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
Benton Columbia River Level 3 Communications LLC Easement - Fiber Optic Cable 51-110814
Benton Columbia Level 3 Communications LLC Easement - Fiber Optic Cable 51-110867
Benton Columbia River Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Right of Entry - Scientific Monitoring 23-C91879
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 Lake Chelan City of Chelan Easement - Waterline 51-109464
Chelan Lake Chelan City of Chelan License - No-Wake Buoy 23-A99854
Chelan Columbia River City of Wenatchee Easement - One Wastewater Outfall Pipe 51-074762
Chelan Fish Lake Fish Lake Community Club Lease - Private Community Dock 20-110763
Chelan Lake Chelan Lake Chelan Yacht Club Lease - Private Marina 20-C10383
Chelan Lake Chelan Missouri Harbor Homeowners' Association Lease - Private Marina 20-108847
Chelan Lake Chelan Mitchell Bowman License - Private Mooring Buoy 23-110874
Chelan Wenatchee River Pioneer Water Users Association Easement - Intake for Irrigation Water System 51-089451
Chelan Lake Chelan Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County Lease - Public Marina 20-B11991
Chelan Lake Wenatchee Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Lease - Public Boat Launch 20-107321
Clark Columbia River Camas Rivers Edge HOA Lease - Private Community Dock 20-A84533
Clark Lewis River City of La Center Stormwater Outfall into the Lewis River 51-110217
Clark Columbia River City of Vancouver Easement - Water & Sewer Transmission Lines 51-099511
Clark Vancouver Lake Clark County Public Works, Parks & Lands Lease - Public Access 20-C12469
Clark Columbia River Fazio Brothers Sand Company, Inc. Right of Entry - Material Removal and Sale 31-F50305
Clark Columbia River LaFarge NW Inc Lease - Dock and Moorage Dolphins 22-A01838
Clark Columbia River Mark Marine Lease - Commercial Moorage 20-A81284
Clark Lewis River Plas Newydd LLC Right of Entry - Habitat Enhancement 23-110220
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 Columbia River Alan & Margaret Engstrom Lease - Residential Float House 20-C12054
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 Cowlitz River City of Castle Rock License - Dredge Material Removal & Sale 31-109790
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 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 Lewis River Fish First Lease - Aquaculture Net Pens 20-109547
Cowlitz Fisher Slough, Columbia River Gary Slyter Lease - Float Home 20-A12894
Cowlitz Columbia River Jeffrey and Jeanette Creagan Lease 20-100974
Cowlitz Columbia River John VanVessem Lease - Marina 20-109799
Cowlitz Columbia River Nippon Dynawave Easement - Outfall 51-109976
Cowlitz Lewis River PacifiCorp Energy Easement - Truss Bridge and Water Line 51-089625
Cowlitz Lewis River Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Lease - Public Access Boat Ramps 20-B11890
Cowlitz Kalama River WDFW Right of Entry - Seasonal Fish Weir 23-B93892
Franklin, Walla Walla Snake River Tesoro Logistics Northwest Pipeline, LLC Easement 51-109197
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 Hoquiam River City of Hoquiam License - Levee Construction 23-111431
Grays Harbor Hoquiam River City of Hoquiam License - Levee Construction 23-111433
Grays Harbor Hoquiam River City of Hoquiam Lease - Levee Construction & Use 20-111434
Grays Harbor Hoquiam River City of Hoquiam License - Levee Construction 23-111435
Grays Harbor License - Mitigation Site City of Hoquiam License - Mitigation Site 23-111436
Grays Harbor Hoquiam River City of Hoquiam Easement - Stormwater Outfall 51-111431
Grays Harbor Chehalis River Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc Easement - Outfall 51-087147
Grays Harbor Wynoochee River Grays Harbor Conservation District License - Habitat Restoration 23-110284
Grays Harbor Chehalis River Grays Harbor County Easement Reauthorization - Natural Gas Pipeline 51-A72894
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 Elk River Lytle Seafoods, LLC Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-110388
Grays Harbor John's River Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Wastewater Outfall into the John's River 51-A84152
Grays Harbor Wynoochee River Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Lease - Public Boat Launch 20-110454
Kittitas Yakima River City of Cle Elum Wastewater Outfall into the Yakima River 51-A76378
Kittitas Yakima River Sun Island HOA Easement - Motor Vehicle Bridge and Bank Stabilization 51-097711
Kittitas Yakima River Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Lease - Public Access and Boat Launch 20-A85190
Klickitat, Skamania Columbia River Cascade Renewable Transmission, LLC Right of Entry - Geotechnical 23-110123
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
Okanogan Okanogan River Aston Irrigation Association Easement - Irrigation Intake and Bank 51-098199
Okanogan Okanogan River CenturyLink Easement - Copper cable 51-098990
Okanogan Okanogan River City of Okanogan Public Access 20-B12620
Okanogan Methow River Town of Winthrop Easement - Wastewater Outfall 51-077575
Okanogan Okanogan River Washington State Department of Transportation Easement - Bridge 51-110482
Pacific Willapa Bay Bay Center Mariculture Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-B12781
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 Willapa River Harbor Rock, Inc. Lease - Private Dock 20-B13505
Pacific Niawiakum River Nisbet Oyster Co. Inc. Lease - Pacific Oyster Wet Storage and Vessel Moorage 20-A13647
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 51-100184
Pacific Willapa River Pacific County Dept of Public Works Easement - Bridge 51-100185
Pacific Willapa River Pacific County Properties LLC Lease - Private Commercial Dock 20-111374
