Boating Facilities Program FACT SHEET Recreation and Conservation Providing Places for Boaters Office Washington’s waterways are a PO Box 40917 treasure, serving as a source of Olympia WA 98504-0917 recreation, jobs, transportation, and Telephone: (360) 902-3000 beauty. TTY: (360) 902-1996 E-mail: [email protected] Ensuring that boaters have the Web: www.rco.wa.gov facilities they need is essential to preserving recreational boating and Who can Apply? protecting Washington’s waterways. • Local governments There are more than 260,000 boats The City of Chelan used a $96,000 Boating • Special districts registered in Washington and Facilities Program grant to replace wooden floats • State agencies countless smaller boats that aren’t at Lakeshore Marina on Lake Chelan. • Tribes required to be registered. Types of Projects Funded th The National Marine Manufacturers Association rates Washington State 6 in • Land acquisition the 50 states for $489 million in combined boat, motor, trailer, and accessory • Development and purchases. State estimates peg the annual economic activity from sport renovation fishing alone in Washington at $1.1 billion, supporting 14,655 jobs. o Moorage floats, fixed docks, and buoys for Boaters Tax Themselves visiting boaters To help meet the needs of boaters, voters created the Boating Facilities o Parking and staging Program in 1964 by passing Initiative 215. The initiative was a way to create areas and permanently protect public boating sites. o Permits o Ramps and fixed Through this program, the Recreation and Conservation Funding board hoists for launching, awards grants to projects that acquire, develop, plan, and renovate public loading floats boating facilities for motorized boats, including launch ramps, guest moorage, o Sewage pump-out and support facilities. stations and dump stations Funding o Upland support facilities such as Funding comes from the state gasoline tax paid by boaters and is divided restrooms, showers, equally between state and local agency projects. and picnic facilities o Some dredging Ensuring Only the Best Projects Receive Funding • Planning The grant process is open and competitive, ensuring that only the best o Design, permits, projects get funded. The Recreation and Conservation Funding Board accepts engineering applications every two years, in even-numbered years. The board’s Boating Leveraging State Dollars Programs Advisory Committee, which is made up of boating representatives, evaluates applications and scores projects based on criteria established by Grant recipients, except the board. The advisory committee submits a ranked list to the board for state agencies, must provide funding consideration. at least 25 percent in matching resources. This program is one of the few in the state that funnels money directly to projects that help maintain the state’s long boating history, and ensure that land for boating facilities is protected for future boaters. Boating Facilities Program Fact Sheet INVESTING IN WASHINGTON’S GREAT OUTDOORS Grant Recipients (1965-2011) Aberdeen Maple Valley Port of Port Townsend Anacortes Marysville Port of Poulsbo Asotin County Mason County Port of Ridgefield Bainbridge Island Medical Lake Port of Seattle Bellevue Mercer Island Port of Silverdale Bellingham Metaline Port of Skagit County Benton City Moses Lake Port of Skamania Benton County Mountlake Terrace Port of South Whidbey Island Bremerton Mukilteo Port of Wahkiakum County #1 and #2 Bridgeport Northport Port of Whitman County Burlington Oak Harbor Port of Willapa Harbor Camas Ocean Shores Port Orchard Castle Rock Okanogan County Port Townsend Chelan Olympia Poulsbo Clallam County Oroville Prosser Clark County Pacific County Raymond Confederated Tribes of the Colville Pasco Renton Reservation Pateros Richland Coulee City Pierce County San Juan County Coupeville Port Angeles San Juan Island Park District Cowlitz County Port of Allyn Seattle Cusick Port of Anacortes Sedro Woolley Des Moines Port of Bellingham Skagit County Entiat Port of Benton Skamania County Everett Port of Bremerton Snohomish County Gig Harbor Port of Brownsville South Bend Hoquiam Port of Chelan County Tacoma Ione Port of Clarkston Tacoma Metropolitan Park District Island County Port of Columbia Thurston County Kalispel Tribe Port of Douglas County Toledo Kenmore Port of Edmonds Tumwater Kennewick Port of Eglon Vancouver Kent Port of Everett Washington Department of Fish King County Port of Friday Harbor and Wildlife Kirkland Port of Grapeview Washington Department of Kitsap County Port of Grays Harbor Enterprise Services Kittitas County Port of Hoodsport Washington Department of Natural La Conner Port of Ilwaco Resources Lacey Port of Kalama Washington State Parks and Lake Stevens Port of Kennewick Recreation Commission Lakewood Port of Kingston Wenatchee Lewis County Port of Klickitat West Richland Lincoln County Port of Manchester Whatcom County Longview Port of Olympia Manson Park and Recreation Port of Peninsula District Port of Port Angeles January 2012 .