News of interest about state trust lands in Washington continued to roll in over the extended Thanksgiving Day break. On Friday (Nov. 27), Ear to the Ground encouraged readers to download the free trail maps from DNR’s website: www.dnr.wa.gov. Speaking of trails, the Everett Herald and several other newspapers in Snohomish County reported on Friday about new forest damage in the Reiter Foothills despite a temporary ban on off-roading on DNR-managed state trust land there.
On Saturday, Nov. 28, the weekly Port Townsend Leader reported on the windstorm damage that has kept some ORV and 4×4 trails closed on the Olympic Peninsula. An Ear to the Ground posting and a DNR news release last week also described the damage-related closures.
On Wednesday (Nov. 25) Ear to the Ground updated you about cutting firewood on DNR-managed state trust lands.
And finally, last Sunday’s Ellensburg Daily Record describes a proposed land exchange between DNR and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). WDFW has invited citizens to submit comments through Dec. 16 on the proposal to exchange several thousand acres of land in Eastern Washington with DNR. A related exchange between the two agencies was approved in September.
