Deception Pass State Park

With more than 2 million visitors annually, Deception Pass State Park is the most visited park in Washington. It is one of the most beautiful parks in the state and has great environmental value and importance.

2010 small and simple grants provided for fencing along the Bowman Bay trail, and additional trail signage.

Key Foundation Projects

Rosario Beach Tide Pool Restoration

The tide pools at Rosario Beach are a unique treasure in the Puget Sound region, offering visitors a chance to see a rich variety of marine plants and animals difficult to find elsewhere.

Unfortunately, the tide pools are being loved to death. The Foundation is partnering with the Tagney-Jones Foundation on a $30,000 tide pool restoration project. The project aims to remove evidence of human impact on the tide pools and reestablish an untouched, respected natural environment.

Marine and Cultural Education Facility

The need for greater awareness and education prompted the Foundation’s plans to build a new interpretive center at Rosario Beach and retrofit an existing building into classroom space.  

The interpretive center will provide an introduction to the tide pools as well as educational exhibits about the Native Americans who first lived in the area. The project is one of four the Foundation is undertaking as part of a $4 million capital campaign.

CCC Statue Deception Pass

Established in 1933 under U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program for young men from unemployed families. The corps undertook conservation projects and constructed buildings and trails in parks around the country.

In recognition of that contribution, parks and CCC chapters are partnering to install statues of CCC workers in parks around the country. A flagship CCC park, Deception Pass State Park includes a CCC museum, numerous structures built by the corps and a statue of a CCC worker that WSPF helped fund.