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WA Rev Code § 76.04.486 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.486 - Escaped slash burns—Obligations.

RCW 76.04.486 Escaped slash burns—Obligations.(1) All personnel and equipment required by the burning permit issued for a slash burn may be required by the department, at the permittee's expense, for suppression of a fire resulting from the slash burn until the fire is declared out by the department. In no case may the permittee provide less than one suitable bulldozer and five persons capable of taking suppression action. In addition, if a slash burn becomes an uncontrolled fire the department may recover from the landowner the actual costs incurred in suppressing the fire. The amount collected from the landowner shall be limited to and calculated at the rate of one dollar per acre for the landowner's total forestlands protected by the department, up to a maximum charge of fifty thousand dollars per escaped slash burn.(2) The landowner contingency forest fire suppression account shall be used to pay and the permittee shall not be responsible for fire suppression expenditures greater than fifty thousand dollars or the total amount calculated for forestlands owned as determined in subsection (1) of this section for each escaped slash burn.(3) All expenses incurred in suppressing a fire resulting from a slash burn in which negligence was involved shall be the obligation of the landowner.[ 1986 c 100 § 32.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.495 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.495 - Negligent starting of fires or allowance of extreme fire hazard or debris—Liability—Recovery of reasonable expenses—Lien.

RCW 76.04.495 Negligent starting of fires or allowance of extreme fire hazard or debris—Liability—Recovery of reasonable expenses—Lien.(1) Any person, firm, or corporation: (a) Whose negligence is responsible for the starting or existence of a fire which spreads on forestland; or (b) who creates or allows an extreme fire hazard under RCW 76.04.660 to exist and which hazard contributes to the spread of a fire; or (c) who allows forest debris subject to RCW 76.04.650 to exist and which debris contributes to the spread of fire, shall be liable for any reasonable expenses made necessary by (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection. The state, a municipality, a forest protective association, or any fire protection agency of the United States may recover such reasonable expenses in fighting the fire, together with costs of investigation and litigation including reasonable attorneys' fees and taxable court costs, if the expense was authorized or subsequently approved by the department. The authority granted under this subsection allowing the recovery of reasonable expenses incurred by fire protection agencies of the United States shall apply only to such expenses incurred after June 30, 1993.(2) The department or agency incurring such expense shall have a lien for the same against any property of the person, firm, or corporation liable under subsection (1) of this section by filing a claim of lien naming the person, firm, or corporation, describing the property against which the lien is claimed, specifying the amount expended on the lands on which the firefighting took place and the period during which the expenses were incurred, and signing the claim with post office address. No claim of lien is valid unless filed, with the county auditor of the county in which the property sought to be charged is located, within a period of ninety days after the expenses of the claimant are incurred. The lien may be foreclosed in the same manner as a mechanic's lien is foreclosed under the statutes of the state of Washington.[ 1993 c 196 § 2; 1986 c 100 § 33.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.525 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.525 - Wildland fire aviation support plan.

RCW 76.04.525 Wildland fire aviation support plan.The department must develop and implement a wildland fire aviation support plan, as recommended by the wildland fire protection 10-year strategic plan, in order to expand and improve the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the department's wildland fire aviation program. The wildland fire aviation support plan must include:(1) Recommendations for the addition of air assets in order for the department to increase its initial attack capability and maintain and improve on the department's ability to manage fires to meet 10-year wildland fire protection and 20-year forest health strategic plan goals;(2) Development of a next-generation rotor wing platform strategy to ensure the availability and use of the latest firefighting aviation technology and provide a path for either the upgrade or replacement, or both, of the department's legacy aircraft;(3) Evaluation of opportunities to increase the use of contract air assets;(4) Evaluation of costs and benefits to increase dedicated air resources during peak fire season when there may be limited available supply due to wildfire activity in other states; and(5) Strategies to upgrade retardant loading and processing infrastructure to improve tanker turnaround time, including support for development of infrastructure to accommodate very large air tankers, at a port with an international airport within a county east of the crest of the Cascade mountains that does not share a border with another state.[ 2021 c 298 § 8.]NOTES:Short title—2021 c 298: See note following RCW 76.04.505.
WA Rev Code § 76.04.600 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.600 - Owners to protect forests.

