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-A02484
Lease - Public Use and Access
 
Dungeness River
51-095229
Easement - Bridge
 
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, Neah Bay
23-097822
Right of Entry - Dock Removal
 
Port Angeles Harbor
22-100176
License - Commercial Mooring Buoys
 
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Port Angeles Harbor
22-101476
Lease - Commercial Seaplane Dock
 
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam Bay
51-101778
Easement - Outfall
 
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam Bay
51-101793
Easement - Outfall
 
Elwha River
23-101862
Aquatic Lands License - Right of Entry
 
Port Angeles Harbor
22-102037
Lease - Conservation
 
Port Angeles
51-A80974
Easement - Outfall
 
Bogachiel River & Sol Duc River
20-104825
Lease - Boat Ramp
 
Sequim Bay
23-104852
License - Conservation
 
Sequim Bay
20-105234
Lease - Aquaculture
 
Sequim Bay
23-106407
License - Scientific Research
Clallam & Kitsap 
 
 
 
Island
Saratoga Passage
20-093636
Lease - Marine Railway and 4 Mooring Buoys
 
Possession Sound
23-094262
Right of Entry - Scientific Buoy
 
Penn Cove
23-097040
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Puget Sound, Cultus Bay
20-099857
Lease - Aquaculture
 
Deer Lake
20-101872
Lease - Public Access, Boat Ramp
 
Penn Cove
23-102188
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Saratoga Passage
23-A86635
Right of Entry License
Jefferson
Hood Canal
20-092748
Lease - Public Dock
 
Hood Canal
20-092770
Lease - Aquaculture, Clams and Oysters
 
Discovery Bay
23-097054
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Dabob Bay
20-B12676
Lease - Mussel Aquaculture
 
Hood Canal, Dabob Bay
20-C09307
Lease - Ground Aquaculture
 
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
 
Hood Canal, Fulton Creek
20-092770
Aquaculture Lease - clams & oysters
 
Hood Canal
20-101802
Lease - Public Access, Boat Ramp
 
Oak Bay
23-102012
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Port Hadlock
23-102143
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Admiralty Inlet
20-A80516
Lease - Cable Tram
 
South Port Townsend Bay
20-106213
Lease - Mooring Field
 
Bywater Bay 
23-106342
License - Scientific Monitoring 
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
 
Puget Sound
23-101177
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Puget Sound
23-101375
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Port Madison
23-101486
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Rich Passage
20-102038
Lease - Conservation
 
Rich Passage
20-C12129
Aquatic Land Lease
 
Port Washington Narrows, Puget Sound
51-A51747
Reauthorization of existing water pipeline
 
Blakely Harbor
23-102653
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Ostrich Bay
23-C78804
Right of Entry – Aquatic sampling to determine progress on CERCLA clean up
 
Manzanita Bay
23-102716
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Agate Passage
23-102742
Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Agate Pass
20-A87318
Lease - Delayed Release Net Pen
 
Eagle Harbor
20-C11399
Lease - Commercial Marina
 
Port Gamble Bay
51-106599
Easement - Conservation
San Juan
Harney Channel
20-A12761
Lease
 
Peavine Pass
20-B12560
Lease
 
Rosario Strait
20-B12371
Lease
 
Griffin Bay
51-A70427
Easement - Desalination System
 
Fisherman Bay
20-B12861
Lease - Commercial Marina
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Hunter Bay
20-B12503
Re-Lease - Private Community Rec Dock
 
Rosario Strait
20-095599
Lease - Public Use and Access Dock
 
Rolfe Cove
20-095600
Lease - Public Use and Access Dock
 
Harney Channel
20-096199
Lease - Commercial Recreation Dock
 
Westcott Bay
23-096520
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Harney Channel
51-A48764
Easement - Submerged Power Cable
 
Reads Bay
23-097497
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
West Sound
23-098620
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Strait of Juan de Fuca, Lopez Sound
20-098670
Lease - Aquaculture
 
Harney Channel
51-012867
Easement - Utility Outfall
 
Deer Harbor
23-099588
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Hunter Bay
23-100111
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Lopez Sound
23-100278
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Strait of Juan de Fuca
51-100359
Easement - Private
 
