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Skagit farm fined after water rights violations

Farm facing 'unprecedented' $267,000 penalties

Skagit Valley Farm shipping and receiving parking lot.
Skagit Valley Farm, a group of several farm LLCs, received an "unprecedented" fine from the state Department of Ecology for unpermitted water usage. The farm did not have water rights for more than 300 acres they irrigated throughout last summer's drought. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
By Julia Lerner Staff Reporter
The Skagit Valley Farm, a system of farm LLCs owned and operated by several farmers in the region, p
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