PROTECT YOUR DOG!! USE THAT LEASH
For the sake of your pet’s welfare, for the sake of the wildlife, and for the sake of maintaining a good relationship between trail users and adjacent property owners, keep your dog on leash at all times when walking or riding on the Klickitat Trail.
Almost all of the property adjacent to the Trail is private and belongs to someone else. Washington State law is very clear regarding these situations. Property owners have the right to protect their property and their livestock by whatever means necessary without warning. There are sections of the Trail where there are no houses, and then you might come around the corner and there is someone's place with a yard full of chickens, or llamas or other animals. Or there may be no houses, but someone's cows are up on the hillsides with young calves.
There is another important reason for leashing pets on the Trail. The wildlife that lives there is in its home. We are guests there. Running a deer into the River, disturbing the nest of ground nesting birds, digging holes after a ground squirrel, or "getting" a lizard is a very real violation of our roles as visitors.
So please, for the sake of your pet and for the sake of the sometimes fragile relationship Trail users have with some of the adjacent property owners, and for your own safety, keep your dog on leash at all times when walking or riding on the Klickitat Trail.
See WAC 352-32-060 for details pertaining to Pets on State Park Areas found on the KTC Trail Guidelines page.
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