Say Good-bye!!! To a gravel bar access on the Humptulips River - the FS is building a parking lot and you must walk 200 feet. Thank you Al Carter for standing up again for public access - Not! Forest Service Grants Funds to Improve Humptulips Access July 31, 2014 By Steven Friederich The Vidette and The Daily World An advisory group has issued $67,314 in grants for projects in the National Forest in Grays Harbor County, including improving access to the West Fork of the Humptulips River. On May 29, the Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee met in Olympia to review the projects. The grants come from timber money allocated by the federal government to cover impacts national forests have on their communities. Grays Harbor County’s allocation covered $10,000 for invasive plant prevention and control, $25,614 for deferred road maintenance, $19,700 to cover costs for the Washington Conservation Corps to do work in the county and $12,000 for Humptulips River access. Hoquiam resident Al Carter was a member of the committee, representing Grays Harbor County. It’s a position he’s held since he was a county commissioner. Carter says that the river access was a big priority for him since it’s the last part of an access project, which had included restoration and bridge projects across the river. The $12,000 will be used to pave a parking lot at the river. “That was the final piece of the project for that river access,” Carter said. If any of the projects come in under budget, the leftover funds will be used to help improve roads across the forestland.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 03:41:37 +0000
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