FBP is working on a team for the National Forest Service to upgrade site facilities and provide a new visitor center building at Cascade Peaks, located within the 1980 eruption’s blast zone on the east side of Mount St. Helens. Improvements may include a new building, reconfigured parking and pedestrian circulation for accessibility requirements, an interpretive plaza, picnicking, new vault toilets, and sub-alpine habitat restoration. Team members include Cushing Terrell Architecture and Schwab Engineering and Management.

Concept plans were developed for the City of Poulsbo as they consider improving this existing neighborhood park by adding shoreline access, managing vegetation to preserve views of the harbor, restoring the slope with native plants and providing other site amenities for picnicking and interpretation. Named after its historical use as a net storage area for the town’s fishing industry, it subsequently became a waste treatment plant, which was then decommissioned in the 1970’s. A set of stairs would allow visitors to access the beach from the upper park area. The stairs would connect to an existing large concrete tank at the base of the hill providing a landing and viewpoint. Existing concrete settling basins would become restored wetlands surrounded by boardwalks and picnic platforms.