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

 

 

 

 

Snake River
20-100384
Lease - Private Dock
Benton

 

 

 

Chelan
Columbia River
Number Pending
Easement - Irrigation Intake Pipe
 
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
20-B13136
Lease - Private Community Marina
 
Lake Chelan
23-104427
License - Swim Float
 
Chelan Pass
23-105006
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Chelan Pass
23-105007
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
 
Columbia River
20-A96793
Lease - Public Access
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
20-093874
Lease - Commercial Dock, Barge, Tug and Spud Moorage
 
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
 
Lake River
20-B12817
Lease - Felida Marina
 
Washougal River, Columbia River
51-A52762
Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline 
 
Columbia River
23-105351
Right of Entry - Removal
 
Columbia River
23-A96870
Conservation License - Wetland Habitat Enhancement
 
Washougal River
51-A52762
Easement - Natural Gas Pipeline
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
 
Columbia River
20-102104
Lease - Private Dock
 
Kalama River
23-A93892
Right of Entry - Fish Weir
 
Lewis River
20-100039
Lease - Float House
 
Columbia River
23-102994
License - Pile Dike & Enrockment Repair
 
Fisher Island Slough
20-103126
Lease - Float House
 
North Fork Lewis River
23-105109
Right of Entry - Riverbank Restoration
Cowlitz & Clark
 
 
Douglas
Columbia River
20-A85096
Lease - Private Community Marina
Ferry
Curlew Lake 
20-087966
Lease - Resort Docks
Franklin
 
 
 
 
Snake River
51-102154
Easement - Petroleum Pipeline
 
Snake River
51-102155
Easement - Petroleum Pipeline
 
Snake River 
20-C12787
Lease - Barge Loading Facility
 
Columbia River
51-103464
Easement for New Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall & Diffuser
 
Columbia River
51-104551
Easement for expanded construction area
 
Columbia River 
23-104550
Right of Entry for barge spudding
Garfield
 
 
 
Grant
 
 
 
 
 
Columbia River
23-C83732
Right of Entry - Vernita Bar Fish Project 
Grays Harbor
Grays Harbor
Number Pending
Right of Entry - Pier Repair
 
Chehalis River
51-087147
Easement - Outfall
 
Upper Quinault River
Number Pending
Logjam
 
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
 
Chehalis River
23-104824
License - Bank Stabilization
 
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
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
 
Chehalis River
51-105824
(2) Separate Fiber Optic Lines
 
Newaukum River
23-105031
License - Bank Stabilization
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
 
Osoyoos Lake
51-A47628
Reauthorization of Existing Structure (Zosel Dam)
Pacific
Willapa Bay
Number Pending
Right of Entry  - Marina Dredging
 
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 Bay
20-103218
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
 
Naselle River in Willapa Bay
20-104256
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 
 
Naselle River in Willapa Bay
20-104257
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
 
Naselle River in Willapa Bay
20-104258
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
 
Naselle River in Willapa Bay
20-104259
Lease - Oyster Aquaculture
 
Willapa River
20-080011
Port Management Agreement - Amendment
 
Willapa River
20-091748
Lease - Commercial Transfer Dock, Commercial Moorage and Processing Facility
Pend Oreille
Pend Oreille River
51-A70809
Easement - Water Intake and Outfall
 
Pend Oreille River
20-A80688
Lease - Private Marina
 
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
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
 
Spokane River
23-103859
Right of Entry
 
Spokane River
51-105033
Easement - Intake/Pump House
 
Spokane River
51-081537
Easement - Outfall
 
Spokane River
23-103859
Right of Entry
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
31-D74156
License - Sale of Valuable Material
 
Columbia River
51-105559
Authorization of New Fiber Optic Line
 
Columbia River
23-106587
License - Recreational Mooring Buoy
Walla Walla

 

 

 

 
Columbia River
51-105948
Easement - Water intake
Whitman
 
 
 
 
Yakima
 
 
 
 
Naches River
51-101709
Easement - Water Intake Control
 
Yakima River
51-105563
Installation of Fiber Optic Cable
Various
 
 
 
 
Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, & Clark
Columbia River
31-100182
License - Dredge Material Removal and Sale
 
