Rivers District
   

Applications to use state-owned aquatic lands - 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

Adams

 

 

 

Asotin

 

 

 

Benton

 

 

 

 
Yakima River
23-105169
Right of Entry - Restoration
 
Yakima RIver
51-A53323
Easement - Sanitary Sewer Pipe
Chelan
 
 
 
 
Wenatchee River
51-089451
Easement - Intake for Irrigation Water System
 
Columbia River
51-074762
Easement - One Wastewater Outfall Pipe
 
Wenatchee River
51-100489
Easement - Pedestrian Bridge
 
Lake Chelan
23-102760
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Fish Lake
20-103125
Lease - Existing Boat House
 
Lake Chelan
23-104427
License - Swim Float
 
Columbia River
20-A96793
Lease - Public Access
 
Icicle Creek
51-102140
Easement - Irrigation Intake Pipe
Clark
 
 
 
 
 
Columbia River
51-088557
Easement - Transportation
 
Camas Slough
51-097330
Easement - One Water Intake Pipeline
 
Lewis River
51-098400
Easement - One Water Intake Pipe
 
Columbia River
20-A81284
Lease - Commercial Moorage
 
Columbia River
51-099511
Easement - Water & Sewer Transmission Lines
 
Columbia River
22-A01838
Lease - Dock and Moorage Dolphins
 
Camas Slough & Columbia River
23-101785
Right of Entry - Sediment Sampling
 
Camas Slough
20-09733
Lease - One Water Intake Pipleline
 
Vancouver Lake
20-C12469
Lease - Public Access
 
Columbia River
23-105351
Right of Entry - Removal
 
Washougal River
51-A52762
Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline
 
Lake River
20-107136
Lease - Marine Facility and Moorage
 
Washougal River
20-A72702
Lease
 
Columbia River
20-B76925
Lease - Two (2) Public Access sites
 
Columbia River
22-106284
Aquatic Land Lease
Columbia
Snake River
51-085148
Easement - Railroad Bridge
Cowlitz
North Fork Lewis River 
23-093717
Right of Entry – Net Pens 
 
Cowlitz River
51-032106
Easement Assignment - Fiber Optic Cable
 
Cowlitz River
51-087338
Easement - Water Main
 
Cowlitz River
51-A72781
Easement - Stormwater Outfall
 
Lewis River
51-089625
Easement - Truss Bridge and Water Line
 
Lewis River
51-089931
Easement - Water Intake Line
 
Cowlitz River
51-093041
Easement - Railroad Bridge
 
Old Cowlitz River Channel
23-096672
Right of Entry - Dredging and Pile Removal
 
Fisher Slough
Columbia River
20-094422
Lease - Established Float House
 
Cowlitz River
20-A79679
Lease - Public Boat Launch
 
Kalama River
51-101469
Easement - Fiber Optic Cable
 
Lewis River
20-100039
Lease - Float House
 
Columbia River
23-102994
License - Pile Dike & Enrockment Repair
 
Fisher Island Slough
20-103126
Lease - Float House
 
Cowlitz River
23-107258
Right of Entry - Restoration
 
Cowlitz River
23-107258
Right of Entry - Bank Stabilization & Riparian Restoration
 
Columbia River
20-100974
Lease
 
Cowlitz River
23-107113
Right of Entry - Bank Stabilization & Riparian Restoration
Cowlitz & Clark
 
 
 
Columbia River
31-F53235
Right of Entry - Removal and Sale of Valuable
Douglas
 
 
 
Ferry
Curlew Lake 
20-087966
Lease - Resort Docks
Franklin
 
 
 
 
Snake River
51-102154
Easement - Petroleum Pipeline
 
Snake River
51-102155
Easement - Petroleum Pipeline
 
Columbia River
51-103464
Easement for New Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall & Diffuser
Garfield
 
 
 
Grant
 
 
 
 
Grays Harbor
 
 
Chehalis River
51-087147
Easement - Outfall
 
Grays Harbor
51-089452
Easement - Wastewater Outfall
 
Grays Harbor
51-A72893
Easement - Industrial Waterline, Sewer ine and Railroad Trestle
 
East Fork, Hoquiam River
51-092842
Easement - Stormwater Outfall
 
Moclips River
51-096876
Easement - One Fiber Optic, Two Coaxial Cable Crossing
 
Chehalis River
51-A72894
Easement Reauthorization - Natural Gas Pipeline
 
Chehalis River, Elliot Slough
51-A74411
Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline
 
