STATE OF WASHINGTON

| April 12, 2005 9:00 PM

Orchard/Vineyard Lease Nos. 12-070848

and 12-070849

24 Year Lease Term

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) offers for lease at Sealed Bid Public Auction the following parcels:

Lease 12-070848: Farm Unit 55, First Revision of Irrigation Block 73, of Columbia Basin Project, Grant County, Washington, within Section 4, Township 20 North, Range 25 East, W.M., and Section 33, Township 21 North, Range 25 East, W.M., Grant County, Washington, containing 121.1 acres.

Lease 12-070849: Farm Unit 56, First Revision of Irrigation Block 73, of Columbia Basin Project, Grant County, Washington, within Section 33, Township 21 North, Range 25 East, W.M., Grant County, Washington, containing 115.6 acres.

Lease covenants may be examined at the Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata, WA, DNR Southeast Region Headquarters located at 713 Bowers Rd, Ellensburg, WA 98926, or the office of the Commissioner of Public Lands, Olympia, WA. Sealed

bid auction for both leases will be held at the Southeast Region Headquarters on May 11, 2005 at 2:00 p. m.. For bidder's qualification packets call (509) 925-0912.

DOUG SUTHERLAND, Commissioner of Public Lands

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Pub.: April 12, 2005