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County administrator presents land-ownership survey showing large federal holdings, limited taxable acreage
Summary
County Administrator Todd Milke told the Charter Review Commission that federal ownership — chiefly Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest — makes up the largest single landholding category in Clallam County, leaving a substantially smaller share of acreage subject to property tax.
Clallam County Administrator Todd Milke presented a county land-ownership analysis to the Charter Review Commission outlining how federal, state, tribal and local land holdings affect the county’s taxable acreage and revenue base.
Milke told commissioners that federal ownership — primarily Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest — accounts for the single largest category of land in Clallam County. "Overwhelmingly, the largest property owner in Clallam County is the federal government," he said, and he reported approximate acreages from the county’s research: about 525,000 acres federal out of roughly 1.1 million total acres, roughly 166,000 acres state-managed (largely Department of Natural Resources trust lands), and about 4,629 acres listed as…
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