Rivers District

The Rivers District includes the following counties:

  • All of eastern Washington and the following western Washington counties
  • Benton
  • Chelan
  • Clark
  • Cowlitz
  • Garfield
  • Grays Harbor
  • Kittitas
  • Lewis
  • Pacific
  • Pend Oreille
  • Skamania
  • Thurston
  • Wahkiakum
  • Yakima

Thurston County marine water lease applications are posted on the SHORELINE DISTRICT page.

DNR's aquatic lands managers work with lessees and those with other kinds of use authorizations to use these public aquatic lands with care-protecting habitat and whenever possible, including public access points in their lease.

County Waterbody Applicant Name Type of Use Applicant ID Decision Date
Asotin, Garfield, Whitman Snake River Idaho Power Company Right of Entry - White Sturgeon Research 20-A99527
Benton Yakima River Benton Conservation District Right of Entry - Cold Water Refuge 23-105169
Benton Yakima River City of Richland Public Works Easement - Sanitary Sewer Pipe 51-A53323
Benton Yakima River, Columbia River WDFW Easement 51-109511
Chelan Wenatchee River Cascade Fisheries Enhancement Group Right of Entry - Floodplain Enhancement 23-109224
Chelan Icicle Creek Cascade Orchards Irrigation Company Easement - Irrigation Intake Pipe 51-102140
Chelan Wenatchee River Chelan County Dept of Public Works Easement - Pedestrian Bridge 51-100489
Chelan Columbia River City of Wenatchee Easement - One Wastewater Outfall Pipe 51-074762
Chelan Lake Chelan Edgewater at Chelan Condominiums Lease - Community Marina 20-107316
Chelan Lake Chelan Michael & Maureen Poirier License - Recreational Mooring Buoy 23-102760
Chelan Wenatchee River Pioneer Water Users Association Easement - Intake for Irrigation Water System 51-089451
Chelan Lake Chelan Thomas Burke License - Swim Float 23-104427
Clark Columbia River CBC4, LLC Aquatic Land Lease 22-106284
Clark Washougal River City of Camas Lease 20-A72702
Clark Columbia River City of Vancouver Easement - Water & Sewer Transmission Lines 51-099511
Clark Columbia River City of Washougal Lease - Two (2) Public Access sites 20-B76925
Clark Vancouver Lake Clark County Public Works, Parks & Lands Lease - Public Access 20-C12469
Clark Columbia River Exterior Wood, LLC Outfall Easement 51-107527
Clark Camas Slough Georgia Pacific Consumer Products (Camas) LLC Easement - One Water Intake Pipeline 51-097330
Clark Camas Slough & Columbia River Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC Right of Entry - Sediment Sampling 23-101785
Clark Washougal River Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline 51-A52762
Clark Camas Slough Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products (Camas) LLC Lease - One Water Intake Pipleline 20-09733
Clark Columbia River JT Marine, Inc. Aquatic Land Lease 22-106284
Clark Columbia River LaFarge NW Inc Lease - Dock and Moorage Dolphins 22-A01838
Clark Columbia River Mark Marine Lease - Commercial Moorage 20-A81284
Clark Columbia River Northwest Pipeline LLC Right of Entry - Geotechical boring 23-108335
Clark Columbia River Port of Vancouver Right of Entry - Removal 23-105351
Clark Columbia River Port of Vancouver Easement - Transportation 51-088557
Clark Columbia River Renaissance Boardwalk Ventures LLC Harbor Area Lease - Seawall, Walkway, & Seating 22-103466
Clark Lewis River WA State Dept of Transportation Easement - One Water Intake Pipe 51-098400
Clark East Fork Lewis River Washington Department of Transportation Easement - Bridge Construction 51-106844
Columbia Snake River Union Pacific Railroad Company Easement - Railroad Bridge 51-085148
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Beacon Hill Water and Sewer District Easement - Water Main 51-087338
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company Easement - Railroad Bridge 51-093041
