Whipple Creek Park Restoration

10/21/2026

Had a good conversation with Clark County Parks and Nature Director Ross Hoover today. Voiced concerns relayed from park users about parking, trails, Ebikes and more. Ross said that there will be opportunities for users to let the department know what kind of changes they would like to see. There is money set aside in the 2027 future Capitol Plan for the park but decisions were still in progress. I told him that before any final choices are made it is important that honest conversations with users would yield best results. WCRC also want to stress to park users that the entire Parks department is in jeopardy of running short of funds to operate current Parks let alone future and to please contact your councilor and implore them to build and fund Parks to compliment ALL the Houses being allowed to be built. Stay tuned for future developments and give Parks positive suggestions at [email protected] and ask to be kept in the loop. If you have not already filled out the latest Parks survey it is a few posts down our page.

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10/18/2026

Big thanks to Sherry Renee our volunteer of the year for running the monthly work party. Trail cleaning and raking on the list. The leaves are falling and we will do our best to keep the mud and dust from dirty trails to a minimum.
Also Heads Up Seasonal Trail Closure signs will be up once the rain really kicks in. Traditionally November 1st but we are able to adjust with the weather for park users.

10/02/2026

Friends take some time to fill out this survey and let the county know your feelings about this and other parks. LET THEM HEAR YOU! MORE PARKING FOR TRAILERS
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Clark County Park System Plan Online Survey

08/16/2026

Just an example of how long its been since we have been allowed to put gravel on trails after COVID and county leadership changes paused us for 7 YEARS. This is the last rock off Everson. So grateful to current county staff for seeing the value in volunteer organizations that can help. Whipple is getting busier every day and often has more users than most parks in the district while only costing taxpayers very little. Smart to use all available options. We will next be buying more gravel with privately donated WCRC funds and dressing all the trails we can to make them as nice for everyone as possible. Please help when and where you can.

08/15/2026

Good work party with hundreds of feet of trail graveled today.

08/14/2026

Friends our 3rd Saturday Work Party is tomorrow morning 9am to noon. Heads up county parks volunteer coordinator informed us that CCTV may be out to film for 1st time since 2018 when we won the skid steer national competition lease.
Also For the 1st time since 2019 thanks to a great county parks finally letting volunteers make a difference we are starting to put fresh gravel on trails. Can you believe the trails look as good as they do after 6 plus years of only being permitted to clean and no new rock? That is the amazing work from all the volunteers before. We are well over 15,000 hours and will continue to care for this beautiful park we all own. Come walk the trails and clean or cut invasive ivy or shovel and rake gravel? We will be working on Raspberry and Cedar loop.

06/27/2026

Morning work party of cleaning trails and trimming invasives. A little frustrated with County Parks in regards to a few simple things asked but not answered for YEARS. How hard is it to get a decent Enjoy Trail sign at park entrance, this portion has to be part of the 1.4 acre developed section? Next its pretty clear that last year was final lease of the 3 big fields near park by Tom Vanlaken but all my efforts to get an answer from department on who handles these leases have not been returned. Hopefully Parks will get staffing adequate to do the many things they do as well as engage volunteers throughout the county to maximize that resource. The WCRC would pay out of pocket to get at least the main field with its Tansey Lupin and thistle cut down especially as it is a big fire hazard.
Please keep enjoying your park and when the time comes voice your feelings as to its future and ways we all can work together.

06/17/2026

Community members Please fill out this survey helping parks understand what we are interested in the future. Whipple Creek park users came very strong the last time the county did a survey even if the results were not entirely friitful. Lets continue to voice our wishes with our future tax dollars and the assets we own and the county is tasked to build and manage.
As one of the few true multi user parks in the county we have a unique mix of horse, bike, walker, dogs all enjoying a beautiful natural space. We all need to help guide the future development of the park and the only way is to stay engaged. The county asks what we want so we need to help them with surveys like these. As well as in the future the type and scope of development for Whipple.
More parking here, more true multi user options in future parks.

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06/14/2026

Heads up to our Volunteers. We have moved our June 20th work party to June 27th 9am to noon. This has also been adjusted on the County Parks calendar. Thank you for your time effort and support

05/04/2026

Couple things friends of Whipple Creek Regional Park. First today we removed all the seasonal trail signs all trails open to multi users. Next great news from Clark County Parks department. We are finally allowed to dress trails with gravel once again since our 2019 season. The trails have held up amazingly well with no new rock on trails over the last 6 years but there are many things spots and mud patches that need our attention. We are now gearing up with equipment to make this safe and easy for our volunteers. Stay tuned and keep an eye out for us on the trails. We will have signs warning you of work in a particular area.