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2025 Park Improvement Projects

In 2025, donors funded 23 completed park improvement projects to restore parks, trails, facilities, and campgrounds for your next visit.

These projects were funded by gifts to the Foundation from donors—people like you—who love parks and want to make them more welcoming for all. Here is a selection of our 2025 improvements.

Fort Worden

Battery Stoddard’s transformation into an interpretive center is underway, and thanks to donors, the first milestone is complete with a fresh coat of paint matching the battery’s original specifications.

 

Fort Ebey

These new gravel steps mark an important improvement along the Pacific Northwest Trail at Fort Ebey, providing stable footing for hikers and preventing erosion along the trail. 

Pearrygin Lake

New shade trees, including oak, bigleaf maple, and ponderosa pine, were planted at Pearrygin Lake after one harsh winter damaged mature trees. The new trees will provide campers with respite from the hot summer sun as they grow. 

Lake Chelan

The only picnic shelter at Lake Chelan was restored, with fresh logs replacing a deteriorating mantle, bench, and beams. This ensures the shelter can host visitors for years to come.

Potholes

Potholes State Park gets hot in the summer, so it’s important to stay hydrated. New filtered water bottle stations were added in high use areas so visitors can cool off.  

 

Saltwater

A picnic shelter at Saltwater Bluff was transformed into a kitchen shelter with running water and electricity, making group gatherings and cooking more accessible for visitors.

Klickitat Trail

New bicycle maintenance stations were added at trailheads and along Klickitat Trail for bikers to pump up. This is particularly important for biker safety given Klickitat’s remote location. 

Blake Island and Illahee

This summer, donors also supported a mobile pumpout program reaching Blake Island and Illahee State Parks, which helped the Puget Sound stay clean. This was the third year this pumpout vessel helped recreational boaters dispose of waste responsibly.

Arts in the Parks

Over 19 events were held at 13 parks across Washington to celebrate the cultures and traditions of Washingtonians. From Salish Sea tribal canoe journeys to African American history and Lao cuisine, dance and more — visitors discovered and connected to our shared natural, cultural, and artistic heritage.

Join us to improve and help state parks be a refuge for all!

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