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Snohomish County PUD –Pre-Application Document 4 – Existing Environment • Fort Ebey State Park - Originally built for coastal defense in World War II, Fort Ebey is now a 261-hectare state park with five kilometers of saltwater coastline on Whidbey Island (Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission 2008g). Activities at the park include hiking, biking, freshwater fishing, paragliding, surfing, and seaweed harvesting. Watercraft can be launched from the park with a $5 daily permit. The Park is open year round for camping and day use. The park contains 40 standard campsites, ten utility spaces with electricity and water hook-ups, one restroom (ADA), and two showers (one ADA). One campsite is available solely to those traveling by human powered watercraft on the Cascadia Marine Trail. Group camping accommodations are also available for up to 75 people. A vault toilet and running water are available at the group site, and both flush toilets and showers are available within a five minute walk from the site. The Park has 25 unsheltered picnic tables located at the Gun Battery, the beach area, and the Point Partridge area. Two log picnic shelters are available for reservation. These shelters include two covered picnic tables, two uncovered picnic tables, and two large BBQ grills. One shelter is located at the Gun Battery Picnic area and can accommodate up to 150 people. The other shelter is located at the beach area and can accommodate up to 100 people. • North Beach Park - North Beach Park offers access to the shoreline of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and is both owned and operated by Jefferson County (City of Port Townsend, 2008a). Boat watching, beachcombing, and dog walking are popular activities in the park. • Chetzemoka Park - Chetzemoka Park comprises approximately two hillside hectares commanding a view of the Cascade Mountains. The keystone of Port Townsend's parks, this Victorian park was established in 1904. Chetzemoka Park includes 25 parking spaces, several picnic areas, a shelter, a playground, restrooms, and a bandstand (City of Port Townsend, 2008b). Spieden Channel As discussed above, four features of the San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (Barren Island, Center Reef, Battleship Island, and Sentinel Rock) are found within the Spieden Channel permit 4-168 January 31, 2008
Snohomish County PUD –Pre-Application Document 4 – Existing Environment area. Posey Island State Park, which has two campsites that are available exclusively for camping along the Cascadia Marine Trail, also falls within the project area. Guemes Channel The 89-hectare Washington Park lies within the Guemes Channel permit area. Owned and operated by the City of Anacortes, Washington Park offers a number of activities including walking, biking, boating and camping. Saddlebag Island is also located within the project area. The Island is comprised of a pair of wooded headlands connected by a narrow low pass and provides a campsite dedicated to users of the Cascadia Marine Trail. San Juan Channel As discussed above, three features of the San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (Shark Reef, Harbor Rock, and “Islets and Rocks”) are found within the San Juan Channel permit area. Deception Pass Deception Pass State Park is a 1,673-hectare park with more than 23.5 km of saltwater shoreline and almost 10.5 km of freshwater shoreline on three lakes. The marine portion of the park is located both within and adjacent to the Deception Pass permit area. The park features a variety of trails including hiking trails, biking trails, and horse trails. Other activities at the park include freshwater and saltwater boating, freshwater and saltwater fishing, freshwater swimming, whitewater kayaking, diving, clamming, crabbing, mountain biking, camping and sailboarding. Agate Passage There were no significant recreational resources identified within the permit area. However, as with the other project areas, activities such as boating and fishing are popular within Agate 4-169 January 31, 2008
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