Cowlitz Cowlitz River City of Castle Rock Lease - Public Boat Launch 20-A79679
Cowlitz Kalama River Comcast Easement - Fiber Optic Cable 51-101469
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Comcast of Washington/Oregon Easement Assignment - Fiber Optic Cable 51-032106
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Cowlitz Conservation District  Right of Entry - Bank Stabilization & Riparian Restoration 23-107113
Cowlitz Fisher Slough, Columbia River Darren Crookshanks Lease - Floathouse and Docks 20-A13338
Cowlitz Fisher Island Slough David Leon James Lease - Float House 20-103126
Cowlitz Lewis River Department of Fish and Wildlife Easement - Water Intake Line 51-089931
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Drainage Improvement District No 1 of Cowlitz County Easement - Stormwater Outfall 51-A72781
Cowlitz Lewis River Everett Melish Lease - Float House 20-100039
Cowlitz Fisher Slough Gary and Patricia Modrall Lease - Established Float House 20-094422
Cowlitz Old Cowlitz River Channel J.E. McAmis Right of Entry - Dredging and Pile Removal 23-096672
Cowlitz Columbia River Jeffrey and Jeanette Creagan Lease 20-100974
Cowlitz Lewis River PacifiCorp Energy Easement - Truss Bridge and Water Line 51-089625
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County Easement - Electrical Transmission Line 51-108611
Cowlitz Columbia and Cowlitz River Smurfit Westrock, Inc. License - Maintenance Dredging 23-B94609
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Thomas Davis and Jan Stacy Right of Entry - Bank Stabilization & Riparian Restoration 23-107258
Cowlitz Columbia River U.S. Corps of Engineers, Portland District License - Pile Dike & Enrockment Repair 23-102994
Cowlitz North Fork Lewis River  Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife  Right of Entry – Net Pens  23-093717
Franklin Columbia River City of Pasco Easement for New Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall & Diffuser 51-103464
Franklin, Walla Walla Snake River Tesoro Logistics Northwest Pipeline, LLC Easement 51-109197
Asotin, Garfield, Whitman Snake River Idaho Power Company Right of Entry - White Sturgeon Research 20-A99527
Grays Harbor South Bay Brady's Oysters, Inc. Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-091480
Grays Harbor Chehalis River, Elliot Slough Cascade Natural Gas Corporation Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline 51-A74411
Grays Harbor Moclips River CenturyTel of Washington dba CenturyLink Easement - One Fiber Optic, Two Coaxial Cable Crossing 51-096876
Grays Harbor Chehalis River Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc Easement - Outfall 51-087147
Grays Harbor Satsop River Dept of Fish and Wildlife License - Revetment Removal 23-099473
Grays Harbor Chehalis River Grays Harbor County Easement Reauthorization - Natural Gas Pipeline 51-A72894
Grays Harbor Grays Harbor Grays Harbor County, Dept of Public Services - Utilities Division Easement - Industrial Waterline, Sewer ine and Railroad Trestle 51-A72893
Grays Harbor Chehalis River Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority Lease - Harbor Area 22-A92275
Grays Harbor Grays Harbor Harbor Paper Easement - Wastewater Outfall 51-089452
Grays Harbor East Fork, Hoquiam River Hoquiam Plywood Products, Inc. Easement - Stormwater Outfall 51-092842
Grays Harbor Grays Harbor Port of Grays Harbor Port Management Agreement Amendment 22-080015
Grays Harbor Quinault River Quinault Indian Nation Right of Entry - Non-native vegetation species treatment 23-105093
Grays Harbor Quinault River Quinault Indian Nation Tribal Conservation Right of Entry - River Restoration 23-105820
Grays Harbor Grays Harbor Bay Randy Linard, D.B.A. Wahoo Enterprises Right of Entry - Sand Shrimp Harvest 23-B100219
