Nisqually-Mashel State Park

In celebration of the agency’s 100th birthday in 2013, Washington State Parks has begun a project to establish a new state park at Nisqually-Mashel in Pierce County, near Eatonville. The first step will be the development of a land-use plan and a master plan. As planning progresses, check back for updated project information.

The land-use planning project, also known as Classification and Management Planning (CAMP), includes the four planning stages described below. The CAMP will address overall visitor experiences, natural and cultural resources, recreation areas and trails, and other topics of interest to the community and park visitors.

The entire planning process includes a series of public workshops over an approximate year-long 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

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 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 SEPA checklist that describes environmental impacts of the recommendations (available for public review upon request).

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.

Provide comments

We are very interested in your thoughts and comments about this project. Please provide comments on the Nisqually-Mashel State Park CAMP project by:

Project lead: Nikki Fields, Puget Sound Region Planner
E-mail: Nisqually.Mashel.Planning@parks.wa.gov
Phone: (253) 288-3000
Fax: (253) 931-3921

Miscellaneous documents

Following are downloadable documents related to this project.

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