79.15.510 – Contract harvesting—Program established.
RCW 79.15.510 Contract harvesting—Program established. (1) The department may establish a contract harvesting program for directly contracting for the removal of timber and other valuable materials from state lands and for conducting silvicultural treatments consistent with RCW 79.15.540. (2) The contract requirements must be compatible with the office of financial management’s guide to public service […]
79.15.520 – Contract harvesting revolving account.
RCW 79.15.520 Contract harvesting revolving account. (1) The contract harvesting revolving account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from the gross proceeds of the sale of logs from a contract harvesting sale must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the payment of […]
79.15.530 – Contract harvesting—Special appraisal practices.
RCW 79.15.530 Contract harvesting—Special appraisal practices. The board of natural resources must determine whether any special appraisal practices are necessary for logs sold by the contract harvesting processes, and if so, must adopt the special appraisal practices or procedures. In its consideration of special appraisal practices, the board of natural resources must consider and adopt […]
79.15.540 – Intent—Contract harvesting—State trust forestland with identified forest health deficiencies.
RCW 79.15.540 Intent—Contract harvesting—State trust forestland with identified forest health deficiencies. (1) The legislature intends to ensure, to the extent feasible given all applicable trust responsibilities, that trust beneficiaries receive long-term income from timberlands through improved forest conditions and by reducing the threat of forest fire to state trust forestlands. (2) In order to implement […]
79.15.410 – Removal only for personal use.
RCW 79.15.410 Removal only for personal use. In addition to other matters which may be required to be contained in the application for a license under this chapter the applicant must certify that the wood so removed is to be only for the applicant’s own personal use and in his or her own home and […]
79.15.420 – Issuance of license—Fee.
RCW 79.15.420 Issuance of license—Fee. The application may be made to the department, and if deemed proper, the license may be issued upon the payment of two dollars and fifty cents which shall be paid into the treasury of the state by the officer collecting the same and placed in the resource management cost account […]
79.15.430 – Removal of firewood without charge.
RCW 79.15.430 Removal of firewood without charge. Whenever the department determines that it is in the best interest of the state and there will be a benefit to the lands involved or a state program affecting such lands it may designate specific areas and authorize the general public to enter upon lands under its jurisdiction […]
79.15.440 – Penalty.
RCW 79.15.440 Penalty. Any false statement made in the application or any violation of the provisions of RCW 79.15.400 through 79.15.430 shall constitute a gross misdemeanor and be punishable as such. [ 2003 c 334 § 234; 1945 c 97 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7797-40d. Formerly RCW 76.20.040.] NOTES: Intent—2003 c 334: See […]
79.15.500 – Contract harvesting—Definitions.
RCW 79.15.500 Contract harvesting—Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 79.15.500 through 79.15.530 and 79.15.540 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of public lands. (2) “Contract harvesting” means a timber operation occurring on state forestlands, in which the department contracts with a firm or individual to perform all […]
79.15.210 – Findings—Damage to timber.
RCW 79.15.210 Findings—Damage to timber. From time to time timber on state land is damaged by events such as fire, windstorms, and flooding. After such events the timber becomes very susceptible to loss of value and quality due to rot and disease. To obtain maximum value for the state, it is important to sell any […]