WATCH: Grant County ranchers take wetland fight to appeals court

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A Washington ranching family fighting for the right to a jury trial filed an appeal this week after a judge dismissed their lawsuit against the state. Wade and Teresa King, owners of King Ranch in Grant and Douglas counties, are asking the Washington Court of Appeals to reverse the dismissal and to stop an administrative proceeding against them while their appeal is considered. 23, 2021, advising them of the state's claim that they had no right to excavate their stock water ponds on regulated wetlands.

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• "It's supposedly wetlands and the King's expert says that [cost] will be over $3.5 million." ECOLOGY'S POSITION Via email to The Center Square Friday, DOE suggested they have followed Washington law every...
• Ecology claims the Kings' routine maintenance violated the Washington Pollution Control Act and the department issued large fines and told the Kings they had to restore the land at their own expense.
• "The department sent out what's called a penalty order requiring the King's to pay $270,000 and some.
• Then the Kings are stuck either paying and complying and then also stuck with restoring the property that was damaged," said Dunford.