Lopez Sound
23-100054
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
 
Friday Harbor
23-101296
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Friday Harbor
23-101298
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
West Sound
23-101715
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Doe Bay
23-101791
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Mud Bay
23-101864
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Roche Harbor
23-102016
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Reads Bay
23-102015
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Roche Harbor
23-102115
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Reads Bay
51-102065
Easement - Power
 
Reads Bay
23-102148
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Reads Bay
23-102149
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Friday Harbor
20-A12022
Lease - Nearshore Building
 
Roche Harbor
23-102329
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Roche Harbor
23-102385
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Rich Passage
23-102636
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Lopez Sound
23-102643
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
West Sound
23-102633
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Obstruction Pass
23-102594
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Friday Harbor
Stonecliffe Properties, LLC
23-102657
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Open Bay
23-102532
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Roche Harbor
23-102329
License Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Puget Sound - Wasp Passage, Indian Cove, Upright Channel, West Sound
51-102835
Easement - Power
 
Roche Harbor
51-A30307
Easement - Water Pipeline
 
Reads Bay
23-102937
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
San Juan Channel
51-A71212
Easement - Outfall
 
Friday Harbor
51-103499
Easement - Ferry Terminal
 
Fisherman Bay
23-103641
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Roche Harbor
23-104135
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Roche Harbor
51-010519
Easement - repair outfall
 
Fossil Bay
20-105889
Lease - Sewage Pumpout for Public Use by Recreational Boaters
 
Reid Harbor
23-106289
License - Right of Entry
 
Haro Straight 
51-A70261
Easement - water treatment (desalination)
 
Cascade Bay
51-A81345
Easement - sanitation outfall
 
Mosquito Pass
23-106588
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Skagit
Skagit River
51-080849
Easement - Waterline
 
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
 
Fidalgo Bay
51-093158
Easement - Public Access
 
Samish Bay
20-095098
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
 
Guemes Channel
51-097506
Easement - Wastewater Outfall
 
Swinomish Channel
51-010356
Lease - Utility Outfall 
 
Langley Bay
23-102014
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Kiket Bay
20-102039
Lease - Conservation
 
Deepwater Bay
20-102040
Lease - Conservation
 
Swinomish Channel
22-B02318
License - Public Access, Commercial Dock
 
Skagit & Kiket Bay, Hope Island
20-C12356
Lease - Commercial Net Pens
 
Buck Bay
23-10264
Licencse - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Swinomish Channel & Telegraph Slough
51-A52174
Easement
 
Swinomish Channel
22-105115
License - Public Access, Commercial Dock
 
Fidalgo Bay
22-A78655
Lease - Commercial Dock
 
South Fork of the Skagit
23-106236
Right of Entry - estuary restoration
 
Fidalgo Bay
23-B81932
Right of Entry - Marker Buoys
 
Fidalgo Bay
23-106375
License - Right of Entry
 
Swinomish Channel
22-A02677
Lease - Private Marina
Snohomish
Snohomish River
51-086639
Easement - New Bridge
 
Snohomish River
20-012646
Lease
 
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
 
Hat Slough, Stillaguamish River
20-A12223
Lease - Public Access for Boat Ramp
 
Flowing Lake
20-A122201
Lease - Public Access Dock and Boat Ramp
 
Snohomish River
20-A72559
Lease - Commercial Marina
 
Pilchuck River
51-096864
Easement - Overhead Power and Fiber Optic Cable
 
S Fork Stillaguamish River
20-096923
Lease - Public Access
 
Snohomish River
51-097602
Easement - Wastewater Pipeline
 
Stillaguamish River
23-099054
Right of Entry - 17 Engineered Log Jams
 
Possession Sound
51-101635
Easement - Power
 
Stillaguamish River
20-100483
Lease - Public Marina
 
Snohomish River
20-102064
Lease - Boat Ramp
 
Port Susan
20-A10988
Lease - Public Use Pier
 
Snohomish River
51-102674
Easement - Conservation
 
Steamboat Slough
51-A52673
Easement
 
Stillaguamish River
51-103206
Easement - Bridge for Public Access Trail
 
Possession Sound
51-A78652
Easement - Outfall
 
Snohomish River
51-106221
Easement - Temporary Construction Easement
 
Middle Pilchuck River
23-106230
Right of Entry - fish habitat restoration
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
20-B09745
Lease - Recreational Dock, Boat Ramps
 