RCW 76.04.600 Owners to protect forests.Every owner of forestland in the state of Washington shall furnish or provide, during the season of the year when there is danger of forest fires, adequate protection against the spread of fire thereon or therefrom which shall meet with the approval of the department.[ 1986 c 100 § 34.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.620 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.620 - State funds—Loans—Recovery of funds from the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account.

RCW 76.04.620 State funds—Loans—Recovery of funds from the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account.Biennial general fund appropriations to the department of natural resources normally provide funds for the purpose of paying the emergency fire costs and expenses incurred and/or approved by the department in forest fire suppression or in reacting to any potential forest fire situation. When a determination is made that the fire started in the course of or as a result of a landowner operation, moneys expended from such appropriations in the suppression of the fire shall be recovered from the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account. The department shall transmit to the state treasurer for deposit in the general fund any such moneys which are later recovered. Moneys recovered during the biennium in which they are expended may be spent for purposes set forth in this section during the same biennium, without reappropriation. Loans between the general fund and the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account are authorized for emergency fire suppression. The loans shall not exceed the amount appropriated for emergency forest fire suppression costs and shall bear interest at the then current rate of interest as determined by the state treasurer.[ 1986 c 100 § 36.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.650 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.650 - Disposal of forest debris—Permission to allow trees to fall on another's land.

RCW 76.04.650 Disposal of forest debris—Permission to allow trees to fall on another's land.Everyone clearing land or clearing right-of-way for railroad, public highway, private road, ditch, dike, pipe or wire line, or for any other transmission, or transportation utility right-of-way, shall pile and burn or dispose of by other satisfactory means, all forest debris cut thereon, as rapidly as the clearing or cutting progresses, or at such other times as the department may specify, and if during the closed season, in compliance with the law requiring burning permits.No person clearing any land or right-of-way, or in cutting or logging timber for any purpose, may fell, or permit to be felled, any trees so that they may fall onto land owned by another without first obtaining permission from the owner in addition to complying with the terms of this section for the disposal of refuse. All the terms of this section and other forest laws of the state shall be observed in all clearings of right-of-way or other land on behalf of the state itself or any county thereof, either directly or by contract, and, unless unavoidable emergency prevents, provision shall be made by all officials directing the work for withholding a sufficient portion of the payment therefor until the disposal is completed, to insure the completion of the disposal in compliance with this section.[ 1986 c 100 § 38.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.700 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.700 - Failure to extinguish campfire.

RCW 76.04.700 Failure to extinguish campfire.It is unlawful for any person to start any fire upon any camping ground and upon leaving the camping ground fail to extinguish the fire.[ 1986 c 100 § 40.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.710 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.710 - Wilful setting of fire.

RCW 76.04.710 Wilful setting of fire.It is unlawful for any person to wilfully start a fire, whether on his or her land or the land of another, whereby forestlands or the property of another is endangered, under circumstances not amounting to arson in either the first or second degree or reckless burning in either the first or second degree.[ 1986 c 100 § 41.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.720 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.720 - Removal of notices.

RCW 76.04.720 Removal of notices.It is unlawful for any person to wilfully and without authorization deface or remove any warning notice posted under the requirements of this chapter.[ 1986 c 100 § 42.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.730 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.730 - Negligent fire—Spread.

RCW 76.04.730 Negligent fire—Spread.It is unlawful for any person to negligently allow fire originating on the person's own property to spread to the property of another.[ 1986 c 100 § 43.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.740 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.740 - Reckless burning.

RCW 76.04.740 Reckless burning.(1) It is unlawful to knowingly cause a fire or explosion and thereby place forestlands in danger of destruction or damage.(2) This section does not apply to acts amounting to reckless burning in the first degree under RCW 9A.48.040.(3) Terms used in this section shall have the meanings given to them in Title 9A RCW.(4) A violation of this section shall be punished as a gross misdemeanor under RCW 9A.20.021.[ 1986 c 100 § 44.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.750 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.750 - Uncontrolled fire a public nuisance—Suppression—Duties—Summary action—Recovery of costs.

