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RCO outlines SCORP extension plan, seeks National Park Service planning grant
Summary
RCO staff told the board they will seek a planning grant from the National Park Service to extend Washington's Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) and begin a demand assessment with Eastern Washington University ahead of an April 2028 extension request.
Ben Donatelli, RCO policy specialist, told the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board that the state will pursue a planning grant from the National Park Service to extend the 2023 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) through 2028 and beyond. Donatelli said the NPS recently changed guidance that shifted planning horizons from five to ten years and that Washington intends to request a five-year extension to its current plan rather than rewrite it immediately.
The planning grant would fund the participation survey and other…
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