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WA Rev Code § 76.13.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands.|76.13.130 - Small parcels—Alternative management plans.

RCW 76.13.130 Small parcels—Alternative management plans.On parcels of twenty contiguous acres or less, landowners with a total parcel ownership of less than eighty acres shall not be required to leave riparian buffers adjacent to streams according to forest practices rules adopted under the forests and fish report as defined in RCW 76.09.020. These landowners shall be subject to the permanent forest practices rules in effect as of January 1, 1999, but may additionally be required to leave timber adjacent to streams that is equivalent to no greater than fifteen percent of a volume of timber contained in a stand of well managed fifty-year old commercial timber covering the harvest area. The additional fifteen percent leave tree level shall be computed as a rotating stand volume and shall be regulated through flexible forest practices as the stream buffer is managed over time to meet riparian functions.On parcels of twenty contiguous acres or less the small forestland owner office shall work with landowners with a total parcel ownership of less than eighty acres to develop alternative management plans for riparian buffers. Such alternative plans shall provide for the removal of leave trees as other new trees grow in order to ensure the most effective protection of critical riparian function. The office may recommend reasonable modifications in alternative management plans of such landowners to further reduce risks to public resources and endangered species so long as the anticipated operating costs are not unreasonably increased and the landowner is not required to leave a greater volume than the threshold level. To qualify for the provisions of this section, parcels must be twenty acres or less in contiguous ownership, and owners cannot have ownership interests in a total of more than eighty acres of forestlands within the state.[ 1999 sp.s. c 4 § 505.]NOTES:Part headings not law—1999 sp.s. c 4: See note following RCW 77.85.180.
WA Rev Code § 76.13.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands.|76.13.140 - Small forestland owners—Value of buffer trees.

RCW 76.13.140 Small forestland owners—Value of buffer trees.In order to assist small forestland owners to remain economically viable, the legislature intends that the qualifying small forestland owners be able to net fifty percent of the value of the trees left in the buffer areas. The amount of compensation offered in RCW 76.13.120 shall also include the compliance costs for participation in the forestry riparian easement program, including the cost of preparing and recording the forestry riparian easement, and any business and occupation tax and real estate excise tax imposed because of entering into the forestry riparian easement. The small forestland owner office may contract with private consultants that the office finds qualified to perform timber cruises of forestry riparian easements or to lay out streamside buffers and comply with other forest practices regulatory requirements related to the forestry riparian easement program. The department shall reimburse qualifying small forestland owners for the actual costs incurred for laying out the streamside buffers and marking the qualifying timber once a contract has been executed for the forestry riparian easement program. Reimbursement is subject to the work being acceptable to the department. The small forestland owner office shall determine how the reimbursement costs will be calculated.[ 2011 c 218 § 2; 2002 c 120 § 3; 2001 c 280 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 76.13.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands.|76.13.160 - Qualifying small forestland owner—Review of certain records.

RCW 76.13.160 Qualifying small forestland owner—Review of certain records.When establishing a forestry riparian easement program applicant's status as a qualifying small forestland owner pursuant to RCW 76.13.120, the department shall not review the applicant's timber harvest records, or any other tax-related documents, on file with the department of revenue. The department of revenue may confirm or deny an applicant's status as a small forestland owner at the request of the department. However, for the purposes of this section, the department of revenue may not disclose more information than whether or not the applicant has reported a harvest or harvests totaling greater than or less than the qualifying thresholds established in RCW 76.13.120. Nothing in this section, or RCW 84.33.280, prohibits the department from reviewing aggregate or general information provided by the department of revenue.[ 2011 c 218 § 3; 2004 c 102 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 76.13.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands.|76.13.170 - List of forest riparian easements to be funded.

RCW 76.13.170 List of forest riparian easements to be funded.(1) Before November 1st of each even-numbered year, the department must recommend to the governor a list of all forest riparian easement applications to be funded under RCW 76.13.120. The governor must determine the number of applications to receive funding and then submit the list in the capital budget request to the legislature. The list must include, but not be limited to, the date of the forestry riparian easement application, the type of qualifying timber, estimates of the value of the easement, aerial photograph maps of the application area, and an estimate of administrative costs for purchase of easements.(2) The governor or the legislature may remove an application from the list if there is evidence that the applicant is a nonqualifying landowner for a forestry riparian easement.[ 2011 c 218 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 76.13.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands.|76.13.180 - Sale of land to nonqualifying landowner—Selling landowner must reimburse the state.

