County, State, Cascade Land Conservancy celebrate ownership of West Lake Roesiger Park

Leaders from the state Department of Natural Resources, Snohomish County and Cascade Land Conservancy offered the first public tour of their purchase of 3,000 acres near Lake Roesiger on Aug. 23.

Snohomish County plans to develop parking areas, camp sites and other amenities. (Herald article: A forest's future)

Recreation classes:  

           www.snocoparks.org/classes  

Current events: 

           www.snocoparks.org/currentevents   

Evergreen State Fairgrounds:

           www.evergreenfair.org 

Evergreen Speedway:

            www.evergreenspeedway.com

Adopt-A-Stream classes:

            www.streamkeeper.org.

Want to live in a park?

Houses at Wenberg and River Meadows County Parks for rent. Contact Dianne Bailey at 360-388-6622 for details.

Room Rentals for Holiday events

>Weikel Room at Willis Tucker Park:

   425-388-6600.

Pick up your fresh produce on Fridays, 3 to 7 p.m.

Find details at www.marketatwillistucker.wordpress.com. 

Willis Tucker Community Park is located at 6705 Puget Park Drive, Snohomish.  

We want to hear from you!

This plan is a 6-year document that evaluates current and future recreation needs and sets goals and objectives for Parks Department efforts. A big part of developing this plan is hearing from park users about where they want us to be focusing our efforts. An updated plan is required to obtain state funding assistance for developing parks.

If you are not able to attend this meeting, written comments may be sent to Snohomish County Parks & Recreation, Comp. Plan Update, 6705 Puget Park Drive, Snohomish, WA 98296; or email comments to sharon.swan@snoco.org. For more information, contact the Parks Department at: 425-388-6600, or visit our website at www.snocoparks.org.  

Construction at Willis Tucker Park Off-Leash Area

Construction of the Tambark Creek County Park project started in July of this year and is planned to be completed fall 2012. The new park will include a playground, off-leash dog area, synthetic turf soccer/baseball/softball complex with lights and trail system. The park is located southeast of Mill Creek on 35th.

Help us improve trail facilities

Volunteers from The Trail Coalition and the B.I.K.E.S. Club will be on the Centennial Trail on Sept 10 and 14 handing out survey forms to trail users. People responding may complete and hand them back to the volunteers or mail in the postage paid forms. These are weather dependent dates and may move if inclement weather threatens either day. Next month's newsletter will have a link to our online trail survey that follows up on this survey.

The Snohomish County Park and Recreation Department is conducting this survey on its owned and managed trails. The best way to improve trail facilities or networks is to collect and analyze trip data. Agencies that collect walking and bicycling data are able to check trends and prioritize investments. Having solid user information is valuable in preparing state and federal grant applications, and in preparing for future budget requests for additional trail phases and system expansions. Currently, Snohomish County has no data as to who its trail users are, how much and how often they use the trails.