Legislative Priorities
2022 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Legislative Wrapup
- Legislative Agenda Summary
- Administrative Support for Firefighters
- LiDAR
- Derelict Vessels
- Kelp Forest and Eelgrass Meadow Health and Conservation
- Climate Resilience and Salmon Recovery
- Conservation and Recreation
- Community and Economic Development
- Agency Transparency and Efficiency
- Watershed Resilience Action Plan Implementation
2021 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
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- 2021 DNR Legislative Priories - Putting People and Places First
- HB 1168 – A Strategic Investment
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- Bringing Washington’s Forests Back to Health
- Investments in Salmon, Investments in Small Towns
- fpOnline – Forest Practices for the 21st Century
- Making One Washington Work Across the State
- Connecting Rural Washington to Broadband Internet
- Shovel-Ready Investments in Revenue and Rural Jobs
- Zero-Cost Changes to Increase Nontax Revenue
- Trust Land Performance Assessment
- Forest Roads Fix Lowers Liability, Protects Revenue
- Modernizing the Evergreen Communities Act
- We are all at Risk of Wildfire
2020 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Agency Priorities (2.5 MB PDF)
- Dedicated Wildfire and Forest Health Funding: SB TBD l HB 2413
- Derelict Vessel Removal Program: SB 6528 l HB 2769
- Designated Target Shooting Locations: SB 6541 l HB 2767
- Modernizing the Evergreen Communities Act: SB 6529 l HB 2768
- Understanding State Trust Lands:
2019 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Agency Priorites (140KB PDF)
2017 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Operating Budget Priorities (210KB PDF)
- Capital Budget Priorities (201 KB PDF)
- Make Forests More Resilient, Productive (3,622 KB PDF)
- Permanently Extending Contract Harvesting (694 KB PDF)
- Strengthening Washington's Wildfire Fighting Force (643 KB PDF)
- Sustaining Surface Mine Reclamation (230 KB PDF)
- Maximizing Geoduck Harvests and Revenue (268 KB PDF)
- Investing in Conservation (245 KB PDF)
- Facilitating Stewardship (173 KB PDF)
- Trust Land Transfers (364 KB PDF)
- Puget SoundCorps (714 KB PDF)
- Sustainable Recreation (2,157 KB PDF)
2016 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Operating Budget Priorities (418 KB PDF)
- Capital Budget Priorities (190 KB PDF)
- Increase Firefighting Capacity (104 KB PDF)
- Understanding Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards (1,062 KB PDF)
- Implement Blanchard Working Forest Strategy (402 KB PDF)
2015 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Geological Hazards Assessments: Bolstering safety by enhancing critical hazard identifying technology. (SB 5088 | HB 1182) [204 KB PDF]
2014 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Community Forest Trust Account: A tool to facilitate the preservation of working forests. (SB 5973 | HB 2126) [234 KB PDF]
- Specifying recovery for fire damages to public or private forested lands. (SB 5972 | HB 2103) [100 KB PDF]
- Increase vessel owner responsibility and address challenges to removing derelict and abandoned vessels. (HB 2457)
2013 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
2012 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Wildfire Protection on State-owned Lands (177KB PDF)
- Replacing Encumbered State Forest Lands (49KB PDF)
OTHER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES 2012
2011 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Community Forest Trust (135KB PDF)
- Puget SoundCorps (395KB PDF)
- Sustainable Funding for Recreation Access on State Lands (388KB PDF)
OTHER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES 2011
- Improving the Derelict Vessels Removal Program (168KB PDF)
- Surface Mining Reclamation (215KB PDF)
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