The 4,956-acre, 212-mile Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail reflects State Parks’ long-term commitment to developing cross-state trails. It is planned to be a segment of a cross-country trail reaching from Puget Sound to the Chesapeake Bay. The Department of Commerce hired SCJ to convene conversations and workshops with trail users, advocates, adjoining towns, neighbors, ranchers, and farmers to facilitate problem-solving and mediate long-standing conflicts. The process included forming and chartering an advisory group, conducting three sequential workshops to discuss issues, opportunities, and recommendations, preparing a comprehensive study of best practices, and producing a report documenting the process, and promoting a set of 26 consensus recommendations.