South Fork Nooksack River
51-071000
Easement - County Bridge
 
Dakota Creek
51-094989
Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline
 
Birch Bay
20-A73412
Re-Lease - Private Marina Channel Markers
 
Silver Lake
51-095668
Easement - Dry Hydrant Water Intake
 
Bellingham Bay
20-B10235
Lease - Private Recreational Dock
 
Hales Passage
23-097043
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Semiahmoo Bay, Drayton Harbor
22-A77340
Lease - Aquaculture
 
Drayton Harbor
20-098446
Lease - Floating Oyster Culture
 
Strait of Georgia
23-099671
Right of Entry - License for reef net fishery rigs for educational and cultural purposes
 
Lake Samish
51-102588
Easement - Sewer
 
North Lake Samish
51-103205
Easement
 
Lake Samish
51-103752
Easement - Telecommunication cables
 
Nooksack River
51-103816
Easement - Industrial Outfall
 
Nooksack River
23-104040
Right of Entry - Side-channel excavation
 
North Lake Samish
51-104319
Temporary Easement
 
Lake Samish
51-104297
Temporary Easement - Telecommunications cables
 
Lake Samish
51-104318
Temporary Easement - Sewer
 
North Fork Nooksack River
51-104847
Easement
 
Nooksack River
51-104846
Easement 
 
South Fork Nooksack River
23-105400
License - Right of Entry
 
Bellingham Bay
51-106485
Easement - Shoreline Restoration
 
Bellingham Bay
22-106470
Lease - Harbor Area
 
Bellingham Bay
51-106469
Easement - Sediment Remediation
 
Bellingham Bay
51-106468
Easement - Sediment Remediation
 
I&J Waterway
23-106473
License - Right of Entry
Various
 
 
     
 
 
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:
  • Clallam
  • Island
  • Jefferson
  • Kitsap (North of Keyport and Bainbridge Island; Southern Kitsap County is in the Shoreline District)
  • San Juan
  • Skagit
  • Snohomish
  • Whatcom
Decision notices are posted on this page for one year from the decision date.
 
County
Waterbody
Applicant Name
Type of Use and Decision Date
Clallam
Strait of Juan de Fuca
20-099284
Private Dock, Boat Ramp, Breakwaters
Signed 8/19/2020
 
Lower Dungeness River
23-097756
Right of Entry - Leeve Realignment
Signed 04/01/2021
 
Port Angeles Harbor
20-B12162
Aquatic Lands Lease
Signed 07/26/2021
 
Dungenss Bay
20-B13012
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
 
Clallam River Tributary / Clallam Bay
51-102119
Aquatic Lands Easement
Signed 10/14/2021
 
Port Angeles Harbor
The Landing and Wharf, LLC
22-094988
Lease
Signed 12/17/2021
 
Port Angeles Harbor
23-103184
Right of Entry - Soil Sampling at Ediz Hook
Signed 02/23/2022
 
Dungeness River
23-101692
Right of Entry
Signed 8/16/2022
 
Port Angeles Harbor
23-104128
License - Ediz Hook Laydown & Shoreline Restoration
Signed 11/09/2022
 
Sequim Bay
23-A93552
Right of Entry - Scientific Research
Signed 4/13/2023
 
Dungeness River
23-102075
Right of Entry
Signed 5/6/2023
 
Sequim Bay
51-101533
Easement - Cross-flow Tidal Turbines
Signed 7/5/2023
 
Strait of Juan de Fuca
23-105227
License - Scientific Research
Signed 9/21/2023
Island
 
 
 
Oak Habor
20-B13458
Lease - Boat yard
Signed 02/26/2021
 
 
Mariner's Cove Beach Club
23-102527
License Right of Entry Eelgrass Mitigation
Signed 09/11/2021
 
Saratoga Passage
23-B94056
Right of Entry - Sand Shrimp License
Signed 5/26/2022
 
Penn Cove and Saratoga Passage
23-B94073
Right of Entry - Sand Shrimp Reauthorization
 
