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Jed Hawkes
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   Topic: Puyallup River Access
Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 11:49am |
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Hi All, I tried contacting the Cambell Group Recently seeing if there is any updates on the Carbon river acccess and it appears they no longer manage the land surrounding the Puyallup gorge.
Does anyone know either who manages this land or how we could determine who the management group is to determine what their access policies are in that area?
Thanks for any help.
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Jed Hawkes
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 11:54am |
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Also, PSE no longer runs the diversion but I can't find the company that is now managing it. I'm looking to determine if this new company has information regarding when the divert water and if that is real-time information on the internet.
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iamgretchen
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 1:54pm |
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Hey Jed!
Sorry, don't know their numbers or how they manage access, but...
Based on parcel info... the following three tax payers own the northern portions of that section of the Puyallup (I'll send ya a map):
Puget Sound Energy
Hancock Forest Mgmt
17700 SE Mill Plain Blvd., STE 180
Vancouver, WA 98683-7582
WACF TA, LLC
P.O. Box 570
Exeter, NH 03833
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Arrow6
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 2:26pm |
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I've driven out there a few times, Hancock is managing it based on the signs tacked to trees regarding access.
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Jed Hawkes
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 2:31pm |
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https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/10968112_10102227902307868_572549202_n.jpg?oh=215a570f42c88bbb82c00d40766a7bd6&oe=54D26CF8&__gda__=1423088588_1d5ffd4eeaf37eb9615707bfe69c7230
Link to the Map iamgretchen sent me. Looks like the put in and take out would be just on hancock but much of the road is managed by WACF TA, LLC.
Good info folks. I'm going to get in touch with hancock and WACF TA.
I'll let you now what transpires.
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Jed Hawkes
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 2:45pm |
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https://www.hancockrecreationnw.com/kapowsin/about/about-kapowsin
So the area in question is under Hancocks managment and they have a permit system in place similar to what was there before requiring a permit for all people not in the same family but also apparently have a individual permit but it appears all permits for this year are sold out. It's hard to tell but it sounds like they have a one day permit but I can't determine how to get that permit from their site.
Take a look at the site and see if there is any info I may have missed.
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Arrow6
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 2:46pm |
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I think you got it all, I looked into the past two years and those permits sell out the day they become available.
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 2:49pm |
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You can go up Elkhorn road to a tiny community called "Camp 1" (I think) you might accidentally cross over onto the logging road which brings you just east of the gorge. The road is really well maintained too.
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jalmquist
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Posted: 02 Feb 2015 at 3:49pm |
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Or you can access via the West Side road in MRNP and enjoy the miles and miles of braided and flatter water above the gorge. Actually, it's fairly scenic, and there is one short but really cool mini-gorge just a couple miles downstream of the WS road bridge. And the braided section just below the put-in is pretty interesting. You're transitioning out of the glacial deposition zone, and there are spots where the river channel runs down the top of a gravel deposition ridge. You boat along on the crown of the gravel ridge, with the river banks on your left and right dropping away lower than you. Very unusual experience... Of course, this option is best left for warm, summer days when you can bivi out and make a weekend out of the adventure.
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