The Columbia River program provides a forum for County Commissioners
within the Columbia River Basin to interact, discuss, engage and partner
with Washington State Department of Ecology in the implementation of the
Columbia River Water Management Program.
The WSAC Timber Program provides accurate information to county decision
makers, and serves a liaison between the counties, the US Forest
Service and the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
The 2007 Legislature created a new state agency called the Puget Sound
Partnership (Partnership) to develop a new strategy to focus and finish
Puget Sound restoration by 2020. The Partnership replaces the previous
Puget Sound Action Team, which was created in 1996 to oversee
restoration of the environmental health of Puget Sound.
A group of diverse stakeholders developed a set of recommendations for a
regional approach to stormwater monitoring and for a pooled funding
model. Elected county officials are asked to weigh in on the
recommendations during the Department of Ecology's informal permitting
comment period in May.
This program provides services in support of the Integrated Project
Review and Mitigation Tools (iPRMT) initiative being managed by the
Office of Regulatory Assistance (ORA) within the Office of Financial
Management (OFM).
The HPA program is a cooperative effort with the Washington State
Association of Counties and the Washington State Department of Fish and
Wildlife. The project's focus is to develop and implement a
streamlined process for programmatic hydraulic project approvals for
multiple as well as recurring local transportation and public works
projects.
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