Grays Harbor Grays Harbor Bay Randy Linard, D.B.A. Wahoo Enterprises Right of Entry - Sand Shrimp Harvest 23-B100219
Grays Harbor Pacific Ocean SEALink Networks, Inc. Easement - Conduit for private leasing 51-107322
Grays Harbor Damon Point WA Department of Natural Resources Invasive Vegetation Treatment 93-107589
Kittitas Yakima River Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group Right of Entry - Irrigation Diversion & Bank Reconfiguration 23-097162
Kittitas Yakima River Sun Island HOA Easement - Motor Vehicle Bridge and Bank Stabilization 51-097711
Klickitat Columbia River Port of Hood River Right of Entry - Geotechnical Exploration Borings 23-104845
Klickitat Columbia River SDS Lumber LLC Reauthorization of (1) Industrial Outfall 51-A82414
Lewis Chehalis River Centralia City Light Easement - Powerline Crossing 51-085104
Lewis Cowlitz River City of Toledo Lease - Public boat launch 20-A82426
Lewis Cowlitz River Tacoma Power Lease - ADA public access fishing ramps 20-A81566
Lewis Cowlitz River Tacoma Public Utilities Cowlitz River 23-107513
Okanogan Okanogan River Aston Irrigation Association Easement - Irrigation Intake and Bank 51-098199
Okanogan Methow River Barkley Irrigation Company Easement - Irrigation Intake 51-093167
Okanogan Okanogan River CenturyLink Easement - Copper cable 51-098990
Okanogan Okanogan River Colville Confederated Tribes Right of Entry - Temporary Fish Weir 23-A96576
Okanogan Methow River Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Right of Entry - Habitat Enhancement 23-109041
Okanogan Methow River Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation Right of Entry - Floodplain Enhancement 23-109042
Okanogan Methow River Okanogan County Public Works Easement - Pedestrian Bridge 51-106697
Okanogan Chewuch River WA State Dept of Transportation Easement - Highway Bridge 51-100120
Okanogan Methow River Washington State Depart of Fish & Wildlife Right of Entry - Fisheries Research 23-103341
Pacific South Fork Willapa Bay City of Raymond Lease - Public Pier and Dock 20-A13410
Pacific Willapa River Coast Seafoods Company Easement - One Waste Water Outfall and One Water Intake 51-095706
Pacific Columbia River Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission License - Scientific Monitoring 23-107323
Pacific Willapa River Harbor Rock, Inc. Lease - Private Dock 20-B13505
Pacific Willapa Bay Herrold Fish & Oyster Co, Inc. Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-B12364
Pacific Willapa Bay Herrold Fish & Oyster Co., Inc. Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-C12821
Pacific Willapa Bay Jeffrey Gabrielson Right of Entry - Commercial Burrowing Shrimp Harvest 23-099072
Pacific Niawiakum River Nisbet Oyster Company Lease - Shellfish Processing Facility & Moorage 20-B12067
Pacific Niawiakum River Nisbet Oyster Company Inc, Easement - One Water Intake, Two Waste Water Outfalls 51-097361
Pacific Willapa River Pacific County Dept of Public Works Easement - Bridge 51-100185
Pacific Willapa River Pacific County Dept of Public Works Easement - Bridge 51-100184
Pacific Willapa River Port of Willapa Harbor Port Management Agreement - Amendment 20-080011
Pacific Willapa River R&J Seafood, LLC Lease - Clam Aquaculture 20-A90401
Pacific Willapa Bay Station House Oyster INC Clam Aquaculture 20-104569
Pacific Willapa Bay Station House Oyster INC Oyster Aquaculture 20-104571
Pacific Willapa Bay Station House Oyster INC Oyster Aquaculture 20-104572
Pacific Willapa Bay Station House Oyster INC Oyster Aquaculture 20-104573
Pacific Willapa River Station House Oyster, Inc. Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-104569
Pacific Willapa River Station House Oyster, Inc. Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-104570
Pacific Willapa Bay University of Washington - Applied Physics Lab Right of Entry - Scientific Mooring Buoys 23-108457
