SPOKANE, Wash. — A farmer near Deer Park has been fined $100,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology for illegal water use.
According to the department, Wild Rose Prairie, property owned by Robert Grieff, has been warned repeatedly about illegal water usage to irrigate 69 acres of land without authorization.
Warnings have escalated into a cease-and-desist order, unpaid fines, and a lien on the property. Ecology first documented Grieff’s violations in 2019…