RCW 76.04.750 Uncontrolled fire a public nuisance—Suppression—Duties—Summary action—Recovery of costs.Any fire on or threatening any forestland burning uncontrolled and without proper action being taken to prevent its spread, notwithstanding the origin of the fire, is a public nuisance by reason of its menace to life and property. Any person engaged in any activity on such lands, having knowledge of the fire, notwithstanding the origin or subsequent spread thereof on his or her own or other forestlands, and the landowner, shall make every reasonable effort to suppress the fire. If the person has not suppressed the fire and the fire is on or threatening forestland within a forest protection zone, the department shall summarily suppress the fire. If the owner, lessee, other possessor of such land, or an agent or contractor of the owner, lessee, or possessor, having knowledge of the fire, has not made a reasonable effort to suppress the fire, the cost thereof may be recovered from the owner, lessee, or other possessor of the land and the cost of the work shall also constitute a lien upon the real property or chattels under the person's ownership. The lien may be filed by the department in the office of the county auditor and foreclosed in the same manner provided by law for the foreclosure of mechanics' liens. The prosecuting attorney shall bring the action to recover the cost or foreclose the lien, upon the request of the department. In the absence of negligence, no costs, other than those provided in RCW 76.04.475, shall be recovered from any landowner for lands subject to the forest protection assessment with respect to the land on which the fire burns.When a fire occurs in a land clearing, right-of-way clearing, or landowner operation it shall be fought to the full limit of the available employees and equipment, and the firefighting shall be continued with the necessary crews and equipment in such numbers as are, in the opinion of the department, sufficient to suppress the fire. The fire shall not be left without a firefighting crew or fire patrol until authority has been granted in writing by the department.[ 1988 c 273 § 4; 1986 c 100 § 45.]
WA Rev Code § 76.04.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.04 - Forest Protection.|76.04.900 - Captions—1986 c 100.

RCW 76.04.900 Captions—1986 c 100.As used in this act subchapter and section captions constitute no part of the law.[ 1986 c 100 § 60.]
WA Rev Code § 76.06.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.06 - Forest Insect and Disease Control.|76.06.010 - Forest insects and tree diseases are public nuisance.

RCW 76.06.010 Forest insects and tree diseases are public nuisance.The legislature finds and declares that:(1) Forest insects and forest tree diseases which threaten the permanent timber production of the forested areas of the state of Washington are a public nuisance.(2) Exotic forest insects or diseases, even in small numbers, can constitute serious threats to native forests. Native tree species may lack natural immunity. There are often no natural control agents such as diseases, predators, or parasites to limit populations of exotic forest insects or diseases. Exotic forest insects or diseases can also outcompete, displace, or destroy habitat of native species. It is in the public interest to identify, control, and eradicate outbreaks of exotic forest insects or diseases that threaten the diversity, abundance, and survivability of native forest trees and the environment.[ 2003 c 314 § 1; 1951 c 233 § 1.]NOTES:Findings—2003 c 314: See note following RCW 17.24.220.
WA Rev Code § 76.06.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.06 - Forest Insect and Disease Control.|76.06.030 - Administration—Comprehensive forest health program—Limited liability.

RCW 76.06.030 Administration—Comprehensive forest health program—Limited liability.(1) This chapter shall be administered by the department.(2) The department has the lead role in developing a comprehensive forest health program to achieve the goals of chapter 480, Laws of 2007. Within available funding, the department shall:(a) Develop, gather, and disseminate information on forest health conditions, monitor forest health conditions and changes over time, and coordinate and enter agreements with interested and affected parties;(b) Coordinate with universities, university extension services, federal and state agencies, private, public, and tribal forestland owners, consulting foresters, and forest managers to monitor forest fuel buildup, forest insect and disease outbreaks, and wind and ice storm events; and(c) Coordinate with universities, university extension services, and state and federal agencies to provide education and technical assistance to private, public, and tribal forestland owners on silvicultural and forest management science, techniques, and technology to maintain forests in conditions that are resilient and resistant to disturbance agents.(3) The department may implement a technical committee to advise on subjects and procedures for monitoring forest health conditions and program activities.(4) The department may coordinate, support, and assist in establishing cooperative forest health projects to address outbreaks of insects or diseases. Priority for assistance authorized under this section shall be given to areas under forest health hazard warnings and areas where forest health decline has resulted in increased risk to public safety from fire.(5) The state and its officers and employees are not liable for damages to a person or their property to the extent that liability is asserted to arise from providing or failing to provide assistance under chapter 480, Laws of 2007.[ 2007 c 480 § 3; 1988 c 128 § 16; 1951 c 233 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 76.06.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.06 - Forest Insect and Disease Control.|76.06.040 - Maintenance of forestlands in healthy condition.

