Deception Pass State Park

The Washington State Parks Foundation is partnering with other group to restore marine habitat at the park, honor the CCC workers, and is developing support of a Environmental and Cultural Learing Center at the park.

With over 2 million visitors each year, Deception Pass State Park is the most-visited park in Washington, and one of the most beautiful. It also has great environmental value and importance.

Key Foundation Projects

Rosario Beach Tidepool Restoration

The tidepools at Rosario Beach are a unique treasure in the Puget Sound region. Unfortunately they are being loved to death.  The Washington State Parks Foundation is partnering with the Tagney-Jones Foundation to fund restoration of these wonderful tidelands ... a $30,000 project. The restoration project involves removal of evidence of modern human beings as much as possible and re-establishing the feeling of a respected natural environment.

Marine and Cultural Education Facility

Each year, thousand of school children and other visitors explore the wonders of the Park.  The Parks Foundation is exploring the feasibility of constructing a state of the art environmental and cultural learning center at the Park. The center would provide an opportuning to educate kids on the varied enviroment of the Deception Pass area and the rich cultural heritage of the Native American peoples who called this area home. This project will become a signature fundraising project for the Foundation.

CCC Statue Deception Pass

Partners:

National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni (local and state Chapters).

Across the nation, parks and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) chapters are partnering to install statues of a CCC worker to commemorate their park-building legacy.

Deception Pass State Park is a flagship CCC park and features numerous structures built by the CCC's as well as a CCC museum near Bowman Bay. CCC structures have become the classic state park architecture throughout our nation.