Title 76 — Title 76 FORESTS AND FOREST PRODUCTS
13 chapters · 240 sections in this title.
RCW 76.13.005 Finding.
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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 fo…
RCW 76.13.007 Purpose.
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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 nonin…
RCW 76.13.010 Definitions.
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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, consu…
RCW 76.13.020 Authority.
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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 object…
RCW 76.13.030 Funding sources—Fees—Contracts.
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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, mate…
RCW 76.13.100 Findings.
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(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 …
RCW 76.13.110 Small forestland owner office—Establishment—Duties—Advisory committee—Report to the legislature.
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(1) The department of natural resources shall establish and maintain a small forestland owner office. The small forestland owner office shall be a resource and focal point for small forestland owner concerns and policies, and shall have significant expertise regarding the managem…
RCW 76.13.120 Findings—Definitions—Forestry riparian easement program—Legislative intent.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2251-S2.SL) ***(1) The legislature finds that the state should acquire easements primarily along riparian and other sensitive aquatic areas from qualifying small forestland owners willing to sell or donate easements to the state provided that the state…
RCW 76.13.130 Small parcels—Alternative management plans.
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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…
RCW 76.13.140 Small forestland owners—Value of buffer trees.
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In order to assist small forestland owners to remain economically viable, the legislature intends that the qualifying small forestland owners be able to net 90 percent of the value of the trees left in the buffer areas. The small forestland owner office may utilize landowners' ac…
RCW 76.13.150 Fish passage barriers—Cost-sharing program.
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(1) The legislature finds that a state-led cost-sharing program is necessary to assist small forestland owners with removing and replacing fish passage barriers that were added to their land prior to May 14, 2003, to help achieve the goals of the forests and fish report, and to a…
RCW 76.13.160 Qualifying small forestland owner—Review of certain records.
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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 r…
RCW 76.13.170 List of forest riparian easements to be funded.
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(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 li…
RCW 76.13.180 Sale of land to nonqualifying landowner—Selling landowner must reimburse the state.
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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 f…
RCW 76.13.190 Integrated small forestland owner forest health program.
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(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 coalition…