From the desk of Jon Snyder 

Outdoor Recreation and Economic Development
Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Jay Inslee

August 2019

1. Climate change is the public-health challenge of this century
2. State Invests $126 Million in Grants to Expand Outdoor Recreation Opportunities and Preserve Habitat and Working Farms and Forests
3. Hatchery movie misguided, inaccurate
4. Roads, Trails & Red Tape: 5 Federal Public Land Bills Hikers Should Care About
5. Opponent of public lands is picked to oversee them (BLM)

WA outdoor business news:

​ Filson And Merrell Launch Sandal Collaboration

REI Brings Vista Outdoor Brands Back to Stores

Trail news:

Rural politics and empty coffers didn’t stop ferry county conservationists from building a new trail

Plan to add mountain biking trails at Kaiser Woods pleases bikers, concerns neighbors  

These trail donation “parking” meters are raking it in

A ‘yes’ for King County Prop 1 is a vote for a connected regional trail network

Hunting and Fishing news:

Statewide efforts underway to restore fish passageways for salmon recovery

State asks county landowners to allow hunting on property 

Despite $20 million budget shortfall WDFW not planning significant cuts

WDFW Commission OKs Asking Lawmakers For $24.5 Million From General Fund

Q&A with WDFW director Kelly Susewind

Out and about: Governor appoints two new commissioners

Governor news:

Governor’s Smart Communities Award Program (Bellingham bike plan & Walla Walla area trails plan)

Inslee visits Whale Trail site 

Inslee announces $1.3million in grants to get kids outside

Proclamation by Gov. Inslee spotlights paddle sports safety this week

Additional news: 

I Hated Golf. Then I Actually Played It.

Mission Ridge delaying installation of new chairlift to 2020 (Squilchuck)

Charge your electric car in the National Parks (Rainier and Olympic)

How Minneapolis Freed Itself From the Stranglehold of Single-Family Homes

$1.3 million in funding for Washington kids to explore outdoors

Big grants awarded for outdoor education in NW WA

A growth cap is Climate Arson

Oregon passes version of “Idaho Stop” law that allows bike riders to treat stop signs as yields

Could Hetch Hetchy Valley be worth 100 billion? (mentions Elwha dam removal)

Paddleboard deaths increase

After nearly two decades, Colville Forest plan coming to a close

After an abrupt halt, the process that would bring grizzly bears back to North Cascades National Park is back on

How Latino Outdoors connects kids with nature while working on Mount Rainier

7th Seattle area beach shut down because of poor water

Getting There: Bikeways are coming to East Sprague

Wash. AG Ferguson sues Navy over noisy Growler jets at Whidbey

Deaf disc golfers duke it out at national tournament in Bremerton

 

Planning:

WDFW seeks applicants for Skagit Wildlife Area Island Unit Advisory Group

Upcoming grants:  

None this month

Jon Snyder
Outdoor recreation and Economic Development Senior Policy Advisor to Gov. Jay Inslee
Office: 360-902-0488   Mobile: 360-584-3804
jon.snyder@gov.wa.gov