Pacific Columbia River Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Easement - Waste Water Outfall 51-012624
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Brian Blair Right of Entry - Riverbank Stabilization Project 23-105134
Pend Oreille Davis Lake Camp Spalding/Clearwater Lodge Lease - Private Resort 20-102691
Pend Oreille Diamond Lake  Diamond Lake Beach Club Lease - Private Community Marina 20-105495
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Dwayne Phinney Right of Entry - Riverbank Stabilization Project 23-105135
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Eagles Landing Resort, LLC Lease - Commercial Marina 20-B13407
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Osprey Landing Homeowners Association Lease - Homeowners Association Dock 20-A13430
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Ponderay Newsprint Company Easement - Water Intake and Outfall 51-A70809
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Seattle City Light Right of Entry - Water Quality Monitoring 23-B91503
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Sharalyn Spencer Right of Entry - Riverbank Stabilization Project 23-105136
Spokane Spokane River Avista Development Inc Easement - Sediment Remediation Cap 51-079687
Spokane Medical Lake City of Medical Lake Lease - Public Access 20-107537
Spokane Spokane River City of Spokane Engineering Department Easement - Outfall 51-101837
Spokane Spokane River Comcast Easement - One Aerial Fiber Optic Cable 51-095946
Spokane Liberty Lake Sandy Beach Mobile Villa LLC Lease - Community Dock 20-101192
Spokane Clear Lake WA State DSHS Lakeland Village Lease - Private Recreational Dock 20-106698
Stevens Deer Lake  Tamarack Bay Homeowners Dock Association Lease - Homeowners Association Dock 20-105282
Stevens Deer Lake Wanakiwin Park HOA Lease - Marina 20-104038
Thurston Boston Harbor Boston Harbor Association Right of Entry - Temporary Barge Moorage 23-A99501
Thurston Nisqually River City of Centralia Right of Entry - Dredging 23-096704
Thurston Budd Bay, Puget Sound Olympia Yacht Club Lease - Commercial Marina 22-B02392
Thurston Budd Inlet Port of Olympia Right of Entry - Environmental 23-106247
Thurston Black Lake Salmon Shores RV Park Lease - Commercial Docks 20-085249
Wahkiakum Columbia River Charter Communications Authorization of New Fiber Optic Line 51-105559
Wahkiakum Columbia River Christopher Havard License - Recreational Mooring Buoy 23-106587
Wahkiakum Columbia River City of Cathlamet Easement - Wastewater Outfall 51-089438
Wahkiakum Columbia River Doug & Stephanie Olsen Lease - Floating Home 20-A92213
Wahkiakum Columbia River Jon Blair and Tammy Peterson Lease - Commercial Pound Net 20-A91136
Wahkiakum Columbia River Mike and Leah Clark Lease - Commercial Pound Net 20-105592
Wahkiakum Columbia River NOAA Fisheries Right of Entry - PIT Tag Antenna Barge 23-097205
Wahkiakum Columbia River Wahkiakum County Public Works License - Sale of Dredged Material 31-100476
Wahkiakum Grays River Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife License - Fish Trap and Weir 23-B92764
Wahkiakum Columbia River Wild Fish Conservancy License - Research Use Pond Net Fish Trap 23-102821
Franklin, Walla Walla Snake River Tesoro Logistics Northwest Pipeline, LLC Easement 51-109197
Asotin, Garfield, Whitman Snake River Idaho Power Company Right of Entry - White Sturgeon Research 20-A99527
Yakima Yakima River Charter Spectrum Pacific West LLC Installation of Fiber Optic Cable 51-105563
Yakima Columbia River Grant County PUD No. 4 Lease - Private Boat Launch https://wadnr.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#G0000000jGGR/a/Uz00000656yz/cSpEe23qpsQfzn6bEltfIdhVMl.WCeOG.aLf5eT863I
Yakima Yakima River Yakima County Public Services Right of Entry - Habitat Enhancement 23-109223

