CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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An infusion of $54 million of economic recovery funds will advance the timetable for the removal of two Elwha River dams at Olympic National Park by a year. Another $3.3 million will allow Mount Rainier to deal with a backlog of maintenance projects.
The National Park Service Wednesday announced nearly 800 projects totaling $750 million will move forward with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In all, more than $62 million will fund 33 Park Service projects in Washington.
Here is the list of projects.
Mount Rainier
$839,000: To repair the Carbon River area access road, Ipsut Campground and Ipsut Ranger Station
$781,000: To replacement of exhibits at Sunrise Visitor Center and improvement of handicap access capabilities in the area
$726,000: To repair of storm damaged trails
$482,000: To stabilize the riverbank and repair damaged pavement on the back road at Longmire
$220,000: To replace electric power lines at Narada Falls overlook
$101,000: To build an accessible trailhead at the new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center
$96,000: To fix structural problems in historic buildings in the park
$67,000: To install grid-tied solar systems on park buildings
Olympic
$54.7 million: To complete nine projects in preparation for removal of two dams on the Elwha River. The projects will provide water quality protection, flood and wastewater system protection and a fish hatchery to protect fish stocks during dam removal and aid in restoration.
$998,000: To replace the obsolete Hoh sewer system
$804,000: To replace electrical conduit on Hurricane Ridge Road
$599,000: To convert 2 miles of an abandoned Olympic Hot Springs Road to a trail and restore the Boulder Creek Campground
$575,000: To rehabilitate four bridges
$159,000: To replace historic roofing on building parkwide
North Cascades
$169,000: To make energy efficient improvements to Stehekin Landing
$136,000: To paint interior and exterior of historic buildings in Stehekin and Skagit districts
$162,000: To rehabilitate Stehekin Landing fuel system
$51,000: To repair storm damage at Stehekin