RCW 76.13.180 Sale of land to nonqualifying landowner—Selling landowner must reimburse the state.If, within the first ten years after receipt of compensation for a forestry riparian easement, a landowner sells the land on which an easement is located to a nonqualifying landowner, then the selling landowner must reimburse the state for the full compensation received for the forestry riparian easement. The department continues to hold, in the name of the state, the forestry riparian easement for the full term of the easement. The department may not transfer the easement to any entity other than another state agency.[ 2011 c 218 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 76.13.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands.|76.13.190 - Integrated small forestland owner forest health program.

RCW 76.13.190 Integrated small forestland owner forest health program.(1) There is established an integrated small forestland owner forest health program that promotes the coordination and delivery of services with federal, state, and local agencies, including local fire districts, conservation districts, and community wildfire resilience coalitions, forest landowner associations, colleges and universities, landowner assistance organizations, consultants, forest resource-related industries, and environmental organizations to nonindustrial forests and woodland owners, hereafter referred to as small forestland owners.(2) Under the state forester's direction, the program must:(a) Integrate existing landowner assistance forest health programs consistent with the recommendations of "Washington's Small Forest Landowners in 2020, Status, Trends and Recommendations after 20 years of Forests & Fish, January 2021" (the report required by chapter 457, Laws of 2019), to more efficiently and effectively reach the diversity of small forestland owner audiences to take forest health action;(b) Identify and remove barriers to technical assistance, funding, and forest health management planning;(c) Increase education and outreach to small forestland owners; and(d) Distribute funding effectively to move high wildfire risk areas to lower risk.(3) Priority areas for forest health treatment under the Washington state forest action plan, the 10-year forest health strategic plan, and the wildland fire protection 10-year strategic plan may not prohibit technical support or stewardship plan support for small forestland owner lands outside the designated emphasis areas.[ 2021 c 298 § 7.]NOTES:Short title—2021 c 298: See note following RCW 76.04.505.
WA Rev Code § 76.14.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.010 - Definitions.

RCW 76.14.010 Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Department" means the department of natural resources;(2) "Forestland" means any lands considered best adapted for the growing of trees; and(3) The term "owner" means and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, federal land managing agencies, state of Washington, counties, municipalities, and other forestland owners.[ 2000 c 11 § 14; 1988 c 128 § 37; 1953 c 74 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.020 - Yacolt burn designated high hazard area—Rehabilitation required.

RCW 76.14.020 Yacolt burn designated high hazard area—Rehabilitation required.The Yacolt burn situated in Clark, Skamania, and Cowlitz counties in townships 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 north, ranges 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7 1/2 and 8 east is hereby designated a high hazard forest area requiring rehabilitation by the establishment of extensive protection facilities and by the restocking of denuded areas artificially to restore the productivity of the land.[ 1953 c 74 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.030 - Administration.

RCW 76.14.030 Administration.This chapter shall be administered by the department.[ 1988 c 128 § 38; 1953 c 74 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.040 - Duties.

RCW 76.14.040 Duties.The department shall use funds placed at its disposal to map, survey, fell snags, build firebreaks and access roads, increase forest protection activities and do all work deemed necessary to protect forestlands from fire in the rehabilitation zone, and to perform reforestation and do other improvement work on state lands in the rehabilitation zone.[ 1988 c 128 § 39; 1955 c 171 § 1; 1953 c 74 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.050 - Firebreaks—Powers of department—Grazing lands.

