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Board reduces Baudrillard Trust land value after owners cite wildfire damage and comparables

5678082 · August 7, 2025
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The board cut the land value for a 9‑Mile Ranch parcel after the appellant presented recent local sale data and described wildfire damage that reduced the parcel’s buildable land.

The Okanogan County Board of Equalization reduced the land valuation for a 9‑Mile Ranch parcel owned by the Baudrillard Trust after the petitioner presented parcel‑level evidence of wildfire damage and recent area sales that, the petitioner argued, showed lower current land prices.

Don Charnum and other trust representatives told the board the parcel, which had lost forest cover in the 2015 9‑Mile fire, had significant standing dead timber and required years of cleanup. Charnum said the trust’s…

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