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1 1 Recreation Resources Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Project Study Summary Study Report Meeting December 13, 2006 Lacey, Washington Recreation Resources Study Preliminary Results n Recreation Inventory n USFS Wilderness Permit Data n

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Recreation Resources Study Summary

Packwood Lake Hydroelectric Project Study Report Meeting December 13, 2006 Lacey, Washington

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Recreation Resources Study Preliminary Results

nRecreation Inventory nUSFS Wilderness Permit Data nOn-Site Surveys nObservations (Packwood Lake/Lake Creek) nEnergy Northwest and Contractor Visits nTraffic Counts

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Recreation Study Area Recreation Study Area

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Recreation Inventory

nDispersed Overnight Camping Areas nDispersed Day-use Only Areas nTrails nWilderness Stations nBuildings nFacilities

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Dispersed Sites Dispersed Sites

n nNon

Non-

  • Wilderness Dispersed Sites

Wilderness Dispersed Sites

  • 18 Campsites

18 Campsites

  • 2 day

2 day-

  • use (no camping sign and space

use (no camping sign and space constraints) constraints)

n nWilderness Sites

Wilderness Sites

  • 17 Campsites

17 Campsites

  • 6 Disturbed areas (stock damage, rocky,

6 Disturbed areas (stock damage, rocky, flooding, fallen trees) flooding, fallen trees)

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Inventory Map Inventory Map

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Dispersed Sites Dispersed Sites

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Dispersed Sites Dispersed Sites

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Facilities Facilities

n n US Forest Service

US Forest Service Guard Station Guard Station

n n Historic Log Ranger

Historic Log Ranger Station Station

n n Outhouses

Outhouses

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USFS Wilderness Permit System USFS Wilderness Permit System

n n2005 (complete)

2005 (complete)

  • Day Use/Overnight

Day Use/Overnight

  • Peak

Peak-

  • Season/Off

Season/Off-

  • Seasons

Seasons

  • Weekday, Weekend Day and Holiday

Weekday, Weekend Day and Holiday

  • Visitor Demographics

Visitor Demographics

n n2006 (need from Forest Service)

2006 (need from Forest Service)

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FS Wilderness Permits (2005) FS Wilderness Permits (2005)

2.43 2.45 2.3 2.64 3.2 2.5 3.3 3.2 2.7 0.5 0.24 0.43 0.55 0.8 0.5 0.16 0.24 0.15 0.26 0.2 0.1

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 Day Use Overnight Day Use Overnight Day Use Overnight Tot al Peak-Season Of f-Season

Avg # Nights Avg Party Size Avg # Stock

  • Avg. # Dogs
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FS Wilderness Permits (2005) FS Wilderness Permits (2005)

75 83 60 73 15 10 198 269 150 242 48 27 198 1066 150 973 48 93 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Day Use Overnight Day Use Overnight Day Use Overnight Total Peak-Season Off-Season

# Permit Entries Total # People Visitor Days

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FS Wilderness Permits (2005) FS Wilderness Permits (2005)

8.49 17.63 5.67 0.33 1.04 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Peak-Season Off-Seasons Average Visitor Day

Weekday Weekend Holiday

577.25 528.75 17 63.25 77.75 100 200 300 400 500 600 Peak-Season Off-Seasons Visitor Days

Weekday

Weekend Holiday

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FS Wilderness Permits (2005) FS Wilderness Permits (2005)

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On On-

  • Site Surveys

Site Surveys

n nCompleted Surveys at Packwood Lake

Completed Surveys at Packwood Lake Trailhead Parking Lot (2006) Trailhead Parking Lot (2006)

  • April 29 to November 30

April 29 to November 30

  • Surveys from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

Surveys from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

  • Noon vehicle counts at parking lot

Noon vehicle counts at parking lot

n nObtained USFS Survey data at Packwood

Obtained USFS Survey data at Packwood Lake Old Ranger Station (2005) Lake Old Ranger Station (2005)

  • August 9 to September 5

August 9 to September 5

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2006 Surveys at Packwood Lake Trailhead 2006 Surveys at Packwood Lake Trailhead

n n Surveyors surveyed and/or documented all groups at

Surveyors surveyed and/or documented all groups at Trailhead Parking Lot Trailhead Parking Lot

