Island County

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission $416,360

Camano Island Boat Launch Improvements

State Parks will use this grant to renovate a boat launch at Camano Island State Park. The existing two-lane launch ramp will be resurfaced and piers, boarding floats and aluminum ramps that are accessible to people with disabilities will be added. State Parks also will add a restroom, repair the paved approach, organize the gravel parking lot by adding wheel stops, surface two handicapped parking spaces and create a tie-down/rinse-down lane. The park’s boat launch is one of only four public launches on the island and the only launch along 30 miles of the western side of the island with direct access to Saratoga Passage.

(04-1232D-FY06)

Jefferson County

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife $481,740

Pleasant Harbor Phase I

Pleasant Harbor is an important place along Hood Canal for boat launching and now serves commercial fishing and a very brief shrimp season. The site is east of State Route 101 on the west shore of Hood Canal near Brinnon. To get to the site, visitors now drive down a narrow winding road to an existing gravel parking lot. There are no facilities at the site except a dilapidated timber dock. The department will use this grant to improve the gravel road that provides access to the beach, add a boat ramp, floats, a restroom and paved parking. (04-1377D-FY06)

King County

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission $346,000

Lake Sammamish Handling Piers

On a busy summer weekend, more than 500 boats are launched from Lake Sammamish State Park, which provides the only public launch on the lake. State Parks will use this grant to replace six boat launch handling floats, which are more than 30 years old and do not meet safety standards. The total length of the floats will increase from 40 feet to 60 feet to provide more room for loading and unloading, resulting in shorter waits between launches. (04-1229D-FY06)

Kitsap County

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife $200,000

Misery Point Launch Planning

The department will use this grant to design and get permits for improving the more than 40-year-old Misery Point boat launch. Local fishing groups have expressed interest in extending the ramp, adding a lane and providing boarding floats. (04-1254N-FY06)

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife $124,650

Long Lake Public Access

The department will use this grant to update the public access area on Long Lake to meet current standards for people with disabilities. Work will include installing a loading float, building a path and parking and placing new signs. The existing launch ramp also will be extended into deeper water. The 314-acre lake is a popular fishing destination. (04-1346D-FY06)

Pacific County

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission $1,731,584

Cape Disappointment Launch and Breakwater Phase 2

State Parks will use this grant to replace a two-lane, concrete boat launch with a three-lane ramp at Cape Disappointment State Park. Other replacements include new pilings, grounding floats and concrete piers. The failing breakwater that protects the launch also will be replaced, as will the fish cleaning station. The park offers camping, hiking, beachcombing and access to the famous Buoy 10 fishery. Already a popular destination for boaters, the park expects greatly increased visitation related to the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial celebrations scheduled for 2005-2008. (04-1228D-FY06)

Spokane County

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife $287,427

Silver Lake Public Access

The department will use this grant to improve the boat launch at Silver Lake, a popular launch 15 miles southwest of Spokane. Work will include replacing and extending the two existing launch ramps, adding boarding floats and providing access for people with disabilities. A paved handicapped parking stall and walkway will be added at the restrooms and two handicapped parking stalls and a pathway will be provided at the launch. (04-1396D-FY06)

Stevens County

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife $289,103

Waitts Lake Public Access

The department will use this grant to make improvements to the restroom, boat launch and parking at Waitts Lake, a 455-acre lake that is 30 miles south of Colville and home to rainbow trout, brown trout, largemouth bass and yellow perch. Work will include replacing the outhouses and boat ramp, installing a new gangway and boarding float that are accessible to people with disabilities, installing new asphalt and crushed rock, planting trees and plants, replacing the concrete bollards along the road and parking lot with a guardrail and barrier rocks and installing a new entrance gate and signs.

(04-1400D-FY06)