Here are a few Lord Hill Regional Park Updates (10/13/23)

2023 PARKS STAFF/VOLUNTEER WORK

• September 2023: The Boardwalk Trail is now closed. Signs directing people to the new Entrance trail are now in place. Please use the new entrance trail.
• July 2023: Parks made improvements to the Tester Lot (southern parking lot). Our team worked to make the parking lot more usable for park visitors by filling potholes, installing a new kiosk, and formalizing the parking configuration to better accommodate passenger vehicles and those with trailers. The parking lot was closed from July 18, 2023 through July 21, 2023.
• 6/30/23: An updated Lord Hill Regional Park Trail/Wayfinding Map was released (see link above).
• 4/8/23: WTA Emergency Response and Leadership Training at the red barn.
• 4/15/23: Friends of Lord Hill and Snohomish High School students and teachers volunteer work party. Work plan: Temple Loop, hiker/equestrian trails southeast of Temple Pond
• 4/23/23: MTB volunteer work party With John Tucker
• 3/4/23: Friends of Lord Hill and Snohomish High School students and teachers volunteer work party. They worked on North Pipeline, Lower Temple Loop 
• The Washington Trail Association (WTA) work parties (2/4, 2/11, and 2/24/23) focused on re-establishing the Start-Up trail (hiking-only) for use by the public. The work included establishing a new connection to the Cell Tower Access Road at the west end of the trail, decommissioning the old alignment connecting to Upper Springboard, and if time and capacity allow brushing and other improvements at the east end of the trail. The work parties also began work to re-route a short section of White Ox further away from the adjacent private property to the west.
• 1/27/23: Washington Trails Association led 11 Snohomish County Park staff on trail training which included trail realignment, best practices, work parties, and tread (new trail construction, maintenance, drainage, site, and slope). The team re-opened the hiking-only "Start-Up" trail, focusing on establishing part of a new alignment and decommissioning the old.
• 1/18/23: 6 volunteers and Park Ranger Allia Emerson worked from 12-3:30 pm to clear branches and foliage from encroaching on the trail and clear culverts on the Main Trail, Pipeline Cutoff, Temple Pond Loop, Red Barn Loop, and Lower Spring Board Trail. Rangers also cleared downed trees off several trails as well.

2022 PARKS STAFF WORK

• 10/3-10/7 Maintenance did some needed routine maintenance at the entrance road to the north parking lots patching the asphalt and clearing out the drainage swales
• Our staff brushed back more trails and cleared downed trees. The work was focused in the SE region of the park on equestrian trails (around temple pond, SE corner, and south to Loren's ridge)
• Work on the new entrance trail from the upper parking lot began on 10/11 and continued for a few weeks.
• 10/11 and 10/18/22: Educational Training for Sky Valley Students occurred in Lord Hill, taught by Washington Trails Association
• 10/19/22 Snohomish County Parks Volunteer Program "Reboot".
• 12/18/22 volunteer work party: Raked 1/2 mile of Upper Spring Board Trail, removed hazards and organic material from the trail, cleared culverts for better drainage and documented trees to be removed in the future.