RCW 76.14.050 Firebreaks—Powers of department—Grazing lands.The department is authorized to cooperate with owners of land located in the area described in RCW 76.14.020 in establishing firebreaks in their most logical position regardless of land ownership. The department may by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise acquire easements for road rights-of-way and land or interests therein located in the high hazard forest area described in RCW 76.14.020 for any purpose deemed necessary for access for forest protection, reforestation, development and utilization, and for access to state owned lands within the area described in RCW 76.14.020 for all other purposes, and the department shall have authority to regulate the use thereof. When the landowner is using the land for agricultural grazing purposes the state shall maintain gates or adequate cattle guards at each place the road enters upon the private landowner's fenced lands.[ 1988 c 128 § 40; 1975 1st ex.s. c 101 § 1; 1955 c 171 § 2; 1953 c 74 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.051 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.051 - Firebreaks—Preexisting agreements not altered.

RCW 76.14.051 Firebreaks—Preexisting agreements not altered.Nothing in the provisions of RCW 76.14.050 as now or hereafter amended shall be construed to otherwise alter the terms of any existing agreements heretofore entered into by the state and private parties under the authority of RCW 76.14.050 as now or hereafter amended.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 101 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.060 - Powers and duties—Private lands.

RCW 76.14.060 Powers and duties—Private lands.The department shall have authority to acquire the right by purchase, condemnation or otherwise to cause snags on private land to be felled, slash to be disposed of, and to take such other measures on private land necessary to carry out the objectives of this chapter.[ 1988 c 128 § 41; 1955 c 171 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.070 - Powers and duties—Expenditure of public funds.

RCW 76.14.070 Powers and duties—Expenditure of public funds.The department shall have authority to expend public money for the purposes and objectives provided in this chapter.[ 1988 c 128 § 42; 1955 c 171 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.080 - Fire protection projects—Assessments—Payment.

RCW 76.14.080 Fire protection projects—Assessments—Payment.The department shall develop fire protection projects within the high hazard forest area and shall determine the boundaries thereof in accordance with the lands benefited thereby and shall assess one-sixth of the cost of such projects equally upon all forestlands within the project on an acreage basis. Such assessment shall not, however, exceed twenty-five cents per acre annually nor more than one dollar and fifty cents per acre in the aggregate and shall constitute a lien upon any forest products harvested therefrom. The landowner may by written notice to the department elect to pay his or her assessment on a deferred basis at a rate of ten cents per thousand board feet and/or one cent per Christmas tree when these products are harvested from the lands for commercial use until the assessment plus two percent interest from the date of completion of each project has been paid for each acre. Payments under the deferred plan shall be credited by forty acre tracts and shall be first applied to payment of the assessment against the forty acre tract from which the funds were derived and secondly to other forty acre tracts held and designated by the payor. In the event total ownership is less than forty acres, then payment shall be applied on an undivided basis to the entire areas as to which the assessment remains unpaid. The landowner who elects to pay on deferred basis may pay any unpaid assessment and interest at any time.[ 2013 c 23 § 232; 1988 c 128 § 43; 1955 c 171 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.090 - Fire protection projects—Notice—Hearing.

RCW 76.14.090 Fire protection projects—Notice—Hearing.Notice of each project, the estimated assessment per acre, and a description of the boundaries thereof shall be given by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation thirty days in advance of commencing work. Any person owning land within the project may within ten days after publication of notice demand a hearing before the department in Olympia and present any reasons why he or she feels the assessment should not be made upon his or her land. Thereafter, the department may change the boundaries of said project to eliminate land from the project which it determines in its discretion will not be benefited by the project.[ 2013 c 23 § 233; 1988 c 128 § 44; 1955 c 171 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.100 - Fire protection projects—Collection of assessments.

RCW 76.14.100 Fire protection projects—Collection of assessments.Except when the owner has notified the department in writing that he or she will make payment on the deferred plan, the assessment shall be collected by the department reporting the same to the county assessor of the county in which the property is situated upon completion of the work in that project and the assessor shall annually extend the amounts upon the tax rolls covering the property, and the amounts shall be collected in the same manner, by the same procedure, and with the same penalties attached as the next general state and county taxes on the same property are collected. Errors in assessments may be corrected at any time by the department by certifying them to the treasurer of the county in which the land involved is situated. Upon the collection of such assessments, the county treasurer shall transmit them to the department. Payment on the deferred plan shall be made directly to the department. Such payment must be made by January 31st for any timber or Christmas trees harvested during the previous calendar year and must be accompanied by a statement of the amount of timber or number of Christmas trees harvested and the legal description of the property from which they were harvested. Whenever an owner paying on the deferred plan desires to pay any unpaid balance or portion thereof, he or she may make direct payment to the department.[ 2013 c 23 § 234; 1988 c 128 § 45; 1955 c 171 § 7.]NOTES:Collection of taxes: Chapter 84.56 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 76.14.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.110 - Fire protection projects—Credit on assessment for private expenditure.

