Healthy Parks, Healthy You
$2 Trial Activities for September and October

This fall we will offer “Try it for $2,” a long list of opportunities for people to try out classes offered at our community centers and other facilities for just $2 per activity. We encourage you to explore all the activities you’re interested in—we hope you’ll find one to continue! You can register to try the sessions at the dates and times they are offered. Because the number of spaces are limited, we encourage you to arrive early. Come join and us!

this is scary. why do we not have funds for our parks?

This is really sad. I still want to do the wonderland trail - hope it's possible....

Quoted: If you're still disappointed about not being able to go on your annual sledding trip to Mount Rainier this winter, but have big plans for...

wow, the rain shut down Mt. Rainier.

Quoted: Nearly 18 inches of rain in 36 hours.

Today congress ruled to reinstate the roadless rules for our national parks. Hooray!

Quoted: A ruling on September 20, 2006, reinstates the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, turning back the Bush Administration's push to turn over public lands to special interests.

Bush's new budget once again contains provisions which failed 2 months ago to sell off large portions of public lands, some of it parkland, to developers. In Washington State, 7,516 acres are on the chopping block. See the chart on this page, and click on the Take Action section if this makes you angry.

Quoted: 7,516