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Senate committee declines to forward bill authorizing study of Gooseberry Narrows state park
Summary
After hours of testimony for and against Senate Bill 209 — including concerns about fisheries, trans‑basin water transfers and fiscal costs — the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee voted down the sponsor’s motion to favorably recommend the substitute bill authorizing State Parks to study Gooseberry Narrows.
Senate committee members heard hours of public testimony on Senate Bill 209 before voting not to forward the sponsor’s substitute. The bill would have authorized the Division of State Parks to study whether Gooseberry Narrows could join the state park system and to explore agreements with federal agencies and current landowners.
Sponsor Senator Owens said the substitute merely "gives authority for the park to look at it, do feasibility study and see if this, potentially a place to build a park," and emphasized the substitute does not itself…
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