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Commission delegates perpetual easement with DNR for Steptoe Butte access

Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission · April 16, 2026
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Summary

The Commission authorized the Director to execute a perpetual easement with the Washington Department of Natural Resources to provide ingress and egress to property adjacent to Steptoe Butte State Park; the motion passed 5–1 with Commissioner Sophia Danenberg recorded as opposed.

The Commission voted to delegate authority to the Director to execute a perpetual easement with the Washington Department of Natural Resources to grant ingress and egress to property adjacent to Steptoe Butte State Park Heritage Site in Whitman County. The requested action asked the Commission to authorize the Director or designee to execute the easement substantially in the form presented in the meeting appendices.

“Motion by Scott Merriman to approve the staff recommendation as proposed in the Requested Action above. Second by Alfie Alvarado-Ramos,” the record shows. The vote was recorded as five in favor and one opposed (Sophia Danenberg). No public comment was recorded during the item. The easement is intended to permit DNR access to adjacent lands; specific legal language and map exhibits were referenced in the packet appendices (not reproduced in the transcript).