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Ecology fines Coulee City ranch for wetlands damage

by CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE
Staff Writer | February 14, 2023 4:46 PM

COULEE CITY — The Washington State Department of Ecology has fined a Coulee City-area rancher nearly $268,000 for illegally damaging about two-dozen alkali wetland areas near Park Lake just south of Coulee City.

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