Orca-Straits
Applications to use state-owned aquatic lands - ORCA-STRAITS DISTRICT
The Orca-Straits District includes the following counties:
- Clallam
- Island
- Jefferson
- Kitsap (North of Keyport and Bainbridge Island; Southern Kitsap County is in the Shoreline District)
- San Juan
- Skagit
- Snohomish
- Whatcom
DNR’s aquatic lands managers work with lessees and those with other authorizations to use these public aquatic lands with care—protecting habitat and, whenever possible, including opportunities for public access in their leases.
| County | Waterbody | Applicant Name | Type of Use |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Clallam
|
Elwha River
|
51-080978
|
Easement - Diversion Pump/Intake System
|
|
|
Elwha River
|
51-080977
|
Easement - Outfall
|
|
|
Elwha River
|
51-080979
|
Easement - Diversion Pump/Intake System
|
|
|
Lake Sutherland
|
20-A09496
|
Lease - Marina
|
|
|
Sequim Bay
|
51-085348
|
Lease - Aquaculture
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca-Snow Creek
|
20-084510
|
Lease - Marina
|
|
|
Port Angeles Harbor
|
20-087677
|
Lease - Boat Launch
|
|
|
Port Angeles Harbor
|
Number Pending
|
Easement - Business Access
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
22-A83897
|
Lease - Log Storage
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
51-084555
|
Easement Amendment - Outfall
|
|
|
Sequim Bay
|
23-093590
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
22-A02484
|
Lease - Public Use and Access
|
|
|
Dungeness River
|
51-095229
|
Easement - Bridge
|
|
|
Dungeness Bay
|
20-B13012
|
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
|
|
|
Sequim Bay
|
20-A77120
|
Lease - Clam and Oyster Aquaculture
|
|
|
Sequim Bay
|
20-096866
|
Lease - Floating Dock and Moorage
|
|
|
Sequim Bay
|
51-011718
|
Easement - Marine Water Intake Pipe
|
|
|
Sequim Bay
|
20-B11988
|
Lease - Floating Dock
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
23-097583
|
Right of Entry - Sediment Sampling
|
|
|
Dungeness Bay
|
23-097360
|
Right of Entry - Benthic Mapping and Sampling
|
|
|
Lower Dungeness River
|
23-097756
|
Right of Entry - Levee Realignment
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Neah Bay
|
23-097822
|
Right of Entry - Dock Removal
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
51-A84555
|
Easement - Process Outfall
|
|
|
Port Angeles Harbor
|
23-100176
|
License - Commercial Mooring Buoys
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Port Angeles Harbor
|
22-101476
|
Lease - Commercial Seaplane Dock
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sequim Bay
|
20-101533
|
Lease - Cross-flow Tidal Turbines
|
|
|
Island
|
Saratoga Passage
|
20-085090
|
Lease - Boundary Amendment - Public Marina
|
|
|
Cornet Bay
|
20-093281
|
Lease - Public Moorage
|
|
|
Saratoga Passage
|
20-093636
|
Lease - Marine Railway and 4 Mooring Buoys
|
|
|
Saratoga Passage
|
23-094057
|
License - Residential Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Possession Sound
|
23-094262
|
Right of Entry - Scientific Buoy
|
|
|
Saratoga Passage
|
23-095520
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Utsalady Bay
|
23-096251
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Penn Cove
|
23-097040
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Puget Sound, Oak Harbor
|
20-B13458
|
Lease - Boat Yard
|
|
|
Puget Sound, Cultus Bay
|
20-099857
|
Lease - Aquaculture
|
|
|
Saratoga Passage
|
23-A86635
|
Right of Entry for Dredging, Beach Nourishment and Transplantin Eelgrass
|
|
Jefferson
|
Quilcene Bay
|
20-B09560
|
Lease - Floating Aquaculture
|
|
|
Hood Canal
|
20-092748
|
Lease - Public Dock
|
|
|
Hood Canal
|
20-092770
|
Lease - Aquaculture, Clams and Oysters
|
|
|
Oak Bay
|
20-092947
|
Lease - Aquaculture, Mussels and Oysters
|
|
|
Puget Sound Strait of Juan De Fuca
|
20-080014
|
Port Management Agreement - Amendment
|
|
|
Discovery Bay
|
23-097054
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Dabob Bay
|
20-B12676
|
Lease - Mussel Aquaculture
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Discovery Bay
|
23-A91484
|
License - Conservation
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Discovery Bay
|
20-B12386
|
Lease - Private Recreational Dock, Pier and Floats
|
|
|
Hood Canal, Dabob Bay
|
20-C09307
|
Lease - Ground Aquaculture
|
|
|
Portage Bay, Portage Channel
|
51-099836
|
Easement - Conduit
|
|
|
Dabob Bay
|
20-100212
|
Lease - Aquaculture
|
|
|
Puget Sound, Port Townsend Bay
|
20-100311
|
Lease - Aquaculture
|
|
|
Puget Sound, Port Lundlow Bay
|
51-100404
|
Easement - Saltwater Intake Pipes
|
|
|
Dosewallips River
|
23-100844
|
Right of Entry - Conservation License
|
|
|
Puget Sound/Port Townsend Bay
|
20-A11415
|
Lease - Private Marina
|
|
Kitsap
|
Eagle Harbor
|
20-A12118
|
Lease - Marina
|
|
|
Puget Sound
|
20-092750
|
Lease - Aquaculture, Incidental Shellfish Harvesting
|
|
|
Rich Passage
|
20-A09649
|
Lease - Public Use and Access
|
|
|
Port Gamble Bay
|
20-085684
|
Lease - Off Loading Gravel for Barges
|
|
|
Port Gamble Bay