  • Many drive

Many drive-

  • through (documented group size)

through (documented group size)

  • Some refused survey (documented group size and access

Some refused survey (documented group size and access method) method)

  • Detailed questions to groups visiting Packwood Lake

Detailed questions to groups visiting Packwood Lake

n n Peak

Peak-

  • Season 2006

Season 2006

  • 19 days/290 groups documented/surveyed between

19 days/290 groups documented/surveyed between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day

n n Off

Off-

  • Season

Season

  • 4 days/20 groups documented/surveyed in Spring (April 29

4 days/20 groups documented/surveyed in Spring (April 29 – – May 26) May 26)

  • 9 days documented/surveyed in Fall (Sept. 9

9 days documented/surveyed in Fall (Sept. 9 – – Nov.) + 5 Nov.) + 5 days additional vehicle counts. ( days additional vehicle counts. (Data input and analysis in Data input and analysis in process) process)

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Peak Peak -

  • Travel Routes/Methods

Travel Routes/Methods

Peak-Season Travel Methods

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

ATV Motor- cycle Bike Hike ATV Motor- cycle Bike Hike Horse/Pack Trail #74/Pipeline Trail #78 Parking Lot/Drive thru

Peak-Season Travel Routes

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Trail #74/Pipeline Trail #78 Parking Lot/Drive thru

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Peak Peak -

  • Travel Routes/Methods

Travel Routes/Methods

Peak-Season Travel Routes and Methods

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% ATV Motor- cycle Bike Hike ATV Motor- cycle Bike Hike Horse/Pack Trail #74/Pipeline Trail #78 Parking Lot/Drive thru

Overnight (PWL) Day Use (PWL) Other/Unknown

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys – – Spring Spring -

  • Travel Routes/Methods

Travel Routes/Methods

Spring-Season Travel Routes and Methods

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

ATV Motor- cycle Bike Hike ATV Motor- cycle Bike Hike Trail #74/Pipeline Trail #78 Parking Lot/Drive thru

Overnight (PWL) Day Use (PWL) Other/Unknown

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visits Packwood Lake Visits

4.7 3.3 2.12 4.3 6 2.6 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Day Use Overnight Day Use Overnight Peak-Season Spring-Season Avg # Nights Avg # Hours Avg Party Size

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visits Packwood Lake Visits

Packwood Lake - Seasonal Visits

1521 94 20 4708 94 40 1596 1596 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 Day Use Overnight Day Use Overnight Peak-Season Spring-Season

# People Visitor Days

Packwood Lake - Average Daily Visits

1 6 1 5.1 3.4 0.7 1 6 46.6 3.4 1 .4

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Day Use Overnight Day Use Overnight Peak-Season Spring-Season

Avg # People/Day Avg Visitor Day

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visits Packwood Lake Visits

27.00 5.00 40.00 3.00 40.00

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Weekday Weekend Holiday

Average # of People/Day Average # People (Peak-Season) Average # People (Spring-Seasons)

54.08 5.50 80.52 3.00 70.23 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Weekday Weekend Holiday

Average Visitor Day

Peak-Season Spring-Seasons

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visitor Destinations Packwood Lake Visitor Destinations

Packwood Lake - Peak-Season Visitor Days/Destination

547 (9%) 2140 (34%) 3616 (57%)

Non-Wilderness Wilderness Both

Packwood Lake - Spring-Season Visitor Days/Destination

40 (30%) 94 (70%)

Non-Wilderness Wilderness Both

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Activity Packwood Lake Activity

What activities did you participate in at Packwood Lake during your visit?

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Camping Picnicking Boat Fishing Shore Fishing Other Boating Visiting Beach Wading/Swimming Hiking Hunting Pictures Peak-Season Spring-Season

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visits Packwood Lake Visits

39% 50% 100%100% 27% 0% 10% 0% 28% 100% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% First Visit Summer Fall Winter Spring

What seasons of the year do you visit Packwood Lake?

Peak-Season Spring-Season 16.09 21.67 2.52 3 5 10 15 20 25 How many years have you been coming to Packwood Lake? How many times a year do you visit Packwood Lake?

