79.155.030 – Identification of lands—Minimum program management principles.
RCW 79.155.030 Identification of lands—Minimum program management principles. (1) The department must identify lands for inclusion into the community forest trust, and manage the resulting community forest trust lands, in furtherance of goals that must be identified by the department prior to the creation of a community forest. (2) In addition to any goals for […]
79.155.040 – Department’s authority.
RCW 79.155.040 Department’s authority. (1)(a) Except as limited by RCW 79.155.070, the department is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, donation, grant, transfer, or other means other than eminent domain fee interest or a partial interest, including conservation easements, in lands or other real property suitable for management as part of the community forest trust […]
79.155.050 – Criteria for identification and prioritization of forestlands suitable for potential inclusion in the community forest trust.
RCW 79.155.050 Criteria for identification and prioritization of forestlands suitable for potential inclusion in the community forest trust. (1) The department shall, if it establishes a community forest trust program, develop criteria to be used for the identification and prioritization of forestland that is suitable for potential inclusion in the community forest trust due to […]
79.155.060 – Prioritized list identifying nominated parcels of state land or state forestland.
RCW 79.155.060 Prioritized list identifying nominated parcels of state land or state forestland. (1) The department shall, if it establishes a community forest trust program, submit biennially to the office of financial management and the appropriate committees of the legislature a prioritized list that identifies nominated parcels of state land or state forestland that are […]
79.150.020 – List of potential sources of forest biomass on state lands.
RCW 79.150.020 List of potential sources of forest biomass on state lands. (1) The department may maintain a list of all potential sources of forest biomass on state lands for the purposes of identifying and making forest biomass, as defined in RCW 79.02.010, available for sale, exploration, collection, processing, storage, stockpiling, and conversion into energy, […]
79.150.030 – Forest biomass supply contracts.
RCW 79.150.030 Forest biomass supply contracts. (1) The department is authorized to enter forest biomass supply contracts on terms and conditions acceptable to the department for terms of up to five years, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, for the purpose of providing a supply of forest biomass during the term of […]
79.150.040 – Lease of state land for resource use derived from biomass.
RCW 79.150.040 Lease of state land for resource use derived from biomass. The department is authorized to lease state lands for the purpose of the sale, exploration, collection, processing, storage, stockpiling, and conversion of biomass into energy or biofuels, the development of a biorefinery, or for any other resource use derived from biomass if the […]
79.150.050 – Evaluation of supply agreements under RCW 79.150.030 and 79.150.040—Report to the legislature—Demonstration project authorized.
RCW 79.150.050 Evaluation of supply agreements under RCW 79.150.030 and 79.150.040—Report to the legislature—Demonstration project authorized. (1) For the purpose of improving forest health on state trust lands, and to better clarify the relationship of forest biomass with the by-products of forest health and fuel reduction treatments that have been traditionally utilized for other products, […]
79.155.010 – Findings.
RCW 79.155.010 Findings. (1) The legislature finds that since the 1980s, about seventeen percent of Washington’s commercial forests have been converted to other land uses. (2) The legislature further finds that as these forests vanish, so do the multiple benefits they provide to our communities such as local timber jobs, clean air and water, carbon […]
79.145.030 – Coordinating implementation—Rules.
RCW 79.145.030 Coordinating implementation—Rules. The department shall have the authority to coordinate implementation of the action plan with appropriate state agencies including the parks and recreation commission and the departments of ecology and fish and wildlife. The department is authorized to adopt, in consultation with affected agencies, the necessary rules to provide for the cleanup […]