Trust Land Transfer application · 2027–29 · filed, not granted
Babcock Bench
Applied for by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife · Grant County · 1,071 acres
Acreage note: 2027-29 application field blank; 1,071 from DNR 2025-27 booklet (est. $850,000); WDFW 2023 factsheet cites 1,235-1,532 for larger scope
Carryover — ranked 6th on the 2025-27 list, unfunded.
What the application says
“WDFW has been leasing these parcels from DNR. The parcels will be managed as they have been for decades, as open space available to all for recreational uses... Acquisition of inholdings in Quincy Lakes Unit is listed in Goal 6B of the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area Management Plan.”
Verbatim from the application (application Part D), DNR's public application repository.
Status
- 2025-09-302027-29 application cycle closed (40 applications received; 30 advanced)
- 2026-04-15Public comment period on advanced applications closed
- 2026-06-04Presented to the Trust Land Transfer Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee Meeting 3)
An application is not a transfer: the advisory committee scores parcels, the Board of Natural Resources approves a ranked list, and any transfer requires an appropriation in the state capital budget.
Coverage
- Columbia Basin Herald 2024-09-09 (prior cycle); ranked #6 on 2025-27 list, not funded — reapplied
Documents
The application file in DNR's public repository →
DNR's Best Interests analyses and committee-meeting recordings
live in the same repository; our archived copies land here as the
records pipeline ingests them.
Parcel/applicant as listed by DNR — Proposed and Current Transfers (retrieved 2026-08-11). County: application Part B (T19 R22 S36; T19 R23 S16). Corrections with documentation: records@saveourbacon.news.