Washington joins Nisqually Tribe to develop new 1,300-acre state park in Mount Rainier foothills

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Washington will develop a new 1,300-acre state park in the Mount Rainier foothills, about a 2.5-hour drive north of Portland/Vancouver. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Nisqually Indian Tribe on Tuesday signed a partnership agreement for the collaborative development of Nisqually State Park...

Tribal chair Cynthia Iyall described the partnership as very good news, calling it important to the Nisqually Tribe. The Mashel area, she said, is very close to tribal members' hearts as an ancestral homeland, as the birthplace of Chief Leschi, and also a critical habitat for salmon recovery...

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Richard, Terry. "Washington joins Nisqually Tribe to develop new 1,300-acre state park in Mount Rainier foothills." The Oregonian. June 3, 2014. Article. (http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2014/06/washington_joins_nis…, accessed June 4, 2014)