The Washington State Board of Natural Resources approved the auctions of two parcels in Spokane County during its meeting Tuesday morning.

 

Both the 13.1-acre parcel and the 0.4-acre parcel are no longer suitable to be managed by DNR.

 

The larger Spokane County parcel, known as Picnic Pines, is near the shore of Silver Lake, east of the city of Medical Lake. The parcel was previously leased as a septic site for an adjacent RV park on private lands, and the septic system is now inactive. The minimum bid for the parcel is $120,000.

 

The smaller Spokane County parcel, known as East Joseph, is a vacant lot in northeast Spokane currently zoned for light industrial use. The lot is isolated from other lands DNR manages, and the department has had to pay for cleanup there after the city received complaints of camping and illegal dumping there. The minimum bid for the parcel is $50,000.

 

The proceeds from the auctions will be used to acquire properties across the state that are better suited to be managed to produce revenue to support schools and other critical services throughout Washington state. DNR intends to hold the auctions this spring.

 

For decades, DNR has worked to continue acquiring forestlands across the state to support schools and counties. Since 1980, the department has added more than 100,000 acres of forestland to public ownership through its transactions program.

 

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