The Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve protects
Badger Mountain, located on the edge of
Richland in
Washington
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, provides views of the
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as well as the
Columbia and
Yakima rivers.
Trails
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are open for
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motorized vehicles
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are allowed.
A non-profit group,
Friends of Badger Mountain
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, worked to procure this
shrub-steppe area that has most native vegetation intact and then built a trail to the summit. The trail rises above the trail head in
Richland.
Expansion
Friends of Badger Mountain is working to raise $1.5 million for a purchase of 205 acres of land around
Candy Mountain
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to expand the preserve and create trails on that mountain. This is the next step toward reaching their goal of creating a trail connecting Little Badger Mountain, Badger Mountain, Candy Mountain and
Red Mountain.
Friends of Badger Mountain: Current Campaign
Accessed 2015-08-31
References
Tri-Cities, Washington
Nature reserves in Washington (state)
Protected areas of Benton County, Washington
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