Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Study

Natural River Drawdown Impacts on Recreation:
Lower Snake River Recreation Areas

Lake Bryan - Central Ferry State Park

General

Central Ferry State Park is leased to the State of Washington, and provides both day-use and camping facilities. This 177-acre development includes a 4-lane boat launching ramp, handling docks, boat basin with marine dump, 73 paved car-trailer parking spaces, 194 paved car spaces, a 60-unit campground, sanitary dump station, day-use area, and developed beach area. Visitation to this site in Fiscal Year 1996, is 52,647 visitor days. The current pool level is 633 to 638. The old river elevation in this are is 545.

Impacted Facilities

• The swimming beach.
• Boat ramp, handling docks, and boat embayment.
• Marine dump.
• The campground and day-use area will be further separated from the shoreline.

Potential Mitigation

The boat ramp, water access, and staging area can be relocated to the new road on the upstream end of the camping area.