Whitman County Parks 2020 preview

The new year is set for Whitman County Parks, with a few new projects to start in 2020 and others carrying over from last year.

First, early in 2019, the Parks Department hired Northwest Management of Moscow to create a forest management plan for the three county parks with timber – Elberton, Klemgard and Wawawai.

The consultants did walk-throughs, along with park board members, and drafted a plan, in which Dave Mahan, Parks superintendent, gave input (the board, too), on the report of differing species, stand density, soil conditions, disease, insect damage and more.

The consultants were hire...