|
20-085840
|
Lease - Private Dock
|
|
|
Blakely Harbor
|
23-087556
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Madison Bay
|
23-097510
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Hood Canal
|
51-090437
|
Easement - Restrictive
|
|
|
Puget Sound, Port Madison
|
23-098158
|
Right of Entry - Kelp Enhancement Project
|
|
|
Madison Bay
|
23-099145
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Puget Sound, Eagle Barbor
|
20-B10957
|
Lease - Private Marina
|
|
|
Puget Sound, Port Madison Bay
|
20-B10353
|
Lease - Commercial Moorage
|
|
|
Puget Sound
|
23-101177
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Puget Sound
|
23-101375
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Port Madison
|
23-101486
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Port Madison
|
23-101480
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
San Juan
|
Harney Channel
|
20-A12761
|
Lease
|
|
|
Peavine Pass
|
20-B12560
|
Lease
|
|
|
Rosario Strait
|
20-B12371
|
Lease
|
|
|
Griffin Bay
|
51-A70427
|
Easement - Desalination System
|
|
|
Haro Strait
|
23-088688
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
West Sound
|
20-B12555
|
Lease - Commercial Marina
|
|
|
Fisherman Bay
|
20-A12861
|
Lease - Commercial Marina
|
|
|
Indian Cove
|
51-074720
|
Easement - Communication Cable
|
|
|
Griffin Bay
|
20-A12244
|
Lease - Public Barge Landing/Public Access
|
|
|
Deer Harbor
|
23-090880
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Harney Channel
|
20-A13593
|
Lease - Commercial Recreation Dock
|
|
|
Ship Bay
|
20-092807
|
Lease - Aquaculture, Clams and Oysters
|
|
|
West Sound
|
20-B10285
|
Re-Lease - Private Recreational Dock
|
|
|
Friday Harbor
|
20-B12693
|
Lease - Private Marina
|
|
|
Mackaye Harbor
|
20-B12559
|
Lease - Public Access; Boat Ramp; Dock
|
|
|
Peavine Pass
|
20-B12560
|
Re-Lease - Commercial Marina
|
|
|
Upright Channel, Lopez Island
|
23-093174
|
License - Mooring Buoy, Residential
|
|
|
Fish Creek
|
20-B0873
|
Release - Private Recreational Dock
|
|
|
San Juan Channel
|
20-A12251
|
Lease - Marine Rail
|
|
|
Roche Harbor
|
20-B13094
|
Lease - Private Community Dock
|
|
|
Rosario Straits
|
20-093902
|
Lease - Public Access, Dock and Mooring Buoy Field
|
|
|
President Channel & Boundary Pass
|
20-A12486
|
License - Mooring Buoy Fields Amendment
|
|
|
Rocky Bay, San Juan Channel
|
23-094231
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Mackaye Harbor
|
20-B09281
|
Lease Reauthorization - Commercial Dock
|
|
|
Wasp Passage
|
20-B12521
|
Lease Re-authoriztion - Community Rec Dock
|
|
|
Fisherman Bay
|
20-B11558
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Fisherman Bay
|
20-B12645
|
Re-Lease - Private Recreational Community Dock
|
|
|
Deer Harbor
|
23-094945
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Deer Harbor
|
23-094944
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Hunter Bay
|
20-B12503
|
Re-Lease - Private Community Rec Dock
|
|
|
Friday Harbor
|
20-C10965
|
Re-Lease - Commercial Marina
|
|
|
Rosario Strait
|
20-095599
|
Lease - Public Use and Access Dock
|
|
|
Rolfe Cove
|
20-095600
|
Lease - Public Use and Access Dock
|
|
|
Friday Harbor
|
23-095790
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Harney Channel
|
20-096199
|
Lease - Commercial Recreation Dock
|
|
|
San Juan Channel
|
23-096246
|
Right of Entry - Maintenance Corridor
|
|
|
Westcott Bay
|
23-096520
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Hunter Bay, San Juan Island
|
23-096777
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Harney Channel
|
51-A48764
|
Easement - Submerged Power Cable
|
|
|
Reads Bay
|
23-097497
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
East Sound
|
23-097505
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
Thatcher Pass
|
23-098619
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
|
West Sound
|
23-098620
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Lopez Sound
|
20-098670
|
Lease - Aquaculture
|
|
|
Swifts Bay
|
23-098992
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Reads Bay
|
23-099027
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Strait of Georgia
|
23-099028
|
License - Recrational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Harney Channel
|
51-012867
|
Easement - Utility Outfall
|
|
|
Mud Bay
|
23-099449
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Deer Harbor
|
23-099588
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Obstruction Pass
|
23-1000093
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Hunter Bay
|
23-100111
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Obstruction Pass
|
23-100202
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Hunter Bay
|
23-100204
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Reads Bay
|
23-100183
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Deer Harbor
|
23-100187
|
License - Recreational Morring Buoy
|
|
|
Lopez Sound
|
23-100278
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Mud Bay
|
23-100277
