Overview: Fort-Clatsop-to-the-Sea Trail

The objective of this project was to construct a trail from the Fort Clatsop Memorial to Sunset Beach as part of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial to commemorate the historic trail Lewis and Clark took to reach the ocean from their shelter at Fort Clatsop.

In order to complete the project, the Oregon Solutions Team reached initial agreement on trail location and construction, transportation solutions (as the trail crosses Hwy 101), and other economic and community implications. Members of the team include: Clatsop County, The National Parks Service, Weyerhauser, Camp Rilea, and The Trust for Public Land.

  • Watch Senator Betsy Johnson's video about Fort Clatsop to the Sea Trail [click here]

    Project Documents and Press Releases

    • Declaration of Cooperation: Fort Clatsop-to-the-Sea Trail [pdf]
    • Fort Clatsop-to-the-Sea Trail Honored for Outstanding Achievement in Greenways Preservation [link]
    • Groundbreaking Gets Fort to Sea Trail under way, The Daily Astorian, Tom Bennett, April 6, 2005 [link]
    • Youths blaze Fort-to-the-Sea trail, The Daily Astorian, Tom Bennett, 10 August 2004 [link]
    • Fort-Clatsop-to-the-Sea Partnership Case Study, National Park Service, Chip Jenkins, 15 July 2004 [link]
    • Forging a trail of bicentennial proportions, Portland Daily Journal of Commerce, Rich Riegal, 9 Feb 2004 [link]
    • Rediscovering Fort Clatsop, The Oregonian, Bridget A. Otto, 9 Feb 2004 [pdf]
    • Gov. Kulongoski Celebrates "Fort to Sea" Project in Clatsop County: Trail Will Commemorate Lewis and Clark's Historic Journey from Fort Clatsop to the Ocean, 9 Dec 2003 [pdf]
    • National Park dedication formally links Expedition to Oregon and Washington, The Daily Astorian, Tom Bennett, November 15 2004 [link]
    • Legislator as Project Convener Case Study [pdf]

    Project Contacts

    • Governor's Project Co-Conveners: Representative Betsy Johnson and June Spence
    • Oregon Solutions Project Staff: Pete Dalke
    • Fort to Sea Website [link]

     

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    Fort Clatsop lodge..
    Almost to Fort Clatsop..
    Oregon Solutions Community Governance Award..

    The First Lady of Oregon and Senator Betsy Johnson present the Oregon Solutions Community Governance Award at the Fort Clatsop to-the-Sea Trail dedication.  NPS Superintendent Chip Jenkins applauds the Oregon Solutions Team for their success.

     

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