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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.480 - Identification of projects that mitigate infrastructure and noninfrastructure development.

RCW 76.09.480
Identification of projects that mitigate infrastructure and noninfrastructure development.
The department and, when appropriate, the small forestland owner office established in RCW 76.13.110 must assist in identifying potential projects that can be used for the mitigation of infrastructure and noninfrastructure development, as those terms are defined in RCW 90.74.010, as provided in RCW 90.74.040.
[ 2012 c 62 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.900 - Short title.

RCW 76.09.900
Short title.
Sections 1 through 28 of this 1974 act shall be known and may be cited as the "Forest Practices Act of 1974".
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 § 29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.905 - Air pollution laws not modified.

RCW 76.09.905
Air pollution laws not modified.
Nothing in RCW 76.09.010 through 76.09.280 or 90.48.420 shall modify chapter 70A.15 RCW or any other provision of law relating to the control of air pollution.
[ 2021 c 65 § 80; 1974 ex.s. c 137 § 31.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.910 - Shoreline management act, hydraulics act, other statutes and ordinances not modified—Exceptions.

RCW 76.09.910
Shoreline management act, hydraulics act, other statutes and ordinances not modified—Exceptions.
Nothing in RCW 76.09.010 through 76.09.280 as now or hereafter amended shall modify any requirements to comply with the Shoreline Management Act of 1971 except as limited by RCW 76.09.240 as now or hereafter amended, or the hydraulics act (*RCW 77.55.100), other state statutes in effect on January 1, 1975, and any local ordinances not inconsistent with RCW 76.09.240 as now or hereafter amended.
[ 2003 c 39 § 35; 1975 1st ex.s. c 200 § 12; 1974 ex.s. c 137 § 32.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 77.55.100 was repealed by 2005 c 146 § 1006.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.915 - Repeal and savings.

RCW 76.09.915
Repeal and savings.
(1) The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(a) Section 2, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 1, chapter 218, Laws of 1947, section 1, chapter 44, Laws of 1953, section 1, chapter 79, Laws of 1957, section 10, chapter 207, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 76.08.010;
(b) Section 1, chapter 193, Laws of 1945 and RCW 76.08.020;
(c) Section 3, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 2, chapter 218, Laws of 1947, section 1, chapter 115, Laws of 1955 and RCW 76.08.030;
(d) Section 4, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 3, chapter 218, Laws of 1947, section 2, chapter 79, Laws of 1957 and RCW 76.08.040;
(e) Section 5, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 4, chapter 218, Laws of 1947, section 3, chapter 79, Laws of 1957, section 11, chapter 207, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 76.08.050;
(f) Section 6, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 5, chapter 218, Laws of 1947, section 2, chapter 44, Laws of 1953, section 12, chapter 207, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 76.08.060;
(g) Section 7, chapter 193, Laws of 1945 and RCW 76.08.070;
(h) Section 8, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 6, chapter 218, Laws of 1947, section 3, chapter 44, Laws of 1953, section 2, chapter 115, Laws of 1955, section 1, chapter 40, Laws of 1961 and RCW 76.08.080; and
(i) Section 9, chapter 193, Laws of 1945, section 4, chapter 44, Laws of 1953 and RCW 76.08.090.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing repealer, obligations under such sections or permits issued thereunder and in effect on January 1, 1975, shall continue in full force and effect, and no liability thereunder, civil or criminal, shall be in any way modified.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 § 34.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.920 - Application for extension of prior permits.

RCW 76.09.920
Application for extension of prior permits.
Permits issued by the department under the provisions of RCW 76.08.030 during 1974 shall be effective until April 1, 1975 if an application has been submitted under the provisions of RCW 76.09.050 prior to January 1, 1975.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 § 35.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.925 - Effective dates—1974 ex.s. c 137.

RCW 76.09.925
Effective dates—1974 ex.s. c 137.
RCW 76.09.030, 76.09.040, 76.09.050, 76.09.060, 76.09.200, 90.48.420, and 76.09.935 are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately. RCW 76.09.010, 76.09.020, 76.09.070, 76.09.080, 76.09.090, 76.09.100, 76.09.110, 76.09.120, 76.09.130, 76.09.140, 76.09.150, 76.09.160, 76.09.170, 76.09.180, 76.09.190, * 76.09.210, * 76.09.220, * 76.09.230, 76.09.240, 76.09.250, 76.09.260, 76.09.270, 76.09.280, 76.09.900, 76.09.905, 76.09.910, 76.09.930, 76.09.915, and 76.09.920 shall take effect January 1, 1975.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 § 37.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 76.09.210, 76.09.220, and 76.09.230 were repealed by 2010 c 210 § 41.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices. › 76.09.935 - Severability—1974 ex.s. c 137.

RCW 76.09.935
Severability—1974 ex.s. c 137.
If any provision of this 1974 act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 137 § 36.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.10 - Surface Mining.

