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April 2, 2021
Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Megan Duffy as the new director of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), the largest state agency grantor of funding for outdoor recreation and habitat conservation efforts in Washington. She replaces Kaleen Cottingham, who is retiring and has served the agency since 2007. Duffy has more than 20 years of experience working in natural resources in Washington. She has served as the department supervisor for the Washington Department of Natural Resources, where she oversaw the daily operations of the agency and its 1,500 employees. Duffy also was the executive coordinator of the Governor's Salmon Recovery Office. She currently is the deputy director of the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board. RCO is a state agency that awards grants to cities, counties, tribes, nonprofits and state and federal agencies to build and improve parks, trails, boating facilities, water access sites and firearm and archery shooting ranges. The agency also awards grants to preserve working farms and forests and to conserve fish and other wildlife habitat.