Palouse Falls, Lyons Ferry & Lewis and Clark Trail

Classification and Management Planning

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Palouse Falls on June 29, 1959
LyonsFerry toward dock
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State Parks started the CAMP process for Palouse Falls, Lyons Ferry & Lewis and Clark Trail State Parks in 2018. Two public meetings were held November 5th and 6th 2018.

State Parks prepares land use plans through an agency-wide planning system called Classification and Management Planning or CAMP. CAMP is a multi-staged, public participation-based planning process for individual parks that culminates with adoption of park land classifications, a long-term park boundary, and a park management plan. The combination of these deliverables constitutes a land use plan. The CAMP process typically takes ten to fifteen months to complete.

Public MeetingS

Stage 3- Preparing Preliminary Recommendations.  The meetings will focus on preliminary long-term boundary and land-use recommendations at the three parks. 

The virtual meeting was held on October 19. To view a recorded video from the meeting, use the link provided below and you will be able to access the recording. 

https://youtu.be/fYZ8VDAM7UY

In-Person Meetings

Monday, November 8 at 6 p.m.

Dayton Elementary School Multipurpose Room
302 E Park Street
Dayton, WA 99328

Tuesday, November 9 at 6 p.m.
Lind-Ritzville High School Collaboration Room
 209 E Wellsandt Ave.
 Ritzville, WA 99169 

Current safety measures will be in place including masking and social distancing.
Cloth Face Coverings Guidance During COVID-19 (wa.gov) 

The public can provide written questions, comments and suggestions during the meetings, and on this planning page (see below comment button) through Friday, November 30, 2021.

For additional information, or if you need special accommodations for the meeting contact Laura Moxham at planning@parks.wa.gov or (360) 902-8649.

Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY/Voice communication

Stage 3 documents can be found below for your review and feedback. 

We appreciate hearing from you!

PALOUSE FALLS STATE PARK

Palouse Falls State Park is a 105-acre camping park with a unique geology and history. The park is located on the Palouse River in Franklin and Whitman counties and offers a dramatic view of one of the state's most beautiful waterfalls. Palouse Falls drops from a height of 198-fet with high volumes of water flow in spring and early summer.

Lyons Ferry State Park

Lyons Ferry is a 168-acre day-use park located in Franklin County at the confluence of the Palouse and Snake rivers. It once was home to early groups of the Palouse Indians. The Park has more than 5,200 feet of shoreline and offers a variety of activities, including boating, fishing, hiking and swimming. Lyons Ferry was named for the ferry crossing that operated across the Snake River from the mide-1860s until the late-1960s, when it was replaced by the Lyons Ferry Bridge, also known as the Snake River Bridge.

Lewis and clark trail state Park

Lewis and Clark Trail State Park is a 37-acre camping park with 1,333-feet of freshwater shoreline on the Touchet River. It is located just outside of Dayton in Columbia County. The park is a rare treasure of old-growth forest and river in the midst of the surrounding arid grassland. Like an oasis in the middle of the desert, this lovely wooded park on the Touchet River refreshes visitors with its unusual vegetation and geology. The park is rich in history.

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Contact Us

Laura Moxham, Parks Planner
Project Lead
Email Laura Moxham
P.O. Box 42650
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone: (360) 902-8649
Fax: (360) 586-0207

Stage One - Identify issues and concerns

The purpose of this stage is to understand what is important to the park community, what to change or save in the state park. This helps get a sense of the range and type of issues that need to be considered through the planning process.

Stage One documents

  1. 01-CAMPing in Washington (PDF)
  2. 02-PowerPoint Public Meeting 4-11-2017 (PDF)
  3. 03-PowerPoint Public Meeting 4-11-2017 (PDF)
  4. 04-Public Meeting Comments Public Meeting 4-11-2017 (PDF)
  5. 05-Public Email Comments Dec 2016 to March 2018 (PDF)
  6. 06-Meeting flyer Nov 5 and 6 2018
  7. 07-PowerPoint Public Meeting November 2018
  8. 08-Email Comments November
  9. 09-Public Meeting Comments Washtucna 11-5-18
  10. 10-Public Meeting Comments Dayton 11-6-18

Maps

  1. 01-Map PalouseFalls
  2. 02-Map LyonsFerry
  3. 03-Map PalouseFalls and LyonsFerry
  4. 04-Map LewisandClarkTrail

Stage Two - Exploring alternative approaches

At this stage, the planning team suggests potential alternative approaches to address the various issues and concerns raised by people in stage one. No preferred alternative is established; rather this is an opportunity to understand the range of possibilities.

Stage 2 – Explore Alternative Approaches-- A virtual public meeting was held on December 10, 2020 to hear questions and comments about three different themes for the future management and development of the Parks. 

Stage Two documents

  1. 01-Stage 2 Alternatives
  2. 02-CAMP-Land-Classification-System-2019

Public Comment 

  1. 01-Public Comments 2020 Nov 4 to Dec 4
  2. 02-Plubic Meeting 2020-12-10 CAMP Alts Comments and Responses

Stage Three - Preparing preliminary recommendations

The best ideas from the alternative approaches developed in stage two are combined into a preliminary plan in this stage. The plan includes recommendations for use and development of land, changes to property boundaries and ways to address issues raised during the planning process. Another important document completed at this stage is the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) checklist that describes environmental impacts of the recommendations.

Stage Three Documents

  1. 01-Palouse Falls Preliminary Recommendation Narrative
  2. 02-Lyons Ferry Preliminary Recommendation Narrative
  3. 03-Lewis and Clark Preliminary Recommendation Narrative
  4. 04-CAMP Land Classification System 2019

Large Sized Maps

  1. 01-Palouse Falls Preliminary Recommendation Zoomed Out
  2. 02-Palouse Falls Preliminary Recommendation ZoomIn A
  3. 03-Palouse Falls Preliminary Recommendation ZoomIn B
  4. 04-Lyons Ferry Preliminary Recommendation
  5. 05-Lewis and Clark Preliminary Recommendation

SEPA - DRAFT

  1. 01-DRAFT SEPA Checklist

October 19 Virtual Public Meeting Presentation 

  1. 10_19_2021 Public Meeting Blue Mtn Area CAMP Prelim Recommendation

Public Comments

  1. 01-10-19-21_Blue Mountain CAMP Prelim Rec Comments and Responses
  2. 02-Public Comments Preliminary Recommendation to 2021-10-28

Stage Four - Preparing final recommendations

At stage four, final adjustments are made to recommendations and submitted to the seven-member Parks and Recreation Commission for approval. The public is encouraged to attend the Commission meeting and provide testimony or to provide written comment.

Stage Four documents

  1. 01-Item E-4 Blue Mountain Area Classification and Management Planning
  2. 02-Palouse Falls Land Classification and Long Term Boundary Final Recommendation
  3. 03-Lyons Ferry Land Classification and Long-Term Boundary Final Recommendation
  4. 04-Lewis and Clark Trail Land Classification and Long-Term Boundary Final Recommendation

SEPA Documents

  1. Blue Mt CAMP DNS and SEPA Checklist

Miscellaneous documents