WA Supreme Court rules that trust lands are to fund schools FOX13
Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the Department of Natural Resources must manage state trust lands for the financial benefit of schools and other institutions, rejecting a claim by environmental groups that such lands should be managed to benefit all residents.
The Supreme Court also ruled that DNR is obligated by law to manage forest lands for the benefit of counties who granted land to the state. "DNR’s discretionary land management strategies are neither unconstitutional nor arbitrary and capricious," the court said in affirming the trial court’s dismissal of the case.Upon Washington’s statehood in 1889, the federal government granted the state 3 million acres of land, designated to support public institutions, including K-12 school construction and state universities. Approximately 2 million acres of the federally-granted state trust lands are forested.
Conservation Northwest, Washington Environmental Council, Olympic Forest Coalition, and eight affected individuals from across the state filed a lawsuit, contending that state lands are currently managed to maximize revenue for certain funds above all other objectives.
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