Editing Richland, Washington (section)

===Outdoor activities===
Richland has developed a number of parks, several of them fronting the Columbia and Yakima Rivers. The rivers provide boating, water skiing, fishing, kayaking and waterfowl hunting opportunities.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Richland is included in a bike trail system in the Tri-Cities which is named The [[Sacagawea Heritage Trail]]. The trail is a scenic river ride along the Columbia River through the Tri-Cities of Kennewick, Richland and Pasco. It is a 23-mile multipurpose blacktop loop trail on both sides of the river from Sacagawea State Park at the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers up to the I-182 bridge at the Columbia Point Marina on the upper end. Three bridges join the trails on both sides, providing several ride options. There are numerous trailheads and access parking spots along the route.

Richland lies within a semi-arid, [[shrub-steppe]] environment, and has many interesting natural areas within or adjacent to the city:
* The Yakima River delta and wetlands lie within Richland and provide a habitat for many birds and animals. The area around the Yakima delta provides a wooded variation of the normal shrub steppe.
* The [[Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve]] protects [[Badger Mountain (Richland, Washington)|Badger Mountain]], located on the edge of Richland in the Richland GMA area. It provides views of the Tri-Cities and the Columbia and Yakima rivers. A non-profit group, Friends of Badger Mountain, worked to procure this shrub-steppe area that has the most native vegetation intact, and in 2005 built a trail to the summit. The 2-kilometer trail rises 300 meters above the trailhead in Richland.
* The [[Arid Lands Ecology Reserve]], at the western edge of Richland on the Hanford Reservation, is the last remaining large block of undisturbed shrub-steppe habitat in the Pacific Northwest. The site has been closed to the public since the 1940s, preserving its character. It is managed as an environmental research area and wildlife reserve.
* North of Richland, the [[Hanford Reach]], the last free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River in the U.S., provides sightseeing and salmon fishing. This free-flowing stretch flows through the [[Hanford Reach National Monument]], which was created by Presidential proclamation in 2000 and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Volunteers are working to construct an interpretive center on Richland's Columbia Point at the confluence of the Yakima and Columbia;{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} in 2006, $22M of the necessary funds were in hand and construction was expected later that year.{{update inline|date=May 2018}}
* The [[Amon Creek]] Natural Preserve in the south part of town protects wetlands around the creek and has several trails.
[[File:Richland from Badger Mountain.jpg|none|thumb|839x839px|Sweeping views of Queensgate, Downtown, and North Richland as seen from Badger Mountain]]