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
51-100359
|
Easement - Private
|
|
|
Hunter Bay
|
23-100053
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Lopez Sound
|
23-100054
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Blind Bay
|
23-100537
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Buck Bay
|
23-100540
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Deer Harbor
|
51-100453
|
Easement - Replacement of Submarine Power Cable
|
|
|
Friday Harbor
|
23-100964
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Reid Harbor
|
23-101175
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Barlow Bay
|
23-101171
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Friday Harbor
|
23-101296
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Friday Harbor
|
23-101298
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Upright Channel
|
51-101489
|
Easement - Copper Cables
|
|
Skagit
|
Skagit River
|
51-080849
|
Easement - Waterline
|
|
|
Baker River
|
51-086747
|
Easement - Electrical Transmission Lines
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
22-A02724
|
Lease
|
|
|
Baker River and Lake Shannon
|
51-077313
|
Easement - Baker Dam
|
|
|
Skagit River
|
20-B12581
|
Lease - Private Recreational Dock
|
|
|
Skagit River
|
20-B12267
|
Lease - Fishing Boat Moorage
|
|
|
Miller Bay
|
23-090863
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Guemes Channel
|
23-091655
|
Right of Entry - Bulkhead Removal for Habitat Restoration
|
|
|
Skagit River
|
20-B11544
|
Lease - Public Access
|
|
|
Samish River
|
20-B12830
|
Lease - Private Marina
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
22-A02612
|
Lease - Harbor Area, Retail Store and Residence
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
22-A02679
|
Lease - Harbor Area, Retail Store and Residence
|
|
|
South End of Swinomish Channel
|
20-B12814
|
Lease - Log Storage
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
22-A02678
|
Harbor Area Lease - Retail Shop and Restaurant
|
|
|
House Slough
|
23-094980
|
License - Restoration of Riparian Vegetation
|
|
|
Fidalgo Bay
|
51-093158
|
Easement - Public Access
|
|
|
Fidalgo Bay
|
51-094044
|
Easement - Buried Power Line
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
22-A02650
|
Lease - Harbor Area Parking Lot
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
22-A02695
|
Lease - Harbor Area Retail
|
|
|
Skagit River
|
23-096533
|
Right of Entry - Habitat Restoration
|
|
|
Samish Bay
|
20-095098
|
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
|
|
|
Guemes Channel
|
51-097506
|
Easement - Wastewater Outfall
|
|
|
Skagit Bay
|
23-098522
|
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Telegraph Slough, Padilla Bay
|
51-A49283
|
Easement
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
51-A38768
|
Easement
|
|
|
Sauk River
|
51-A50382
|
Easement
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
51-010356
|
Lease - Utility Outfall
|
|
|
Fidalgo Bay
|
23-098888
|
Right of Entry - Dredging and Clean Up
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
22-A02354
|
Lease - Dock and Commercial Offices
|
|
|
Skagit River
|
51-100360
|
Easement - Power Lines
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
51-100603
|
Easement - Decommission Pipeline Storage
|
|
|
Swinomish Channel
|
23-100604
|
Easement - Replacement of Existing Petroleum Pipeline
|
|
|
South Fork Nooksack River
|
20-100878
|
Right of Entry - Engineered Log Jams
|
|
|
Telegraph Slough, Padialla Bay
|
51-A49283
|
Easement - Overwater Electrical Transmission Crossing
|
|
Snohomish
|
Snohomish River
|
51-086639
|
Easement - New Bridge
|
|
|
Snohomish River
|
20-012646
|
Lease
|
|
|
Possession Sound
Gedney Island
|
23-086610
|
License - Mooring Buoy
|
|
|
Hat Slough and
Stillaguamish River
|
51-080515
|
Easement - Fiber Optic Cable Crossing
|
|
|
Hat Slough and
Stillaguamish River
|
51-080729
|
Easement - Telephone Cable
|
|
|
Skykomish River
|
51-085586
|
Easement - Power Lines and Fiber Optic Cable
|
|
|
Ebey Slough
|
51-79458
|
Easement - Outfall
|
|
|
Possession Sound
|
51-076085
|
Easement - Outfall
|
|
|
Stillaguamish River
|
51-081674
|
Easement - Outfall
|
|
|
Pilchuck River
|
51-088194
|
Easement - Flood Fencing
|
|
|
Lake Stevens
|
20-A12520
|
Lease - Public Park
|
|
|
Union Slough
|
20-B12625
|
Lease - Log Raft Booming
|
|
|
Steamboat and Union Sloughs
|
23-091174
|
Right of Entry - Estuary Restoration
|
|
|
Hat Slough, Stillaguamish River
|
20-A12223
|
Lease - Public Access for Boat Ramp
|
|
|
Flowing Lake
|
20-A122201
|
Lease - Public Access Dock and Boat Ramp
|
|
|
Union Slough & Steamboat Slough
|
23-094979
|
Right of Entry - Dike Breach Enlargement
|
|
|
South Fork Skykomish River
|
51-095441
|
Easement - Overhead Power Distribution Line
|
|
|
Snohomish River
|
20-A72559
|
Lease - Commercial Marina
|
|
|
Snohomish River
|
20-096387
|
Lease - Vessel Moorage
|
|
|
Pilchuck River
|
51-096864
|
Easement - Overhead Power and Fiber Optic Cable
|
|
|
S Fork Stillaguamish River
|
20-096923
|
