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

Twisp A

Filed as “Mill Hill A” — DNR's page uses a different label.

Applied for by Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation · Okanogan County · 200 acres

What the application says

“This parcel will be managed consistent with the Colville Tribe's Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP)... Reacquiring properties in our traditional territories ensures we have management control, allowing us to prioritize actions that benefit the hunting, fishing, gathering, and cultural rights the Tribe's retain in that area.”

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
2026-05-27Presented to the Trust Land Transfer Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee Meeting 2)

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

Methow Valley News 2025-11-13: Colville Tribes, Town of Twisp seek same DNR property
Methow Valley News 2026-03-19: Twisp backs out; MOU signed with Tribes; mayor's letter of support; Town's competing Okanogan A/B applications WITHDRAWN per Box folder

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 (T33N R22E Sec 16). Corrections with documentation: records@saveourbacon.news.