Skagit Bay
51-102007
Easement - Eelgrass Mitigation
Signed 09/19/2022
 
Saratoga Passage
23-A86635
License - Right of Entry
Signed 09/19/2022
 
Useless Bay & Admiralty Inlet
23-104193
License - Hydrophone
Signed 12/7/2022
 
Saratoga Passage
23-A86635
Lease - Boatyard
Signed 9/19/2022
 
Penn Cove
23-104043
License - Scientific Buoys
Signed 9/13/2023
 
Saratoga Passage
23-104874
Piling Removal
Signed 9/26/2023
 
Admiralty Inlet
23-A104193
License - hydrophone
Signed 11/12/2023
 
Saratoga Passage
Mariner's Haven
20-A83924
Lease 
Signed 12/14/2023
 
Holmes Harbor
20-A81072
Aquatic Lands Lease
Signed 12/29/2023
 
Puget Sound
20-A81072
Aquatic Lands Lease
Signed 12/29/2023
 
Saratoga Passage
23-A86635
Right of Entry License
Signed 9/19/2022
Jefferson
Dosewallips River
23-100844
Conservation License'
Signed 07/01/2021
 
Discovery Bay
23-099888
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Discovery Bay
20-B12386
Lease - Private Recreational Dock, Pier and Floats
Signed 10/14/2020
 
Port Townsend Bay
23-C79467
License - Right of Entry
Signed 04/29/2021
 
S Port Townsend Bay
20-A11415
Lease - Private Marina
Signed 08/05/2021
 
Port Townsend Bay
20-B12289
Lease - Private Dock
Signed 08/05/2021
 
Discovery Bay
23-097627
Right of Entry - Amendment for increased area
Signed 07/25/2022
 
Discovery Bay
23-A97627
Lease - Restoration
Signed 09/0102023
 
Admiralty Inlet
20-C12080
Lease Reauthorization
Signed 10/17/2023
 
Hood Canal
20-C12535
Lease - Aquaculture
Signed 01/03/2024
 
Clearwater River
23-106344
License - Scientific Monitoring
Signed 02/06/2024
Kitsap
Port Madison Bay
20-B10353
Lease - Commerical Moorage
Signed 01/26/2021
 
Eagle Harbor
20-B10957
Lease - Private Marina
Signed - 04/12/2021
 
Madison Bay
23-097510
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Signed 09/06/2018
 
Madison Bay
23-099145
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Signed 10/01/2019
 
Port Gamble Bay
23-102882
Herring Enhancement Project
Signed 01/05/2022
 
Wing Point & Jefferson Head
23-102200
Right of Entry
Signed 10/26/2022
 
Port Madison
23-098158
Amendment to License - Right of Entry
Signed 1/19/2021
 
Liberty Bay
22-A02401
Lease - Marina
Signed 08/30/2023
San Juan
 
 
Legoe Bay/Strait of Juan de Fuca
20-101981
Aquatic Lands Lease
Signed 11/30/2023
Skagit
 
 
Guemes Channel
22-103638
Lease - Cannery
Signed 2/1/2023
 
Guesmes Channel
51-102452
Easement - Outfall
Signed 09/5/2023
 
Fidalgo Bay
23-106375
License - Right of Entry
Signed 01/23/2024
Snohomish
 
 
Port Susan
20-A10988
Lease – Public Use Pier
Signed 8/29/2023
 
Sultan River
23-B88280
Right of Entry - Smolt Trap
Signed 01/02/2024
 
Skykomish River
51-104567
Easement - Sanitary Sewer Outfall Relplacement
Signed 2/1/2024
 
Pilchuck River
23-106152
Right of Entry - fish habitat enhancement
Signed 3/12/2024
Whatcom
 
 
 
Lake Samish
51-102729
Temporary Easement - County Right of Way
Signed 3/21/2023
 
Lake Samish
51-102713
Easement - County Right of Way
Signed 3/21/2023
 
Lake Whatcom
20-105005
Lease - Boat ramp
Signed 08/22/2023
 
Whatcom Creek Waterway
23-104853
License - Right of Entry
Signed 01/02/2024
 
Birch Bay
31-A93105
Right of Entry - Maintenance Dredging
Signed 01/19/2024
 
Kiket Bay
23-106381
License - Right of Entry
01/29/2024
Various
Grays Harbor, Jefferson & Clallam Counties: Pacific Ocean & Strait of Juan de Fuca
23-C77450
License - Scientific Research
Signed 04/22/2021
 
Jefferson & Kitsap Counties
23-102767
License - Scientific Research
Signed 08/16/2022
 
Strait of Juan de Fuca & Port Madison
23-104881
Right of Entry - Kelp Reciprocal Transplant
Signed 02/05/2024