State Trust Land
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Land Trust, private donors help make possible transfer of iconic Saddle Rock to City of Wenatchee
The popular Wenatchee geologic landmark, Saddle Rock will soon become city property and remain open to public use. The state Board of Natural Resources yesterday (Tuesday) approved transferring ownership of the 328-acre site from DNR to the City of Wenatchee. It’s… Continue reading
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Media coverage highlights recent easement purchase in southwest Washington
A large transaction that involved DNR drew media coverage over the extended New Year weekend. The purchase of the conservation easement on 6,900 acres in Skamania County was made possible by federal funds provided through the Department of Agriculture-U.S. Forest… Continue reading
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Our ten most popular posts in 2010
As 2010 concluded, Ear to the Ground — DNR’s official blog — tallied just a tad over 86,000 views for the year. That doesn’t include the thousands of additional readers who got their Ear to the Ground news through an… Continue reading
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Shake off those 2010 blues; Start the New Year right by getting outdoors
Welcome to another decade of enjoying the beauty of Washington State’s public lands! Start 2011 right by getting outdoors more often and enjoying state trust lands managed by DNR. There are a lot of places to go on the 3… Continue reading
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Deal sealed: 6,900-acre purchase of forest easement in Skamania County
Several thousand acres of working forest on the southern flanks of Mount St. Helens will be protected from conversion to non-forest uses, such as residential development. In a news release today, DNR, Pope Resources and Columbia Land Trust jointly announced… Continue reading
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DNR and City of Bainbridge Island agree on Eagle Harbor open water marina
Yesterday afternoon, DNR announced it had entered into a 12-year lease agreement with the City of Bainbridge Island to operate an open water marina in Eagle Harbor where as many as 60 vessels have been moored illegally. In addition to… Continue reading
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Winter storms? Wildfires? That’s why DNR maintains remote weather stations
Brrrr. The National Weather Service says to expect hazardous weather through the weekend on both the Westside and the Eastside of Washington state. Helping to monitor some of that activity will be remote weather stations on state trust land. DNR maintains dozens… Continue reading
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State DNR selects UW researchers to assess forest biomass supply statewide
Woody biomass is great in that it grows — that is, it’s renewable — but much remains to be learned about how and where it could become a viable way to produce cleaner energy on a large scale. We have… Continue reading