Lease - Public Access
|
|
|
South Fork Skykomish River
|
51-095441
|
Easement - Overhead Power Lines
|
|
|
Snohomish River
|
51-097602
|
Easement - Wastewater Pipeline
|
|
|
Snohomish River
|
51-A50378
|
Easement - Electrical Transmission Crossing
|
|
|
North Fork of the Stillaguamish River
|
51-098738
|
Easement - Control Zone and 12kV Improvement
|
|
|
Stillaguamish River
|
23-099054
|
Right of Entry - 17 Engineered Log Jams
|
|
|
Lake Roesiger
|
23-100813
|
Easement - Removal of Aquatic Vegetation
|
|
|
Lake Roesiger
|
23-100817
|
Easement - Removal of Aquatic Vegetation
|
|
|
Sultan River
|
51-088310
|
Conditional Easement
|
|
Whatcom
|
Semiahmoo Bay
|
51-072606
|
Easement - Waste Outfall
|
|
|
Bellingham Bay
|
22-084455
|
Harbor Area Lease - Overwater Walkway
|
|
|
Bellingham Bay
Chuckanut Bay
|
22-A02140
|
Lease
|
|
|
Nooksack River
|
51-085967
|
Easement - Outfall
|
|
|
Baker River and Baker Lake
|
51-077313
|
Easement - Baker Dam
|
|
|
Dakota Creek
|
51-087287
|
Easement - Sewer Main
|
|
|
Sumas River
|
51-070838
|
Easement - Waste Outfall
|
|
|
Lake Whatcom
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20-B09745
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Lease - Recreational Dock, Boat Ramps
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South Fork Nooksack River
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51-071000
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Easement - County Bridge
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Dakota Creek
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51-094989
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Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline
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Birch Bay
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20-A73412
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Re-Lease - Private Marina Channel Markers
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Silver Lake
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51-095668
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Easement - Dry Hydrant Water Intake
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Bellingham Bay
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20-B10235
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Lease - Private Recreational Dock
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Middle Fork Nooksack River
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23-096464
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Right of Entry - Large Wood Material
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Hales Passage
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23-097043
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License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
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South Fork Nooksack River
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23-097280
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Right of Entry - Engineered Log Jam
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Semiahmoo Bay, Drayton Harbor
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22-A77340
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Lease - Aquaculture
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Nooksack River
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51-011003
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Easement - Outfall Replacement
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Drayton Harbor
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20-098446
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Lease - Floating Oyster Culture
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Squalicum Waterway
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23-099845
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Right of Entry - Maintenance Material Dredging
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Nooksack River
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51-100452
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Easement - Water Intake
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Strait of Georgia
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23-099671
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Right of Entry - License for reef net fishery rigs for educational and cultural purposes
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Nooksack River
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51-100797
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Easement - Electrical Distribution Lines
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North Fork Nooksack River
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23-100975
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Right of Entry - 56 Engineered Log Jams for Habitat Restoration
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Skagit River
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20-101389