Frequency of Visits to Packwood Lake

Peak-Season Spring-Season

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visitor Opinions Packwood Lake Visitor Opinions

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Bad Idea Good Idea No Opinion

Opinions Regarding Moving Camping Areas Away From Packwood Lake Shoreline

Peak-Season Spring-Season 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Bad Idea Good Idea No Opinion

Opinions Regarding Eliminating ATV/Motorized Vehicles at Packwood Lake

Peak-Season Spring-Season

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visitor Ratings Packwood Lake Visitor Ratings

Rating Packwood Lake (5 is best)

4.25 4.46 4.67 5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 Scale of 1-5, how do you rate Packwood Lake area? Scale of 1-5, how rate recreation experience at Packwood Lake? Peak-Season Spring-Season

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Crowding/Comments Packwood Lake Crowding/Comments

Visitor Survey Comments Regarding Visitor Survey Comments Regarding Improvements/Amenities/Wants Improvements/Amenities/Wants

n n

Better/Cleaner/More Outhouses (37%) Better/Cleaner/More Outhouses (37%)

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Trash cans/remove trash (12%) Trash cans/remove trash (12%)

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Boat rentals (8%) Boat rentals (8%)

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Horses off trails/less horses/manure clean Horses off trails/less horses/manure clean-

  • up (5%)

up (5%)

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Improve #74 road & gate for ATV access (5%) Improve #74 road & gate for ATV access (5%)

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Trail maintenance/improvements (5%) Trail maintenance/improvements (5%)

n n

Separate ATV’s Separate ATV’s – – Trail #74 ATV only (3%) Trail #74 ATV only (3%)

n n

Upgrade Trail 78 for ATV/more ATV trails (3%) Upgrade Trail 78 for ATV/more ATV trails (3%)

n n

Concession stand/ Concession stand/expresso expresso (3%) (3%)

n n

More campsites (3%) More campsites (3%)

n n

Water supply (2%) Water supply (2%)

n n

Trail around Lake (2%) Trail around Lake (2%)

n n

No commercialism (2%) No commercialism (2%)

n n

Open fishing using bait (2%) Open fishing using bait (2%)

n n

Picnic tables (2%) Picnic tables (2%)

n n

Cleared livestock areas (2%) Cleared livestock areas (2%)

n n

Horse camp (2%) Horse camp (2%)

n n

Lodge (2%) Lodge (2%)

n n

Disability access (2%) Disability access (2%)

Crowding (1 is not crowded and 5 is overcrowded)

2.3 2.3 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 Scale of 1-5, how w ould you rate crow ding at Packw ood Lake?

Peak-Season Spring-Season

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys PWL Parking Lot Vehicle Counts PWL Parking Lot Vehicle Counts

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Average # Vehicles

Peak-Season Spring-Season

Weather vs # of Vehicles in Packwood Lake Parking Lot (noon counts)

Terrible Decent Excellent

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2006 Surveys 2006 Surveys Packwood Lake Visitor Demographics Packwood Lake Visitor Demographics

n n Preliminary Results for Spring/Peak

Preliminary Results for Spring/Peak-

  • Seasons

Seasons

  • Majority of visitors from Pierce and Lewis

Majority of visitors from Pierce and Lewis counties counties

  • Next highest number of visitors from King and

Next highest number of visitors from King and Thurston Counties Thurston Counties

  • Updated with all visitors for Peak, and

Updated with all visitors for Peak, and Spring/Fall in Report Spring/Fall in Report

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USFS Surveys at Packwood Lake USFS Surveys at Packwood Lake Old Ranger Station (2005) Old Ranger Station (2005)

n n 25 days/171 Groups Surveyed between August

25 days/171 Groups Surveyed between August 9 and September 5, 2005 9 and September 5, 2005

  • Travel Routes/Methods

Travel Routes/Methods

  • Group Size, Destination and Length of Stay

Group Size, Destination and Length of Stay

  • Activities

Activities

  • Packwood Lake visits

Packwood Lake visits -

  • Frequency and Season

Frequency and Season

  • Comments regarding improvements/amenities @

Comments regarding improvements/amenities @ Packwood Lake Packwood Lake

  • Demographics

Demographics

n n Same time as observations

Same time as observations

n n Results included in Report

Results included in Report

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USFS Surveys USFS Surveys

Packwood Lake Old Ranger Station (2005) Packwood Lake Old Ranger Station (2005)