Chapter 76.10 RCW
SURFACE MINING
NOTES:
Reviser's note: Chapter 64, Laws of 1970 ex. sess. has been codified as chapter 78.44 RCW, "Mines, minerals, and petroleum" although section 1 of the act states "Sections 2 through 25 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 76 RCW." As the act pertains solely to surface mining, the change in placement has been made to preserve the subject matter arrangement of the code.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands. › 76.13.005 - Finding.

RCW 76.13.005
Finding.
The legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(1) Over half of the private forest and woodland acreage in Washington is owned by landowners with less than five thousand acres who are not in the business of industrial handling or processing of timber products.
(2) Nonindustrial forests and woodlands are absorbing more demands and impacts on timber, fish, wildlife, water, recreation, and aesthetic resources, due to population growth and a shrinking commercial forestland base.
(3) Nonindustrial forests and woodlands provide valuable habitat for many of the state's numerous fish, wildlife, and plant species, including some threatened and endangered species, and many habitats can be protected and improved through knowledgeable forest resource stewardship.
(4) Providing for long-term stewardship of nonindustrial forests and woodlands in growth areas and rural areas is an important factor in maintaining Washington's special character and quality of life.
(5) In order to encourage and maintain nonindustrial forests and woodlands for their present and future benefit to all citizens, Washington's nonindustrial forest and woodland owners' long-term commitments to stewardship of forest resources must be recognized and supported by the citizens of Washington state.
[ 1991 c 27 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands. › 76.13.007 - Purpose.

RCW 76.13.007
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to:
(1) Promote the coordination and delivery of services with federal, state, and local agencies, colleges and universities, landowner assistance organizations, consultants, forest resource-related industries and environmental organizations to nonindustrial forest and woodland owners.
(2) Facilitate the production of forest products, enhancement of wildlife and fisheries, protection of streams and wetlands, culturing of special plants, availability of recreation opportunities and the maintenance of scenic beauty for the enjoyment and benefit of nonindustrial forest and woodland owners and the citizens of Washington by meeting the landowners' stewardship objectives.
[ 1991 c 27 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands. › 76.13.010 - Definitions.

RCW 76.13.010
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply to RCW 76.13.005, 76.13.007, 76.13.020, and 76.13.030.
(1) "Cooperating organization" means federal, state, and local agencies, colleges and universities, landowner assistance organizations, consultants, forest resource-related industries, and environmental organizations which promote and maintain programs designed to provide information and technical assistance services to nonindustrial forest and woodland owners.
(2) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(3) "Landowner" means an individual, partnership, private, public or municipal corporation, Indian tribe, state agency, county, or local government entity, educational institution, or association of individuals of whatever nature that own nonindustrial forests and woodlands.
(4) "Nonindustrial forests and woodlands" are those suburban acreages and rural lands supporting or capable of supporting trees and other flora and fauna associated with a forest ecosystem, comprised of total individual land ownerships of less than five thousand acres and not directly associated with wood processing or handling facilities.
(5) "Stewardship" means managing by caring for, promoting, protecting, renewing, or reestablishing or both, forests and associated resources for the benefit of the landowner, the natural resources and the citizens of Washington state, in accordance with each landowner's objectives, best management practices, and legal requirements.
[ 2000 c 11 § 11; 1999 sp.s. c 4 § 502; 1991 c 27 § 3.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 sp.s. c 4: See note following RCW 77.85.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands. › 76.13.020 - Authority.

RCW 76.13.020
Authority.
In order to accomplish the purposes stated in RCW 76.13.007, the department may:
(1) Establish and maintain a nonindustrial forest and woodland owner assistance program, and through such a program, assist nonindustrial forest and woodland owners in meeting their stewardship objectives.
(2) Provide direct technical assistance through development of management plans, advice, and information to nonindustrial forestland owners to meet their stewardship objectives.
(3) Assist and facilitate efforts of cooperating organizations to provide stewardship education, information, technical assistance, and incentives to nonindustrial forest and woodland owners.
(4) Provide financial assistance to landowners and cooperating organizations.
(5) Appoint a stewardship advisory committee to assist in establishing and operating this program.
(6) Loan or rent surplus equipment to assist cooperating organizations and nonindustrial forest and woodland owners.
(7) Work with local governments to explain the importance of maintaining nonindustrial forests and woodlands.
(8) Take such other steps as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1991 c 27 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands. › 76.13.030 - Funding sources—Fees—Contracts.