Satsop River
23-099473
License - Revetment Removal
 
Grays Harbor
22-080015
Port Management Agreement Amendment
 
Grays Harbor
23-105094
Right of Entry - Scientific Studies
 
Quinault River
23-105093
Right of Entry - Non-native vegetation species treatment
 
Quinault River
23-105820
Tribal Conservation Right of Entry - River Restoration
 
Chehalis River
22-A92275
Lease - Harbor Area
 
Hoquiam River
20-B91050
Waterway Permit - Public Dock and Boat Launch
 
Damon Point
93-107589
Invasive Vegetation Treatment
 
Chehalis River
20-107314
Lease - Public Boat Launch
Kittitas
Yakima River
23-097162
Right of Entry - Irrigation Diversion & Bank Reconfiguration
 
Yakima River
51-097711
Easement - Motor Vehicle Bridge and Bank Stabilization
Klickitat
Columbia River
51-A82414
Reauthorization of (1) Industrial Outfall
 
Columbia River
23-104845
Right of Entry - Geotechnical Exploration Borings
Lewis
Chehalis River
51-085104
Easement - Powerline Crossing
 
Cowlitz River
20-A81566
Lease - ADA public access fishing ramps
 
Cowlitz River
20-A82426
Lease - Public boat launch
 
Cowlitz River
23-107513
Cowlitz River
 
Chehalis River
51-107047
Easement - Fiber Optic Cable 
Okanogan
Methow River
51-093167
Easement - Irrigation Intake
 
Okanogan River
51-098199
Easement - Irrigation Intake and Bank
 
Chewuch River
51-100120
Easement - Highway Bridge
 
Okanogan River
51-098990
Easement - Copper cable
 
Methow River
23-103341
Right of Entry - Fisheries Research
Pacific
 
 
Columbia River
51-012624
Easement - Waste Water Outfall
 
Willapa River
51-095706
Easement - One Waste Water Outfall and One Water Intake
 
Niawiakum River
51-097361
Easement - One Water Intake, Two Waste Water Outfalls
 
Niawiakum River
20-B12067
Lease - Shellfish Processing Facility & Moorage
 
Willapa Bay
23-099072
Right of Entry - Commercial Burrowing Shrimp Harvest
 
South Fork Willapa Bay
20-A13410

Lease - Public Pier and Dock

 
Willapa River
51-100185
Easement - Bridge
 
Willapa River
51-100184
Easement - Bridge
 
Willapa River
20-080011
Port Management Agreement - Amendment
 
Willapa River
31-B90864
Right of Entry - Maintenance Dredging
 
Willapa River
20-A84044
Lease - Seafood Processing Facility
 
Willapa River
20-B13505
Lease - Private Dock
 
Willapa River
20-104569
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
 
Willapa River
20-104570
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
Pend Oreille
Pend Oreille River
51-A70809
Easement - Water Intake and Outfall
 
Bead Lake
20-102752
Lease - Private Community Dock
 
Davis Lake
20-102691
Lease - Private Resort
 
Diamond Lake 
20-105495
Lease - Private Community Marina
 
Pend Oreille River
23-105134
Right of Entry - Riverbank Stabilization Project
 
Pend Oreille River
23-105135
Right of Entry - Riverbank Stabilization Project
 
Pend Oreille River
23-105136
Right of Entry - Riverbank Stabilization Project
 
Pend Oreille River
20-102894
Lease - Private Dock
 
Pend Oreille River
20-A13430
Lease - Homeowners Association Dock
 
Pend Oreille River
20-B13407
Lease - Commercial Marina
 
Pend Oreille River
23-B91503
Right of Entry - Water Quality Monitoring
 
Pend Oreille River
20-A84118
Lease - Public Access
Skamania
 
 
 
Spokane
Spokane River
51-079687
Easement - Sediment Remediation Cap
 
Spokane River
51-095946

Easement - One Aerial Fiber Optic Cable

 
Liberty Lake
20-101192
Lease - Community Dock
 
Spokane River
51-101837
Easement - Outfall
 
Clear Lake
20-106698
Lease - Private Recreational Dock
Stevens
Deer Lake
20-104038
Lease - Marina
 