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 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 - Navigational Buoys 23-109851
Pend Oreille Pend Oreille River Sharalyn Spencer Right of Entry - Riverbank Stabilization Project 23-105136
Klickitat, Skamania Columbia River Cascade Renewable Transmission, LLC Right of Entry - Geotechnical 23-110123
Skamania Columbia River Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Lease - Public Access Boat Ramp and Dock 20-B11083
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 Spokane River GVD Commercial Properties Lease - Public Access Dock 20-109665
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 Budd Bay, Puget Sound Olympia Yacht Club Lease - Commercial Marina 22-B02392
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 Jon Blair and Tammy Peterson Lease - Commercial Pound Net 20-A91136
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 Columbia River Wahkiakum County Public Works Lease - Public Use & Access Park 20-C10512
Wahkiakum Grays River Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife License - Fish Weirs 23-110893
Franklin, Walla Walla Snake River Tesoro Logistics Northwest Pipeline, LLC Easement 51-109197
Yakima Naches River City of Yakima Easement - Irrigation Intake & Roughened Channel 51-101763

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, Garfield, Whitman Snake River Idaho Power Company Right of Entry - White Sturgeon Research 23-A99527
Asotin Snake River Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Right of Entry - Gravel Bar Dispersal 23-108199
Benton Yakima River WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife Right of Entry - PIT Tag Detection Barge 23-109145
Benton Yakima River, Columbia River WDFW Easement 51-109511
Benton Columbia River WDFW Easement - Installation of Silt Fence 51-110004
Chelan Wenatchee River Cascade Fisheries Enhancement Group Right of Entry - Floodplain Enhancement 23-109224
Chelan Lake Chelan Edgewater at Chelan Condominiums Lease - Community Marina 20-107316
Chelan, Douglas Columbia River Intermountain Infrastructure Group Easement - Fiber Optic Cable 51-109735
Chelan Lake Chelan Stevens Landing LLC Lease - Private Marina 20-107317
Chelan Lake Chelan Sunnybank Community Association Lease - Community Marina 20-108924
Clark Columbia River CBC4, LLC Aquatic Land Lease 22-106284
Clark Washougal River City of Camas Lease 20-A72702
Clark Columbia River City of Washougal Lease - Two (2) Public Access sites 20-B76925
Clark Columbia River Exterior Wood, LLC Outfall Easement 51-107527
Clark Fisherman's Slough Kadow's Marina Aquatic Land Lease - Commercial Marina & Moorage 20-B13479
Clark Columbia River Northwest Pipeline LLC Right of Entry - Geotechical boring 23-108335
Clark Columbia River Renaissance Boardwalk Ventures LLC Harbor Area Lease - Seawall, Walkway, & Seating 22-103466
Cowlitz Columbia River Nathan (Jeff) Bopp Lease - Personal Use Dock 20-109468
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
Chelan, Douglas Columbia River Intermountain Infrastructure Group Easement - Fiber Optic Cable 51-109735
Franklin Columbia River City of Pasco Easement for New Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall & Diffuser 51-103464
Asotin, Garfield, Whitman Snake River Idaho Power Company Right of Entry - White Sturgeon Research 23-A99527
Grays Harbor South Bay Brady's Oysters, Inc. Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-091480
Grays Harbor Pacific Ocean SEALink Networks, Inc. Easement - Conduit for private leasing 51-107322
Klickitat Columbia River Hood River - White Salmon Bridge Authority Right of Entry - Geotechnical Exploration Borings 23-109720
Okanogan Okanogan River Colville Confederated Tribes Right of Entry - Temporary Fish Weir 23-A96576
Okanogan Foghorn Reach of the Methow River Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Nation Right of Entry - Habitat Restoration 23-110300
Okanogan Methow River Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation Floodplain Enhancement 23-110697
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 Similkameen River Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County Right of Entry - Utility Distribution Line 23-A100281
Okanogan Lake Osoyoos Sandalia Osoyoos Beach Condo Association Lease - Private Community Dock 20-A84119
Okanogan Methow River The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Nation Right of Entry - Fisheries research 23-107111
Okanogan Chewuch River Town of Winthrop Right of Entry - Riprap replacement 23-109796
Okanogan Chewuch River WA State Dept of Transportation Easement - Highway Bridge 51-100120
Pacific Willapa Bay Bay Center Mariculture Lease - Oyster Aquaculture 20-B12782
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 Station House Oyster INC Oyster Aquaculture 20-104573
Pacific Willapa Bay Station House Oyster INC Oyster Aquaculture 20-104571
Pacific Willapa Bay Station House Oyster INC Oyster Aquaculture 20-104572
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 Naselle River WA Department of Fish and Wildlife License - Naselle Hatchery Weir 20-110115
Spokane Clear Lake WA State DSHS Lakeland Village Lease - Private Recreational Dock 20-106698
Wahkiakum Columbia River Doug & Stephanie Olsen Lease - Floating Home 20-A92213
Wahkiakum Columbia River Mike and Leah Clark Lease - Commercial Pound Net 20-105592
Wahkiakum Grays River Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife License - Fish Trap and Weir 23-B92764
Asotin, Garfield, Whitman Snake River Idaho Power Company Right of Entry - White Sturgeon Research 23-A99527
Yakima Columbia River Grant County PUD No. 4 Lease - Private Boat Launch 20-B11345
Yakima Yakima River Yakima County Public Services Right of Entry - Habitat Enhancement 23-109223