RCW 76.13.030
Funding sources—Fees—Contracts.
The department may:
(1) Receive and disburse any and all moneys contributed, allotted, or paid by the United States under authority of any act of congress for the purposes of this chapter.
(2) Receive such gifts, grants, bequests, and endowments and donations of moneys, labor, material, seedlings, and equipment from public or private sources as may be made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and may spend the gifts, grants, bequests, endowments, and donations as well as other moneys from public or private sources according to their terms.
(3) Charge fees for attendance at workshops and conferences, for various publications and other materials which the department may prepare.
(4) Enter into contracts with cooperating organizations having responsibility to carry out programs of similar purposes to this chapter.
[ 1991 c 27 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.13 - Stewardship of Nonindustrial Forests and Woodlands. › 76.13.100 - Findings.

RCW 76.13.100
Findings.
(1) The legislature finds that increasing regulatory requirements continue to diminish the economic viability of small forestland owners. The concerns set forth in RCW 77.85.180 about the importance of sustaining forestry as a viable land use are particularly applicable to small landowners because of the location of their holdings, the expected complexity of the regulatory requirements, and the need for significant technical expertise not readily available to small landowners. The further reduction in harvestable timber owned by small forestland owners as a result of the rules to be adopted under RCW 76.09.055 will further erode small landowners' economic viability and willingness or ability to keep the lands in forestry use and, therefore, reduce the amount of habitat available for salmon recovery and conservation of other aquatic resources, as defined in RCW 76.09.020.
(2) The legislature finds that the concerns identified in subsection (1) of this section should be addressed by establishing within the department of natural resources a small forestland owner office that shall be a resource and focal point for small forestland owner concerns and policies. The legislature further finds that a forestry riparian easement program shall be established to acquire easements from small landowners along riparian and other areas of value to the state for protection of aquatic resources. The legislature further finds that small forestland owners should have the option of alternate management plans or alternate harvest restrictions on smaller harvest units that may have a relatively low impact on aquatic resources. The small forestland owner office should be responsible for assisting small landowners in the development and implementation of these plans or restrictions.
[ 2003 c 39 § 36; 1999 sp.s. c 4 § 501.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 sp.s. c 4: See note following RCW 77.85.180.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.15 - Urban Forest Management. › 76.15.030 - Funding sources—Fees—Contracts.

RCW 76.15.030
Funding sources—Fees—Contracts.
The department may:
(1) Receive and disburse any and all moneys contributed, allotted, or paid by the United States under authority of any act of congress for the purposes of this chapter;
(2) Receive such gifts, grants, bequests, and endowments and donations of labor, material, seedlings, and equipment from public or private sources as may be made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and may spend the gifts, grants, bequests, endowments, and donations as well as other moneys from public or private sources;
(3) Charge fees for attendance at workshops and conferences, and for various publications and other materials that the department may prepare;
(4) Enter into agreements and contracts with cities, counties, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and others having urban and community forestry-related responsibilities.
[ 2021 c 209 § 6; 1991 c 179 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.15 - Urban Forest Management. › 76.15.040 - Primary duty, department's—Cooperation.

RCW 76.15.040
Primary duty, department's—Cooperation.
The department shall assume the primary responsibility of carrying out this chapter and shall cooperate with other private and public, state and federal persons, any agency of another state, the United States, any agency of the United States, or any agency or province of Canada.
[ 1991 c 179 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.15 - Urban Forest Management. › 76.15.050 - Agreements for urban tree planting.

RCW 76.15.050
Agreements for urban tree planting.
The department may enter into agreements with one or more nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is urban tree planting. The agreements must be directed at furthering public education about and support for urban tree planning, planting, establishment, care, and long-term maintenance, and for obtaining voluntary activities by the local community organizations in tree planting programs. The agreements must ensure these programs are consistent with the purposes of the urban and community forestry program under this chapter.
[ 2021 c 209 § 7; 1993 c 204 § 10.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.
Findings—1993 c 204: See note following RCW 35.92.390.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.15 - Urban Forest Management. › 76.15.060 - Urban tree planting to be encouraged.

RCW 76.15.060
Urban tree planting to be encouraged.
The department must encourage urban planting and care through establishment and long-term management of trees, encouraging varieties that are site-appropriate and provide the best combination of energy and water conservation, fire safety and other safety, wildlife habitat, stormwater management, and aesthetic value. The department may provide technical assistance in developing programs in tree planting for energy conservation in areas of the state where such programs are most cost-effective. The department must conduct analyses and prioritize target regions for delivery of programs, policies, and activities that include criteria related to human health and salmon recovery data as provided in RCW 76.15.100.
[ 2021 c 209 § 8; 1993 c 204 § 11.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.
Findings—1993 c 204: See note following RCW 35.92.390.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.15 - Urban Forest Management. › 76.15.090 - Evergreen community designation—Department's duties.

