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The day use area of Wallowa Lake Park would see changes once a plan to restore the original
Wallowa River channel in the area becomes reality.
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and fl ood control.
That work would disrupt
the existing layout of the park’s
day use area, Stipe said. Trails
and perhaps structures would
have to be moved to accom-
modate the new channels.
A plan to repair Wallowa
Lake Dam and allow the
newly formed Wallowa Lake
Irrigation District to take its
full water allotment and raise
the lake level for certain peri-
ods is also ongoing.
That would most likely
impact the large parking lot
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adjacent to the marina, Stipe
said.
The master plan calls for
changes to the lot that would
accommodate higher lake lev-
els and better utilization. The
docks at the marina would also
need to be moved further out
into the lake, also included in
the plan.
Wallowa County members
of the state’s advisory commit-
tee were supportive of the park
plans.
Rick
Bombaci,
who
Wallowa County
represents both Wallowa
Resources and the Wal-
lowa Mountains Hells Can-
yon Trails Association on the
panel, said he was pleased the
design included a boat-wash-
ing station.
“That makes sense as issues
and regulations around trans-
fer of noxious species –– both
plants and animals –– is likely
to increase,” Bombaci said.
He said improving access
to the Eagle Cap wilderness
for park visitors was also
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Wallowa County Chieftain
A number of tweaks are proposed at the marina area of Wallowa State Park in the most recent
master plan revealed last week in Joseph.
welcomed, although it likely
wouldn’t involve signifi -
cant alteration to the existing
infrastructure.
James Monteith, who is
also involved with a number of
organizations that are part of
the park, said he’s also gener-
ally pleased with the scope of
the suggested improvements.
“It’s such a wonderful nat-
ural resource,” he said. “We
need to do whatever we can to
keep it that way.”
Wallowa County will even-
tually be asked to adopt the
master plan into its county
land use maps.
Commissioner Susan Rob-
erts said she didn’t see any
issues with moving forward.
“Of course, no money
comes along with any of these
items, so we have no idea
when or if they will ever be
developed,” she added.
Roberts said she is excited
about the plan to create more
river channels in the park
because the area would once
again resemble the park she
visited as a child.
“Everything I saw on
the review committee looks
doable over time to make it
easier for visitors to stay with
us,” Roberts added.
The dog park is envisioned
in the spot where the current
fi sh-cleaning station sits. That
would be moved to another area.
The fueling station is men-
tioned in many surveys of park
users, Stipe said.
Boat fuel is generally not
available to the public in
Enterprise or Joseph, which
means a trip to Wallowa.
“Right now, we have a lot of
people refueling with fi ve-gal-
lon cans over the water, which
isn’t necessarily a clean safe
way to do it,” said Collier.
Visiting
bears
have
prompted concerns over bet-
ter garbage handling in the
park.
Collier said bear-proof
receptacles have proven too
diffi cult for the average camper
to use. When they can’t get the
can open, they simply leave
the garbage beside it.
He is suggesting a central-
ized garbage facility with a com-
pactor and the ability to improve
recycling efforts at the park.
The plan also includes
improvements at the Minam
State Recreation Area and
the day use facilities the state
operates adjacent to Hwy. 82.
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