RCO outlines SCORP extension plan, seeks National Park Service planning grant

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.