Mount Spokane State Park planning

Washington State Parks has begun a land-use planning project for Mount Spokane State Park Spokane County.

The planning project will result in a new master facilities plan for the park and a master development plan for Mount Spokane 2000, the park concessionaire. The project will include the four planning stages described below. The plan will address overall visitor experiences, natural and cultural resources, use of the park’s buildings, recreation fields and trails, and other topics of interest to the community and park visitors.

State Parks is beginning phase two of the master planning project. Phase one was finalized with the decision to have an environmental analysis done on the park, including the proposed ski area expansion. Phase one documents can be found below in the "Miscellaneous documents" section.

The entire planning process includes a series of public workshops over an approximate two year period. There are opportunities for the public to comment at each of the stages and documents will be added below when they are available.

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 Two – Exploring alternative approaches

During this stage, environmental surveys will be conducted and alternatives will be finalized, based upon the findings of the surveys and public outreach comments.

Stage Three – Preparing preliminary recommendations

At stage 3, the alternatives will be analyzed in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which will detail the alternatives and affects of those alternatives on the environment. The plan includes recommendations for use and development of land, changes to property boundaries and ways to address issues raised during the planning process.

Stage Four – Preparing final recommendations

At stage four, adjustments are made to recommendations, a final environmental impact statement is issued and staff provides recommendations along with the environmental documents to the seven-member Commission for a decision on the project. The public is encouraged to attend the Commission meeting and provide testimony or to provide written comment.

Provide comments

We are very interested in your thoughts and comments about this project. Please provide comments on the Mount Spokane State Park planning project by:

Project lead: Bill Koss
E-mail: mtspokane.planning@parks.wa.gov
Phone: (360) 902-8629
Fax: (360) 902-8666
Mail: P.O. Box 42650, Olympia, WA 98504-2650

Miscellaneous documents

Following are downloadable documents related to this project.

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