After 14 years, DNR got the right to a water contract that opens state trust lands west of George, Washington for valuable crops. It allows the irrigation of 243 acres of school trust lands, the funding from which help pay for building public schools. The parcel is leased to Robert Escure, who is enthusiastic about farming additional acres of the land that his family has leased since 1985 for irrigated agriculture, grazing, and wildlife habitat.
Water will flow through one-quarter mile of this new pipeline to the parcel. You can read this story and other stories in The Dirt, DNR’s quarterly e-newsletter about state lands in agriculture. Sign up for free delivery to your email at thedirt@dnr.wa.gov !
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