RCW 76.06.040 Maintenance of forestlands in healthy condition.Landowners and managers are encouraged to maintain their forestlands in a healthy condition in order to meet their individual ownership objectives, protect public resources as defined in chapter 76.09 RCW, and avoid contributing to forest insect or disease outbreaks or increasing the risk of uncharacteristic fire.[ 2007 c 480 § 4; 1951 c 233 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 76.06.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.06 - Forest Insect and Disease Control.|76.06.130 - Exotic forest insect or disease control—Department's authority and duties—Declaration of forest health emergency.

RCW 76.06.130 Exotic forest insect or disease control—Department's authority and duties—Declaration of forest health emergency.The department is authorized to contribute resources and expertise to assist the department of agriculture in control or eradication efforts authorized under chapter 17.24 RCW in order to protect forestlands of the state.If either the department of agriculture has not taken action under chapter 17.24 RCW or the commissioner finds that additional efforts are required to control or prevent an outbreak of an exotic forest insect or disease which has not become so habituated that it can no longer be eradicated and that poses an imminent danger of damage to the forested environment by threatening the diversity, abundance, and survivability of native tree species, or both, the commissioner may declare a forest health emergency.Upon declaration of a forest health emergency, the department must delineate the area at risk and determine the most appropriate integrated pest management methods to control the outbreak, in consultation with other interested agencies, affected tribes, and affected forestland owners. The department must notify affected forestland owners of its intent to conduct control operations.Upon declaration of a forest health emergency by the commissioner, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with forestland owners, companies, individuals, tribal entities, and federal, state, and local agencies to accomplish control of exotic forest insects or diseases on any affected forestlands using such funds as have been, or may be, made available.The department must proceed with the control of the exotic forest insects or diseases on affected nonfederal and nontribal forestlands with or without the cooperation of the owner. The department may reimburse cooperating forestland owners and agencies for actual cost of equipment, labor, and materials utilized in cooperative exotic forest insect or disease control projects, as agreed to by the department.A forest health emergency no longer exists when the department finds that the exotic forest insect or disease has been controlled or eradicated, that the imminent threat no longer exists, or that there is no longer good likelihood of effective control.Nothing under this chapter diminishes the authority and responsibility of the department of agriculture under chapter 17.24 RCW.[ 2003 c 314 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—2003 c 314: See note following RCW 17.24.220.
WA Rev Code § 76.06.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.06 - Forest Insect and Disease Control.|76.06.140 - Forest health problems—Findings.

RCW 76.06.140 Forest health problems—Findings.The legislature finds as follows:(1) Washington faces serious forest health problems, primarily in eastern Washington, where forests are overcrowded or trees lack sufficient resilience to insects, diseases, wind, ice storms, and fire. The causes of and contributions to these conditions include fire suppression, past timber harvesting and silvicultural practices, altered species composition and stand structure, and the amplified risks that occur when the urban interface penetrates forestland.(2) There is a private and public interest in addressing uncharacteristic outbreaks of native, naturalized, and nonnative insects and diseases, and reducing the risk of significant loss due to ice storms, windstorms, and uncharacteristic fire. The public interest is in protecting forest productivity on forests managed for commodity production; restoring and maintaining forest ecosystem vitality and natural forest processes and functions; reducing the cost of fire suppression and the resulting public expenditures; protecting, restoring, and enhancing fish and wildlife habitat, including the habitat of threatened or endangered species; and protecting drinking water supplies and water quality.(3) Well managed forests are the first line of defense in reducing the likelihood of uncharacteristic fire, insect, and disease events, and supporting conservation and restoration of desired plants and animals. Active management of forests, consistent with landowner objectives and the protection of public resources, is the most economical and effective way to promote forest health and protect communities. Fire, native insects, and diseases perform important ecological functions when their occurrence does not present a material threat to long-term forest productivity and increase the likelihood of uncharacteristic fire.(4) Forest health problems may exist on forestland regardless of ownership, and the state should pursue collaboration with the federal government to address common health deficiencies.[ 2007 c 480 § 1; 2004 c 218 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2004 c 218: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [March 29, 2004]." [ 2004 c 218 § 11.]