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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
Snake River
20-C12493
Private Boat Launch
Signed 5/17/2023
Benton  
 
Chelan
 
 
 
 
Wenatchee River
23-103192
Right of Entry - Fisheries research
Signed 05/12/2022
Clark
 
 
Camas Slough - Columbia River
23-104439
Right of Entry - pipeline repairs
Signed 2/6/2023
 
Camas Slough - Columbia River
51-104438
Easement - 54" Effluent Pipeline
Signed 2/8/2023
 
Camas Slough - Columbia River
51-104437
Easement - 6" Steel Water Pipeline
Signed 2/8/2023
 
Salmon Creek
51-104541
Temporary Construction Easement
Signed 7/20/2023
 
Lake River
51-104542 
Temporary Construction Easement
Signed 7/20/2023
 
Columbia River
31-C81291
Right of Entry - Removal and sale of sand and gravel
Signed 8/9/2023
 
Columbia River
23-096818
Right of Entry - Channel Maintenance Dredging
Signed 10/13/2023
Clark and Cowlitz
Washougal River & Coweeman River
23-A95887
Fish Weir
Signed 3/29/2023
Cowlitz
 
 
 
Kalama River
51-101499
Easement - Irrigation Waterline
Signed 03/23/2022
 
Cowlitz RIver
31-104087
License - Dredge Material Excavation
Signed 10/23/2023
Douglas
 
 
 
 
 
Ferry
 
 
 
Franklin
     
Grant
 
 
 
 
 
Grays Harbor
Grays Harbor Bay
23-100219
Right of Entry - Sand Shrimp Harvest
Signed 1/23/2020
 
Elliot Slough
51-100246
Easement - Waterpipe
Signed 09/25/2020
 
Grays Harbor Bay
20-A100219
Sand Shrimp Harvest Right of Entry
Signed 5/31/2022
Kittitas
Yakima River
51-100891
Easement - electrical transmission
Signed 12/18/2020
Klickitat
 
 
 
Lewis
Newaukum River
23-104004
Right of Entry 
Signed 8/26/2022
 
Cowlitz River
51-105827
2 Separate Fiber Optic Lines
Signed 11/20/2023
Okanogan
Okanogan River
23-099147
Conservation License - Side Channel Connection
Signed 1/23/2020
 
Okanogan River
23-096576
Right of Entry - Temporary Fish Weir
Signed 1/21/2020
 
Chewuch River
23-102102
Conservation License - Habitat Enhancement
Signed 06/21/21
 
Lake Similkameen
23-103339
License - Sediment Sampling
Signed 4/7/2022
 
Methow River
23-103340
Conservation License - Habitat Enhancement
Signed 7/06/2022
Pacific
 
 
 
 
 
Willapa Bay
23-100441
Right of Entry - Commercial Shrimp Harvesting
Signed 02/28/2020
 
Willapa Bay
23-105183
Right of Entry - Burrowing Shrimp Research
Signed 5/4/2023
Pend Oreille
Pend Oreille River
20-100375
Lease - Public Access
Signed 05/07/2021
Skamania
     
Spokane
 
 
 
Spokane River
51-099713
Easement - Greene St/SR 395 Bridge Replacement
Signed 2/28/2023
 
Spokane RIver
23-A94020
Right of Entry
Signed 10/28/2023
Stevens
Colville River
51-105859
Easement - Utility Easement
Signed 11/1/2023
Thurston
Deschutes River
51-101724
Easement - Electrical Distribution Line
Signed 6/07/2023
Wahkiakum
 
 
 
Walla Walla
Snake River
51-102247
Easement - Irrigation Water Intake
Signed 2/1/2023
 
Snake River
23-104329
Right of Entry - Water Intake
Signed 2/1/2023
Whitman
 
 
 
Yakima
   
 
Naches River
23-103031
Right of Entry - Floodplain Channel Restoration
Signed 3/27/2023
Various
Asotin & Whitman
51-A50608
Reauthorization of Existing Fiber Optic Line 
Chelan & Douiglas
Columbia River
51-105041
Authorization of (1) Aerial Fiber Optic Line
Signed 12/29/2023
     
     
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