Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 79 Public Lands - Chapter 79.10 Land Management Authorities And Policies

79.10.010 Reports
(1) It shall be the duty of the department to report, and recommend, to each session of the legislature, any changes in the law relating ...

79.10.020 Department authority to accept land
The department is hereby authorized, when in its judgment it appears advisable, to accept on behalf of the state, any grant of land within the ...

79.10.030 Management of acquired lands -- Land acquired by escheat suitable for park purposes
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall manage and control all lands acquired by the state by escheat or ...

79.10.040 Gifts of land for offices
Any county, city or town is authorized and empowered to convey to the state of Washington any lands owned by such county, city or town ...

79.10.050 Gifts of county or city land for offices, warehouses, etc. -- Use of lands authorized
The department is authorized to use such lands for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and to improve said lands and build thereon any necessary structures for ...

79.10.060 Compliance with local ordinances, when
The department may comply with county or municipal zoning ordinances, laws, rules, or regulations affecting the use of public lands where such regulations are consistent ...

79.10.070 Management of public lands within watershed area providing water supply for city or town -- Lake Whatcom municipal watershed pilot project -- Report -- Exclusive method of condemnation by city or town for watershed purposes
(1) In the management of public lands lying within the limits of any watershed over and through which is derived the water supply of any ...

79.10.080 Classification of land after timber removed
When the merchantable timber has been sold and actually removed from any state lands, the department may classify the land, and may reserve from any ...

79.10.090 Economic analysis of state lands held in trust -- Scope -- Use
Periodically at intervals to be determined by the board, the department shall cause an economic analysis to be made of those state lands held in ...

79.10.100 Concept to be utilized, when
The legislature hereby directs that a multiple use concept be utilized by the department in the administration of public lands where such a concept is ...

79.10.110 "Multiple use" defined
"Multiple use" as used in RCW 79.10.070, 79.44.003, and this chapter shall mean the management and administration of state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the ...

79.10.120 Multiple uses compatible with financial obligations of trust management -- Other uses permitted, when
Multiple uses additional to and compatible with those basic activities necessary to fulfill the financial obligations of trust management may include but are not limited ...

79.10.125 Land open to public for fishing, hunting, and nonconsumptive wildlife activities
All state lands hereafter leased for grazing or agricultural purposes shall be open and available to the public for purposes of hunting and fishing, and ...

79.10.130 Scope of department's authorized activities
The department is hereby authorized to carry out all activities necessary to achieve the purposes of RCW 79.10.060, 79.10.070, 79.10.100 through 79.10.120, 79.10.130, 79.10.200 through79.10.330 ...

79.10.140 Outdoor recreation -- Construction, operation, and maintenance of primitive facilities -- Right-of-way and public access -- Use of state and federal outdoor recreation funds
The department is authorized: (1) To construct, operate, and maintain primitive outdoor recreation and conservation facilities on lands under its jurisdiction which are of primitive ...

79.10.200 Multiple use land resource allocation plan -- Adoption -- Factors considered
The department may adopt a multiple use land resource allocation plan for all or portions of the lands under its jurisdiction providing for the identification ...

79.10.210 Public lands identified and withdrawn
For the purpose of providing increased continuity in the management of public lands and of facilitating long range planning by interested agencies, the department is ...

79.10.220 Conferring with other agencies
The department may confer with other public and private agencies to facilitate the formulation of policies and/or plans providing for multiple use concepts. The department ...

79.10.240 Department's existing authority and powers preserved
Nothing in RCW 79.10.060, 79.10.070, 79.10.100 through 79.10.120, 79.10.130, 79.10.200 through 79.10.330,79.44.003 , and *79.90.456 shall be construed to affect or repeal any existing authority ...

79.10.250 Existing withdrawals for state park and state game purposes preserved
Nothing in RCW 79.10.060, 79.10.070, 79.10.100 through 79.10.120, 79.10.130, 79.10.200 through79.10.330 , 79.44.003, and *79.90.456 shall be construed to affect, amend, or repeal any existing ...

79.10.280 Land use data bank -- Contents, source
(1) The department shall design expansion of its land use data bank to include additional information that will assist in the formulation, evaluation, and updating ...

79.10.300 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 79.10.310, 79.10.320, and 79.10.330. (1) "Arrearage" means the summation of the ...

79.10.310 "Sustained yield plans" defined
"Sustained yield plans" as used in RCW 79.10.070, 79.44.003, and this chapter shall mean management of the forest to provide harvesting on a continuing basis ...

79.10.320 Sustainable harvest program
The department shall manage the state-owned lands under its jurisdiction which are primarily valuable for the purpose of growing forest crops on a sustained yield ...

79.10.330 Arrearages -- End of decade
If an arrearage exists at the end of any planning decade, the department shall conduct an analysis of alternatives to determine the course of action ...

79.10.340 Sustainable harvest sale
The board of natural resources shall offer for sale the sustainable harvest as identified in the 1984-1993 forest land management program, or as subsequently revised. ...

79.10.400 Cooperative agreements
The department with regard to state forest lands and state lands is hereby authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the United States of America, ...

79.10.410 Cooperative units
The department is hereby authorized and directed to determine, define, and declare informally the establishment of a sustained yield unit, comprising the land area to ...

79.10.420 Limitations on agreements
The department shall agree that the cutting from combined national forest lands, state forest lands, and state lands will be limited to the sustained yield ...

79.10.430 Easements -- Life of agreements
The private contracting party or parties shall enjoy the right of easement over state forest lands and state lands included under said cooperative agreement for ...

79.10.440 Sale agreements
During the period when any such cooperative agreement is in effect, the timber on the state forest lands and state lands which the department determines ...

79.10.450 Minimum price
The sale of timber upon state forest land and state land within such sustained yield unit or units shall be made for not less than ...

79.10.460 Contracts -- Requirements
A written contract shall be entered into with the successful bidder which shall fix the time when logging operations shall be commenced and concluded and ...

79.10.470 Transfer or assignment of contracts
No transfer or assignment by the purchaser shall be valid unless the transferee or assignee is acceptable to the department and the transfer or assignment ...

79.10.480 Performance bond -- Cash deposit
The purchaser shall, at the time of executing the contract, deliver a performance bond or sureties acceptable in regard to terms and amount to the ...