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Right of Entry - Installation of Riverbed Scour Monitoring Devices
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Various
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Washington Coast
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23-099714
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Right of Entry - Setting Stationary Acoustic Monitoring Receivers for Research
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Pilchuck, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Yakima
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51-A50278
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Easement - Fiber Optic Cable Crossing
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Approved use authorization applications - ORCA-STRAITS DISTRICT
DNR has approved the following applications for leases or other land-use authorizations for state-owned aquatic lands in the Orca-Straits District, which includes the following counties:
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Clallam
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Island
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Jefferson
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Kitsap (North of Keyport and Bainbridge Island; Southern Kitsap County is in the Shoreline District)
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San Juan
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Skagit
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Shohomish
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Whatcom
Decision notices are posted on this page for one year from the decision date.
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County
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Waterbody
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Applicant Name
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Type of Use and Decision Date
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Clallam
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Clallam Bay
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20-B12712
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Lease - Seasonal Marina
Signed 11/19/2019
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Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam Bay
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23-098128
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Right of Entry - Scientific Research Study
Signed 12/23/2019
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Strait of Juan de Fuca
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20-099284
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Private Dock, Boat Ramp, Breakwaters
Signed 8/19/2020
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Island
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Jefferson
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Port Ludlow Bay
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20-B09180
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Lease - Private Marina
Signed 1/28/2020
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Portage Canal
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51-099836
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Easement - Conduit under Bridge Crossing
Signed 3/11/2020
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Puget Sound, Port Townsend Bay, Mystery Bay
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23-A92546
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Right of Entry - License for placement of navigational buoys
Signed 5/21/2020
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Lake Leland
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20-099284
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ADA Accessible Fishing Pier
Signed 8/19/2020
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Discovery Bay
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23-099888
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License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
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Kitsap
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San Juan
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Skagit
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Snohomish
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Whatcom
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Hales Passage
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23-099586
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License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Signed 12/19/2019
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Bellingham Bay
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23-099536
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License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Signed 1/22/2020
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