by the Selah Parks & Recreation Department.

COPC is pleased to see these projects get the funding they need to get moving!