RCW 76.14.110 Fire protection projects—Credit on assessment for private expenditure.Where the department finds that a portion of the work in any project, except road building, has been done by private expenditures for fire protection purposes only and that the work was not required by other forestry laws having general application, then the department shall appraise the work on the basis of what it would have cost the state and shall credit the amount of the appraisal toward payment of any sums assessed against lands contained in the project and owned by the person or his or her predecessors in title making the expenditure. Such appraisal shall be added to the cost of the project for purposes of determining the general assessment.[ 2013 c 23 § 235; 1988 c 128 § 46; 1955 c 171 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 76.14.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.14 - Forest Rehabilitation.|76.14.120 - Landowner's responsibility under other laws.

RCW 76.14.120 Landowner's responsibility under other laws.This chapter shall not relieve the landowner of providing adequate fire protection for forestland pursuant to RCW 76.04.610 or, in lieu thereof, of paying the forest fire protection assessment specified, but shall be deemed as providing solely for extra fire protection needed in the extrahazardous fire area.[ 1986 c 100 § 56; 1955 c 171 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 76.15.007 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.15 - Urban Forest Management.|76.15.007 - Purpose.

RCW 76.15.007 Purpose.The purpose of this chapter is to:(1) Encourage planning for, planting, maintaining, and managing of trees in the state's cities, counties, and tribal lands and maximize the potential of tree and vegetative cover in improving the quality of the environment;(2) Encourage the coordination of activities by state, local agency, and federally recognized tribes, and maximize resident participation in the development and implementation of urban and community forestry-related programs, including through capacity building to facilitate participation from new partners;(3) Foster healthy economic activity for the state's urban and community forestry-related businesses through cooperative and supportive contracts with the private business sector;(4) Facilitate the creation of employment opportunities related to urban and community forestry activities, including opportunities for youth, especially in urban areas, to learn teamwork, resource conservation, environmental appreciation, and job skills;(5) Provide meaningful voluntary opportunities for the state's residents and organizations interested in urban and community forestry activities;(6) Contribute to improved human health through targeted delivery of programs and activities in highly impacted communities with greater health disparities;(7) Contribute to salmon and orca recovery through targeted delivery of programs and activities in regions that include important salmon habitat identified by regional salmon recovery plans.[ 2021 c 209 § 3; 1991 c 179 § 2.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.
WA Rev Code § 76.15.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products|Chapter 76.15 - Urban Forest Management.|76.15.020 - Authority.

RCW 76.15.020 Authority.(1) The department may establish and maintain a program in urban and community forestry to accomplish the purpose stated in RCW 76.15.007. The department may assist cities, counties, and federally recognized tribes in establishing and maintaining urban and community forestry programs and encourage appropriate and improved tree management and care.(2) The department may advise, encourage, and assist cities, counties, tribes, and other public and private entities in the development and coordination of policies, programs, and activities for the promotion of urban and community forestry.(3) The department may appoint a committee or council to advise the department in establishing and carrying out a program in urban and community forestry.(4) The department may assist municipal and county tree maintenance programs by making surplus equipment available on loan where feasible for urban and community forestry programs and cooperative projects.(5) An owner of private property may opt out of a voluntary urban and community forestry program established by a city, county, or federally recognized tribe pursuant to this chapter. The property owner opting out must provide notice to the city, county, or federally recognized tribe in either written or electronic form.[ 2021 c 209 § 5; 2008 c 299 § 3; 1991 c 179 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.Short title—2008 c 299: "This act may be known and cited as the evergreen communities act." [ 2008 c 299 § 37.]