June 22, 2023 Shelton Mason County Journal | ![]() |
©
Shelton Mason County Journal. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 9 (9 of 40 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
June 22, 2023 |
|
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader ![]() |
By Kirk Boxleitner
kbox/eirner@masoncounty com
The Port of Hoodsport Com~
mission took a moment at its
June 7 meeting to review the
May 27 grand reopening for
the Hoodsport Community
Trail Park and the accompany-
ing disc golf course.
Port ofHoodsport Executive
Director Kathleen Wyatt noted
that tables had been stocked
with discs and packages ofpine
tree seeds, stamped with the
Port of Hoodsport logo, which
were given to the public, along
with an assortment of drinks
and snacks Port Commission-
or Terry Brazil had prepared
near the entrance of the disc
course.
“Among the many people in
attendance were those walk-
ing their dogs, as well as folks
playing on the Hoodsport Hills
Disc Golf Course,” said Wyatt,
who added that a “worldwide”
disc golf tournament had been
organized at the Shelton Disc
Golf Course that same day, so
some of those players showed
up to play the nine-hole course
at the Hoodsport park. “They
all loved it. They praised its
beauty, and said it one of
the nicest par-3 courses they’d
ever seen.” i
Among those in attendance
to help answer questions were
port Commissioner Cody Mor—
ris and Facilities Maintenance
Supervisor Scott Lindgren,
and Forest McCullough, owner
- Branndi Bowechop, 'Makah Tribe
' Kaeden Butterfield, 'Makah Tribe -,
Thursday, June 22, 2023 ~ Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 9
HoodSport celebrates open park after year-long project
People gather for the grand reopening of the Hoodsport COmmunity Trail Park
and disc
golf course May 27 in Hoodsport. Courtesy photo
and operator of the Hoodspmt—
based Northwest Land and
Tree Service. Lindgren and
McCullough were available to
explain aspects of the park’s
hazardous tree removal, reno—
vation and. reforestation.
At her grandbpening speech
May 27, port Commissioner
Lori Kincannon thanked Lind-
gren, McCullough and Wyatt
for their “hard work and perse—
verance” in seeing the yearlong
restoration project to remove
Christina Hoekstra, Makah Tribe r
Roan Howard, Tlingit Haidalndian Tribes
diseased, dying and fallen haz—
ard trees to completion.
According to Kincannon,
Wyatt was instrumental in
coordinating the project and
“keeping us all on track."
Lindgren and McCullough
likewise received plaudits from
Kincannon for investing “hours
upon hours” of their time into
the project “through snow,
wind, rain and a pandemic,” to
the point that “we, really would
not have been able to do this
today without (them).” .
Wyatt agreed, citing Lind-
gren and McCullough’s “care~
ful thought and consideration
of the public, everyone’s safe-
ty, the health of the forest,
dangerous situations and the
aesthetic beauty of the final
product.”
Kincannon said 3,000 ce-
dar trees were purchased and
planted in the park “to help
restore the forest andrwildlife
habitat, and to protect soil and
Emily Poolin, Skokomishazindian Tribe
Nizhoni Price, Port; Gamble S‘Klailam Tribe ,
water resources.” ,
The replacement trees are
impervious to the laminated
root rot known as Poria wei-
rii disease, which hadclaimed
many of their predecessors at
the park.
“With continued support
and investment, our parks
have the potential to make a
lasting impact onthe environ—
ment, ecosystems and economy
ofour community," Kincannon
said.
Kincannon extended her
thanks to the community for
its patience, through all the
construction equipment and
logging trucks that moved
through the park and along.
surrounding roads over the
past year.
“I’m sure you will believe,
like we do, that it was all worth
it,” to preserve the park’s
“beautiful gem of a natural
landscape,” she said.‘
The Hoodsport Community
Trail Park is 3.1 miles west of
Hoodsport off state Route 119,
while the Hoodsport Hills Disc
Golf Course is on the south
side of Route 119, adjacent to
Lake Cushman Golf Course.
Disc golf clinics, tourna-
ments and other events at the
nine-hole disc golf course can
be scheduled by submitting an
event application to the Port.
of Hoodsport. The applications
are on the port’s website under
the “Facility Use Events” sub—
.tab of the “About Us” tab, at
portofhoodspoxtus.
\‘iASHlx‘lGiON—I—I r I I on: —»
I INDIAN GAMING,
. Javier Ramirez, Quinauit indieniNation “
Evan Rhoades, QUinaolt indian Nation
Amaria RosadogChehalisTribe r
Kevin Simeon, SpokaneTribeoflndians
KailaniSirois,ColviileTribes 5 “ i “L
Haley Smith, Makah‘Triba . ,
'NizhoniSutter, Navajo Nation ‘
Kaela Tyler, Makah Tribe ' , ‘-
Crace Buzzell, Makah Tribe
Madalyn Crane, Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Sequoia DahoegShQShone-Bannock Tribes
Lilwaose Day, Samish lndian'Nation
aColby'Elvrum, Maka‘hrTribe
Kessler’ Fjellrnan,vColviile Tribes
Ayesha Forespring,’Cowiitz lndian Tribe
‘ Cheebo Frazier, Nisqually Tribe r ,
Olivia George, Soquamish Tribe
Gina Graham, Colviile Tribes
'i‘leena lves, Port Gamble S'Klallarn Tribe
Hayley Jimmie, Nooksack indian Tribe
' Mary Johnson, Makah Tribe
Elissa Jules, Lummi Nation
r Nigel Lawrence, Suquamish Tribe.
Krista .Marchand, Colviile Tribes
Anthony Martinez, Makah Tribe
Summer Mays, Quinault lndian Nation ,
Kathy Natrall, Squamish Nation Keesha Vigil-Snack, Squaxin island Tribe y .
, Betty Pacheco, Nisquaily lndian Tribe j Jaiden Wick, Cowlitz indian Tribe
Allie Greene, Makah Tribe ' ' Bunni Peterson~Haitwas, Skokomish
lndian Tribe" Alexandria Willoughby, ShoalWater Bay Tribe r
’Ruth Greene, Makah Tribe ; . Julia pork, Yakama Nation V Camrni
Wittwer, Che-halls Tribe
Laiia Greene, Makah Tribe ‘ ‘ , I ' ' ‘
s