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Work Group to Put Finishing Touches on Recommendations for Sustainable Recreation on State lands

For Immediate Release
October 22, 2009

Group To Send Report To Legislature In December

OLYMPIA – The Sustainable Recreation Work Group will finalize recommendations for sustainable recreation on lands managed by Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) at a meeting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., October 29, at the Washington State School Directors? Association office, 221 College Street N.E. in Olympia.

The work group’s recommendations address sustainable funding for recreation and improving public access to DNR-managed lands. The final recommendations will be presented to the Washington State Legislature in December.

At the meeting, the work group will review a summary of input from public meetings held earlier this fall and from an online survey related to recreation issues. Since the work group began meeting last year, they have gathered and considered public comments and opinions at various stages of the process in developing their recommendations.

Work group members will be discussing the recommendations further and will also determine the best way to present them to the legislature in a final report.

The public is welcome to attend the meeting. Directions to the meeting:
wssda.org/wssda/WebForms/En-Us/AboutWSSDA/OlyDrivingDirections.asp

For more information about the Sustainable Recreation Work Group and to review the draft recommendations, go to DNR’s web site at www.dnr.wa.gov and follow the link to the “Sustainable Recreation Work Group” listed under “Featured Topics”.

The Sustainable Recreation Work Group

The Sustainable Recreation Work Group is the result of legislation passed in 2008 to establish policy recommendations and a collaborative vision to ensure outdoor recreation is safe, enjoyable, accessible, environmentally responsible, and sustainably funded now and into the future.

Media Contact:
Toni Droscher, Recreation Program communications and outreach manager
360-902-1523, and toni.droscher@dnr.wa.gov.

BRC Alert: Important Idaho Land Use Update and Alert

BlueRibbon Coalition Alert

The looming deadline for comments on the Salmon-Challis National Forest Travel Plan gives us a chance to blast a quick update on some important Idaho land use issues.

Comment Deadline November 25, 2008

A really important action alert on the Salmon-Challis NF Travel Plan is at the bottom of this email. Above that, we have a section giving a quick update on some of the land use issues BRC is tracking in Idaho. In each update, we’ve included a suggestion on what you can do to help.

Please take a minute to review this alert before the holiday. Also, everyone at BRC would be very grateful if you would forward this alert to family and riding pals. If you are already a BRC member, please ask them to join BRC and help us protect Idaho’s trails.
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Proposed Update of Washington DNR Rules is Available for Review

No. 08-103
May 29, 2008
Contact: Princess Jackson-Smith, 360-902-1066

Public Hearings Will Be Held Around The State In June

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is in the process of revising Chapter 332-52 of the Washington Administrative Code, pertaining to recreation on DNR-managed lands. The rules provide basic standards for public safety and natural resource protection when accessing and recreating on these lands.

The department invites the public to participate by reviewing the draft rule language and attending one of the public hearings to be held in June in the following locations: Mount Vernon, Port Angeles, Hoquiam, Issaquah, Vancouver, Ellensburg, Olympia, and Okanogan.

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