RCW 76.15.090
Evergreen community designation—Department's duties.
(1) The department shall manage the application and evaluation of candidates for evergreen community designation.
(2) The department shall develop the criteria for an evergreen community designation program. Under this program, the state may recognize as an evergreen community a city, county, or area of tribal land that has developed an excellent urban forest management program.
(3) Designation as an evergreen community must include no fewer than two graduated steps. The department may require additional graduated steps and establish the minimum requirements for each recognized step.
(a) The first graduated step of designation as an evergreen community includes satisfaction of the following requirements:
(i) The development and implementation of a tree board or tree department;
(ii) The development of a tree care ordinance;
(iii) The implementation of an urban forestry program with an annual budget of at least $2.00 for every city resident;
(iv) Official recognition of arbor day; and
(v) The completion of or update to an existing urban forest inventory for the city, county, or tribal land, or the formal adoption of an inventory developed for the city, county, or tribe by the department.
(b) The second graduated step of designation as an evergreen community includes the adoption of an urban forestry management plan. The management plan must:
(i) Exceed the minimum standards determined by the department; and
(ii) Incorporate meaningful community engagement from vulnerable populations located in the area so needs and priorities of these communities inform implementation of the plan.
(4) The department shall develop gateway signage and logos for an evergreen community.
(5) The department may consult with the department of commerce in carrying out the requirements of this section.
[ 2021 c 209 § 11; 2008 c 299 § 8.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.
Short title—2008 c 299: See note following RCW 76.15.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.36 - Marks and Brands. › 76.36.010 - Definitions.

RCW 76.36.010
Definitions.
The words and phrases herein used, unless the same be clearly contrary to or inconsistent with the context of this chapter or the section in which used, shall be construed as follows:
(1) "Booming equipment" includes boom sticks and boom chains.
(2) "Brand" means a unique symbol or mark placed on or in forest products for the purpose of identifying ownership.
(3) "Catch brand" means a mark or brand used by a person as an identifying mark placed upon forest products and booming equipment previously owned by another.
(4) "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(5) "Forest products" means logs, spars, piles, and poles, boom sticks, and shingle bolts and every form into which a fallen tree may be cut before it is manufactured into lumber or run through a sawmill, shingle mill, or tie mill, or cut into cord wood, stove wood, or hewn ties.
(6) "Person" includes the plural and all corporations, foreign and domestic, copartnerships, firms, and associations of persons.
(7) "Waters of this state" includes any and all bodies of fresh and salt water within the jurisdiction of the state capable of being used for the transportation or storage of forest products, including all rivers and lakes and their tributaries, harbors, bays, bayous, and marshes.
[ 2000 c 11 § 16; 1984 c 60 § 1; 1925 ex.s. c 154 § 1; RRS § 8381-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.36 - Marks and Brands. › 76.36.020 - Forest products to be marked.

RCW 76.36.020
Forest products to be marked.
Persons who wish to identify any of their forest products which will be stored or transported in or on the waters of the state shall place a registered mark or brand in a conspicuous place on each forest product item. Placement of the registered mark or brand is prima facie evidence of ownership over forest product items which have escaped from storage or transportation. Unbranded or unmarked stray logs or forest products become the property of the state when recovered.
[ 1984 c 60 § 2; 1925 ex.s. c 154 § 2; RRS § 8381-2. Prior: 1890 p 110 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 76 - Forests and Forest Products › Chapter 76.36 - Marks and Brands. › 76.36.035 - Registration of brands—Assignments—Fee—Rules—Penalty.

RCW 76.36.035
Registration of brands—Assignments—Fee—Rules—Penalty.
(1) All applications for brands, catch brands, renewals, and assignments thereof shall be submitted to and approved by the department prior to use. The department may refuse to approve any brand or catch brand which is identical to or closely resembles a registered brand or catch brand, or is in use by any other person or was not selected in good faith for the marking or branding of forest products. If approval is denied the applicant will select another brand.
(2) The registration for all existing brands or catch brands shall expire on December 31, 1984, unless renewed prior to that date. Renewals or new approved applications shall be for five-year periods or portions thereof beginning on January 1, 1985. On or before September 30, 1984, and September 30th immediately preceding the end of each successive five-year period the department shall notify by mail all registered owners of brands or catch brands of the forthcoming expiration of their brands and the requirements for renewal.
(3) A fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged by the department for registration of all brands, catch brands, renewals or assignments prior to January 1, 1985. Thereafter the fee shall be twenty-five dollars.
(4) Abandoned or canceled brands shall not be reissued for a period of at least one year. The department shall determine the right to use brands or catch brands in dispute by applicants.
(5) The department may adopt and enforce rules implementing the provisions of this chapter.
(6)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a violation of any rule adopted by the department under this [the] authority of this section is a misdemeanor.
(b) The department may specify by rule, when not inconsistent with applicable statutes, that violation of a specific rule is an infraction under chapter 7.84 RCW.
[ 2003 c 53 § 370; 1987 c 380 § 18; 1984 c 60 § 8.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Effective date—1987 c 380: See RCW 7.84.900.