5.2 26.88 22 7.13 19.63 8 2.59 3.98 3.67 3.25 3.93 2.67 3.16 2.64 2.33 2.49 1.85 2.67 5 10 15 20 25 30 Weekday Weekend Holiday Weekday Weekend Holiday Day Use Overnight Avg # People/Day Avg Party Size Avg # of Nights Avg # Hours

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Observations Observations

n n EN and Contractor Observations

EN and Contractor Observations

  • 2006 at Packwood Lake

2006 at Packwood Lake

– – During routine visits During routine visits – – During field work During field work n n FS Observations at Packwood Lake

FS Observations at Packwood Lake

  • 2005 at Old Log Ranger Station

2005 at Old Log Ranger Station

  • Route/Method, # People Observed

Route/Method, # People Observed

– – Same time as surveys Same time as surveys – – Result included in report Result included in report n n Observations at Lake Creek (2006)

Observations at Lake Creek (2006)

  • No people were observed at Lake Creek (June

No people were observed at Lake Creek (June – – October) October)

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Observational Data (2006) Observational Data (2006) Energy Northwest and Contractors Energy Northwest and Contractors

EN and Contractor Observations (Weekdays) (Average Number of People Observed/Day)

0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.5 0.8 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 5.6 1.4 3.8 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.0

0.0 1 .0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0

ATV-Observed Mot orcycle Bicycle Horse Horse/ Pack St ock People on Trail People at Lake Vehicles in Parking Lot

Off-Season Spring June July August

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EN Visit Records EN Visit Records

10% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 10% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 20% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 10% 0% 0% 0% 0%

0% 5% 1 0% 1 5% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

April 26 - May 8 May 9 - May 25 April 26 - May 8 May 9 - May 25 April 26 - May 8 May 9 - May 25 April 26 - May 8 May 9 - May 25 ATV Walk Snowmobile Vehicle

Energy Northwest Route and Method Spring Off-Season 2006 (10 Trips)

Pipeline Rd/Trail #74 Latch Rd/Trail #74 Trail #78

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EN & Contractor Visit Records EN & Contractor Visit Records

79% 5% 5% 11%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% ATV Walk

Energy Northwest Route and Method Peak-Season 2006 (19 Trips)

Pipeline Rd/Trail #74 Latch Rd/Trail #74 Trail #78

43% 7% 0% 7% 36% 7%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% ATV Walk

Contractor Route and Method Peak-Season 2006 (10 Trips)

Pipeline Rd/Trail #74 Latch Rd/Trail #74 Trail #78

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Traffic Counters (2006) Traffic Counters (2006)

n nTwo on Trail #74

Two on Trail #74

  • Near Diversion, approx. 200 feet apart

Near Diversion, approx. 200 feet apart

n nOne on Forest Service Road 1260

One on Forest Service Road 1260

  • Near FS Boundary

Near FS Boundary

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Traffic Counter Data (2006) Traffic Counter Data (2006)

Average Traffic Counts/Day Off-Season (Spring)

22 66 7 No Data 20 40 60 80 100 120 Average Counts/Day (USFS Rd 1260) Average Counts/Day (Trail #74)

Early Spring 4/26 - 5/9 Late Spring 5/9 - 5/25

Average Traffic Counts/Day (Peak-Season)

97 47 71 61 81 11 7 14 12 10 20 40 60 80 100 120 5/25 - 5/30 5/30 - 6/28 6/28 - 7/29 7/29 - 8/29 8/29 - 9/7 Memorial Day Week June July August Labor Day Week Average Counts/Day (USFS Rd 1260) Average Counts/Day (Trail #74)

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Schedule Schedule

n n Draft Report

Draft Report

  • February 1, 2007

February 1, 2007

n n 30

30-

  • Day Review

Day Review

n n Final Report

Final Report

  • March/April 2007

March/April 2007

n n Needs Analysis

Needs Analysis

  • 2007

2007