Deer Lake 
20-105282
Lease - Homeowners Association Dock
Thurston
Black Lake
20-085249
Lease - Commercial Docks
 
Nisqually River
23-096704
Right of Entry - Dredging
 
Budd Bay, Puget Sound
22-B02392
Lease - Commercial Marina
 
Budd Inlet
23-106247
Right of Entry - Environmental
 
Boston Harbor
23-A99501
Right of Entry - Temporary Barge Moorage
Wahkiakum
 
 
 
Columbia River
51-089438
Easement - Wastewater Outfall
 
Columbia River
23-097205
Right of Entry - PIT Tag Antenna Barge
 
Columbia River
31-100476
License - Sale of Dredged Material
 
Columbia River
23-102821
License - Research Use Pond Net Fish Trap
 
Columbia River
51-105559
Authorization of New Fiber Optic Line
 
Columbia River
23-106587
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Columbia River
20-A91136
Lease - Commercial Pound Net
 
Columbia River
20-105592
Lease - Commercial Pound Net
Walla Walla

 

 

 

Whitman
 
 
 
 
Yakima
 
 
 
 
Yakima River
51-105563
Installation of Fiber Optic Cable
Various
 
 
 
 
 
Klickitat, Skamania, & Clark
23-107514
Right of Entry - Sediment Sampling
Asotin, Garfield, Whitman
Snake River
20-A99527
Right of Entry - White Sturgeon Research
 
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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 and Decision Date
Adams
 
 
 
Asotin
 
 
Grande Ronde River
23-C83251
Right of Entry - Smolt Monitoring Trap
Signed 5/7/2024
Benton
 
 
 
Columbia River
20-103357
Lease Renewal - Outfall Pipe Storage
Signed 10/14/2024
 
Columbia River
20-013357
Lease Renewal - Outfall Pipe Storage
Signed 10/1/2024
Chelan
 
 
 
 
Wenatchee River
23-104872
Conservation License - Habitat Enhancement 
Signed 6/30/2024
 
Chelan Pass
23-105007
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Signed 7/30/2024
 
Chelan Pass
23-105006
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Signed 7/30/2024
 
Chiwawa River
23-107052
Conservation License - Habitat Enhancement
Signed
Clark
 
 
Columbia River
20-093874
Lease - Commercial Dock, Barge, Tug and Spud Moorage
Signed
Cowlitz
 
 
 
Cowlitz River
23-107113
Right of Entry - Bank Stabilization & Riparian Restoration
Signed 11/1/2024
Douglas
 
 
 
 
Ferry
 
 
 
Franklin
 
 
 
 
Snake River
20-C12787
Lease - Barge Loading Facility
Signed 4/30/2024
Grant
 
 
 
Grays Harbor
 
 
Satsop River
23-105996
Conservation License - Habitat Restoration
Signed 6/12/2024
 
Satsop River
23-106738
Conservation License - Habitat Restoration
Signed 6/12/2024
 
Chehalis River
22-B02485
Lease - Concrete Commercial Dock
Signed 10/4/2024
Kittitas
 
Klickitat
 
 
 
Lewis
 
 
Newaukum River
23-105031
License - Bank Stabilization
Signed 6/5/2024
 
Chehalis River
51-105032
Easement - River Surface Water Intake
Signed 10/25/2024
Okanogan
 
 
Methow River
23-107211
Right of Entry - Riverbank Restoration
Signed 
Pacific
 
 
 
 
 
Willapa River
20-091748
Lease - Commercial Transfer Dock, Commercial Moorage and Processing Facility
Signed 
Pend Oreille
 
 
Pend Oreille River
23-A97810
Right of Entry - Telemetry Equipment Placement
Signed 11/27/2024
Skamania
     
Spokane
 
 
 
Spokane River
23-103859
Right of Entry
Signed 6/17/2024
 
Spokane River
51-081537
Easement - Outfall
Signed 11/8/2024
Stevens
 
 
Thurston
 
 
Wahkiakum
 
 
 
Walla Walla
 
Whitman
 
 
 
Yakima
   
Various
 
 
 
Chelan & Douiglas
Columbia River
51-105041
Authorization of (1) Aerial Fiber Optic Line
Signed 12/29/2023
Chelan & Douglass
Columbia River
51-105900
Easement - Fiber Optic Cables
Signed 11/1/2024