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((short description|State agency managing state trust lands))
((primary sources|date=September 2015))
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| agency_name     = Washington State Department of Natural Resources
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| formed          = ((start date and age|1957))<ref>((cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=February 25, 2003 |title=Washington legislature creates the Department of Natural Resources in 1957. |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5293 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=September 2, 2015))</ref>
| preceding1      = Washington State Division of Forestry
| preceding2      = Washington State Department of Conservation and Development
| preceding3      = Washington State Land Department
| agency_type     = [[Environmental agency]]
| jurisdiction    = [[Washington (state)|State of Washington]]
| headquarters    = Natural Resources Building<br>1111 Washington Street SE<br>[[Olympia, Washington]]
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| chief1_position = Commissioner of Public Lands
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The '''Washington State Department of Natural Resources''' (DNR) manages over ((convert|3000000|acre|km2)) of [[forest]], [[rangeland|range]], [[agricultural]], and commercial lands in the U.S. state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The DNR also manages ((convert|2600000|acre|km2)) of aquatic areas which include [[shoreline]]s, [[tideland]]s, lands under [[Puget Sound]] and the coast, and navigable lakes and rivers. Part of the DNR's management responsibility includes monitoring of mining cleanup, environmental restoration, providing scientific information about [[earthquakes]], [[landslides]], and ecologically sensitive areas. DNR also works towards conservation, in the form of Aquatic Reserves such as [[Maury Island]] and in the form of Natural Area Preserves like [[Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve|Mima Mounds]] or Natural Resource Conservation Areas like [[Woodard Bay Natural Resource Conservation Area]].

The Department was created in 1957 to manage state trust lands for the people of Washington. DNR management of state-owned forests, farms, rangeland, aquatic, and commercial lands generates more than $200&nbsp;million in annual revenue for public schools, state institutions, and county services.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.dnr.wa.gov/about-washington-department-natural-resources|title=About the Washington Department of Natural Resources |website=Washington State Department of Natural Resources|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28))</ref> DNR is also Washington's largest firefighting force, with more than 1,500 firefighters who control [[wildfire|wildland fires]] for more than 13&nbsp;million acres of private and state-owned forest lands.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/wildfire-resources|title=Wildfire Resources |website=Washington State Department of Natural Resources|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28))</ref>

The main sources of funds for the department's activities are [[forestry]] and [[geoduck]] harvesting, rather than taxes. In addition, the State uses revenue generated from DNR-managed lands to fund the construction of public schools, colleges, universities, and other government institutions, and county and state services.

== Commissioner of Public Lands ==
The head of DNR is an elected constitutional officer known as "the Commissioner of Public Lands". Fourteen individuals have served the State of Washington as Commissioner of Public Lands, two of whom (Taylor and Case) served non-consecutive terms.<ref>((Cite book|title=Washington State Yearbook: The Evergreen State Government Directory|publisher=Washington Roll Call|year=2017|location=Olympia, WA))</ref> Otto A. Case also served as [[Washington State Treasurer]] from 1933–1937 and 1941–1945. The Commissioner of Public Lands is seventh  in the [[Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Washington|line of succession]] to the office of [[Governor of Washington]], immediately after the [[Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction#Superintendents of Public Instruction|Superintendent of Public Instruction]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://leg.wa.gov/LawsAndAgencyRules/Pages/constitution.aspx|title=Washington State Constitution|work=[[Washington State Legislature]]|access-date=August 23, 2019))</ref> The current Commissioner of Public Lands is [[Hilary Franz]], who was elected on November 8, 2016.

The longest-serving Commissioner of Public Lands is Bert Cole, who served 24 years from 1957 to 1981 and the second longest-serving Commissioner of Public Lands is Bryan Boyle, who served 12 years from 1981 to 1993.
{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!Party
!Dates Served
|-
|1
|William T. Forrest
|Republican
|1889–1897
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|2
|Robert Bridges
|Populist
|1897–1901
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|3
|S.A. Callvert
|Republican
|1901–1905
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|4
|E.W. Ross
|Republican
|1905–1913
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|5
|Clark V. Savidge
|Republican
|1913–1933
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|6
|A.C. Martin
|Democratic
|1933–1941
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|7, 9
|Jack Taylor
|Democratic
|1941–1945; 1949–1953
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|8, 10
|Otto A. Case
|Democratic
|1945–1949; 1953–1957
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|11
|Bert Cole
|Democratic
|1957–1981
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|12
|Brian Boyle
|Republican
|1981–1993
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|13
|[[Jennifer Belcher]]
|Democratic
|1993–2001
|-
|14
|[[Doug Sutherland (American politician)|Doug Sutherland]]
|Republican
|2001–2009
|-
|15
|[[Peter J. Goldmark]]
|Democratic
|2009–2017
|-
|16
|[[Hilary Franz]]
|Democratic
|2017–present
|}

==Divisions==
* Aquatic Resources
* Conservation, Recreation, and Transactions
* Engineering and General Services
* Financial Management
* Forest Practices
* Forest Resources
* Geology and Earth Resources (often abbreviated as "DGER")<ref>((cite web |title= Inventory of Geothermal Resources in Washington State |url= https://www.nps.gov/articles/mora-geothermal-resources.htm |website=[[National Park Service]] |access-date= May 4, 2019 |language= en ))</ref>
* Human Resources
* Information Technology
* Product Sales and Leasing

==Management of public lands==
===Aquatic reserves===
The Department of Natural Resources has established aquatic reserves throughout the state to protect important native ecosystems on state-owned aquatic lands. Through its aquatic reserves, DNR promotes the preservation, restoration, and enhancement of state-owned aquatic lands that are of special educational, scientific, or environmental interest. Managing aquatic reserves does not affect private or other adjacent land ownership.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.dnr.wa.gov/managed-lands/aquatic-reserves|title=Aquatic Reserves |website=Washington State Department of Natural Resources|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28))</ref>

==Law enforcement==
DNR employs approximately 10 law enforcement officers who are located throughout the state. These officers patrol lands owned or managed by the DNR. DNR officers are full-authority law enforcement officers while they are on DNR lands. Under state law DNR officers are considered to be limited authority law enforcement officers since their state law enforcement authority is only applicable on lands owned by DNR. The majority of the county sheriffs in Washington have commissioned all of their local DNR officers as county deputies allowing them to act as a full authority law enforcement officer throughout the county, not only on DNR lands. DNR officers are dispatched by the [[Washington State Patrol]].

==Natural hazards==
The DNR maintains a portal with [[natural hazard]] information for the public including tsunamis; landslides and earthquakes; volcanoes and [[lahar]]s; and "mineral hazards" ([[asbestos]], heavy metals and naturally occurring uranium, and [[health effects of radon|radon gas]]) in the State of Washington.<ref>((cite news |title= Spurred by Oso landslide, Washington puts maps online to show areas at risk |date= January 16, 2017 |first= Noah |last= Haglund |newspaper=[[The Everett Herald]] |via=''[[The Seattle Times]]'' |url= https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/spurred-by-oso-landslide-washington-puts-maps-online-to-show-areas-at-risk/))</ref><ref>((cite news |title= Geologic Hazards and the Environment |url= https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/geology/geologic-hazards-and-environment |website= Washington State Department of Natural Resources |access-date= 2018-03-05 ))</ref>

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((official website|http://www.dnr.wa.gov/))

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[[Category:State agencies of Washington (state)|Natural Resources]]
[[Category:State environmental protection agencies of the United States]]
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