Approved use authorization applications - RIVERS DISTRICT

DNR has approved the following applications for leases or other land-use authorizations for state-owned aquatic lands in the Rivers District, which includes the following counties: 

  • All of eastern Washington and the following western Washington counties:
  • Clark
  • Cowlitz
  • Grays Harbor
  • Lewis
  • Pacific
  • Skamania
  • Thurston
  • Wahkiakum

Decision notices are posted on this page for one year from the decision date.

County Waterbody Applicant Name Type of Use Applicant ID Decision Date
Asotin Snake River Beamers Landing Lease - Commercial Docks 20-C12496
Asotin Grande Ronde River Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Right of Entry - Smolt Monitoring Trap 23-C83251
Benton Columbia River United States Department of Energy Lease Renewal - Outfall Pipe Storage 20-103357
Benton Columbia River United States Department of Energy Lease Renewal - Outfall Pipe Storage 20-013357
Chelan Wenatchee River Chelan Co. Natural Resources Dept. Conservation License - Habitat Enhancement  23-104872
Chelan Chiwawa River Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Nation Conservation License - Habitat Enhancement 23-107052
Chelan Fish Lake Donald & Katherine Mackenzie Lease - Existing Boat House 20-103125
Chelan Fish Lake Donald & Katherine Mackenzie Lease - Existing Boat House 20-103125
Chelan, Douglas Columbia River Intermountain Infrastructure Group, LLC Easement - Fiber Optic Cables 51-105900
Chelan Chelan Pass Kristen Nolen License - Recreational Mooring Buoy 23-105007
Chelan Chelan Pass Kristen Nolen License - Recreational Mooring Buoy 23-105006
Chelan Columbia River Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County Lease - Public Access 20-A96793
Klickitat, Skamania, Clark Columbia River Cascade Renewable Transmissions LLC Right of Entry - Sediment Sampling 23-107514
Clark Lake River Felida Moorage, LLC Lease - Marine Facility and Moorage 20-107136
Clark Columbia River LSL, LLC Lease - Commercial Dock, Barge, Tug and Spud Moorage 20-093874
Clark Columbia River Mark McCuddy dba MC Marine LLC Lease - Commercial Marina 20-A12811
Cowlitz, Clark Columbia River Northwest Aggregates Co. Right of Entry - Removal and Sale of Valuable 31-F53235
Columbia, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, Cowlitz Snake & Columbia River USA Dept. of Energy Pacific Northwest Site Office Right of Entry - Telemetry 23-107318
Cowlitz Cowlitz River Edward Gunderson Right of Entry - Bank Stabilization & Riparian Restoration 23-107113
Cowlitz North Fork Lewis River  Michael Moore Right of Entry - Riverbank Restoration 23-105109
Cowlitz, Clark Columbia River Northwest Aggregates Co. Right of Entry - Removal and Sale of Valuable 31-F53235
Columbia, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, Cowlitz Snake & Columbia River USA Dept. of Energy Pacific Northwest Site Office Right of Entry - Telemetry 23-107318
Chelan, Douglas Columbia River Intermountain Infrastructure Group, LLC Easement - Fiber Optic Cables 51-105900
Ferry Curlew Lake  Fishermans Cove Resort Lease - Resort Docks 20-087966
Franklin Snake River R W Windust Kahlotus, LLC Lease - Barge Loading Facility 20-C12787
Franklin Snake River Tesoro Logistics NW Pipeline LLC Easement - Petroleum Pipeline 51-102154
Franklin Snake River Tesoro Logistics NW Pipeline LLC Easement - Petroleum Pipeline 51-102155
Columbia, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, Cowlitz Snake & Columbia River USA Dept. of Energy Pacific Northwest Site Office Right of Entry - Telemetry 23-107318
Grant Moses Lake City of Moses Lake Lease - Public Access 20-A89696
Grays Harbor Hoquiam River City of Hoquiam Waterway Permit - Public Dock & Boat Launch 20-B91050
Grays Harbor Satsop River Grays Harbor Conservation District Conservation License - Habitat Restoration 23-105996
Grays Harbor Satsop River Grays Harbor Conservation District Conservation License - Habitat Restoration 23-106738
Grays Harbor Chehalis River Sierra Pacific Industries Lease - Concrete Commercial Dock 22-B02485
Grays Harbor Grays Harbor State of Washington & Cedar River Seafoods LLC Right of Entry - Scientific Studies 23-105094
Grays Harbor Chehalis River Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Lease - Public Boat Launch 20-107314
Klickitat, Skamania, Clark Columbia River Cascade Renewable Transmissions LLC Right of Entry - Sediment Sampling 23-107514
Columbia, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, Cowlitz Snake & Columbia River USA Dept. of Energy Pacific Northwest Site Office Right of Entry - Telemetry 23-107318
Lewis Chehalis River Boisfort Valley Water Easement - River Surface Water Intake 51-105032
Lewis Newaukum River Lewis County Public Works License - Bank Stabilization 23-105031
Lewis Chehalis River Lewis County PUD Easement - Fiber Optic Cable  51-107047
Okanogan Methow River Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation Right of Entry - Riverbank Restoration 23-107211
Pacific Willapa River Pacific Shellfish - South Bend LLC Lease - Commercial Transfer Dock, Commercial Moorage and Processing Facility 20-091748
Pacific Willapa River Pacific Shellfish - South Bend, LLC Right of Entry - Maintenance Dredging 31-B90864
Pacific Willapa River South Bend Products, LLC Lease - Seafood Processing Facility 20-A84044
Pend Oreille Bead Lake Crystal Shores Lot Owner's Association  Lease - Private Community Dock 20-102752
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Dalkena Community Church Lease - Private Dock 20-102894
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Seattle City Light Right of Entry - Telemetry Equipment Placement 23-A97810
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Town of Cusick Lease - Public Access 20-A84118
Klickitat, Skamania, Clark Columbia River Cascade Renewable Transmissions LLC Right of Entry - Sediment Sampling 23-107514
Columbia, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, Cowlitz Snake & Columbia River USA Dept. of Energy Pacific Northwest Site Office Right of Entry - Telemetry 23-107318
Spokane Spokane River Kaiser Aluminum Right of Entry 23-103859
Spokane Spokane River Kaiser Aluminum - Trentwood Easement - Outfall 51-081537
Columbia, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, Cowlitz Snake & Columbia River USA Dept. of Energy Pacific Northwest Site Office Right of Entry - Telemetry 23-107318
Columbia, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, Cowlitz Snake & Columbia River USA Dept. of Energy Pacific Northwest Site Office Right of Entry - Telemetry 23-107318