Importance: High

Washington State Department of Natural Resources Strawberry Island Campground CLOSED

Effective Thursday June 18, 2009

The national economic downturn and recent budget cuts have forced DNR to reduce staff, reduce expenses and make some painful decisions that include some recreation sites.  The public will be impacted by reduced services to and closures of some of our existing recreation facilities.

While we have not made all of the decisions regarding recreation sites, the decision has been made to permanently close the campground facilities at Strawberry Island — effective this afternoon. Limited funds to do the closure work were available to us only during June. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. 

If you have recreation plans in the area, please visit either Pelican Beach or Cypress Head on Cypress Island, or nearby State Parks.

Please stay tuned over the next several weeks for additional information. 

If you have questions please do not hesitate to e-mail or call

(360) 856-3500.

Candace Johnson

Assistant Region Manager, State Lands

Northwest Region

Washington State Department of Natural Resources