HeraldNet.com – Local news: County buys 8 acres to increase access to recreation near U.S. 2

Preservation land will increase access to recreation area
By Noah Haglund, Herald Writer

GOLD BAR — Snohomish County has bought land along the U.S. 2 corridor as a future portal to the great outdoors in state forests.

The county’s new 8-acre property sits near Wallace Falls State Park and the Department of Natural Resource’s Reiter Foothills.

In the coming months, nonprofits and community groups are lining up to help build a parking lot and trails to reach state lands, county parks Director Tom Teigen said. This particular area will give access to nonmotorized park users: hikers, equestrians and cyclists, among others.

“There’s really good synergy,” Teigen said. “They want more……..

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