Trust Land Transfer application · 2027–29 · filed, not granted

Elger Bay

Applied for by Island County · Island County · 173 acres

What the application says

“Securing permanent protection will allow the County to invest considerably more funding into the Preserve to upgrade the condition of existing trails, make certain trails ADA [accessible]... The Preserve surrounds Elger Bay Elementary School, serving as an outdoor classroom.”

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
2026-06-10Presented to the Trust Land Transfer Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee Meeting 4)

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

goskagit: WCLT surpasses 12,000 protected acres — describes the Elger Bay TLT effort incl. June 10 presentation; state lease expires 2031

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 (T31N R3E, Camano Island). Corrections with documentation: records@saveourbacon.news.