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2005 Legislative Newsletter Issue 5 March 11, 2005

Greetings from AudubonWashington's Policy

Office in Olympia! BirdsEye View (BEV) keeps

Washington's 25 Audubonchapters and 22,000

members informed aboutlegislation effecting birds,

other wildlife and their

habitat. Subscribe today toreceive every issue of BEVthroughout the

legislative session.

UPDATE: Audubon's 2005 Legislative Priorities

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Audubon Priorities UpdatePage 1-4

Lobbying For Birds In

WashingtonPage 1 & 9

Audubons Budget PrioritiesPage 5-6

Priorities for a HealthyWashingtonPage 7

Other Bills Affecting Wildlifeand Habitat

Page 8

Spring ACOW 2005Page 8

Wenas Creek CampoutPage 9

Hot Tips for Leg. AdvocacyWhats Still AlivePage 10-11

Budgets & Revenues

See Audubon's Budget Requests startingon page 5 and call your Senators onWays and Means and Representatives onAppropriations and ask them to fundthese programs.

Capital & Operating BudgetsOn St. Patricks Day the next revenueforecast will be released by the Economicand Revenue Forecast Councilwww.erfc.wa.gov/. Governor Gregoire isexpected to release her proposed budgetsby March 21, followed by the Senate afew days later and then the House.Working with a projected $2.2 billionshortfall, legislators will have tocontinue past years trends cutting costs

by halting some programs indefinitely,and eliminating others all together.

The legislature and Governor areexpected to expedite the budget processthis year. It often takes a special sessiondeclared by the Governor to get throughthe budget after the normal session ends.

Closing Tax Loopholes & IncreasingRevenues

Audubon advocates for maintainingprograms that protect birds, wildlife andhabitat, and for increased revenues tosupport those programs.Call your legislators today and tell themyou support increasing revenues byclosing tax loopholes, and by creatingsustainable and equitable tax structuresin Washington.

HB 1094 -- SUPPORTEstablishing reporting requirements monitor tax incentives.Requires businesses receiving tax breato file an annual survey with theDepartment of Revenue detailing the tamount of tax breaks received, the

reasons for the tax breaks, and thebenefits they have created with the taxbreaks, such as new jobs orenvironmental protections.

(Continued on page 2.)

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But its invaluable know how thatWashington worksespecially when it

comes to securing federal dollars for band habitat in our Washington. So, the

last week in February I spent in thenations capital in meetings. The resulwas good progress but no promises.Nevertheless, Im hopeful that we wilfinancial assistance coming to the PacNorthwest for three of our programs.

1. Audubon Center at Seward Park. SCantwells Legislative Director Mary

(Continued on page 9.)

Lobbying For Birds InWashingtonThe OtheWashington, That IsBy Nina Carter, Executive Director


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Audubon WashingtonsBirds Eye View March 11, 2005 Page 2 of

All information collected in the surveys can be disclosedto the public upon request.Call your legislators in House Rules and ask them tomove 1094 to the House Floor.

HB 1096 -- SUPPORTRequiring a tax expenditure report as part of thebiennial budget documents.Requires a tax expenditure report as part of each biennialbudget. It would list each tax break, its purpose, itsestimated cost in lost revenue, and the people whobenefit from it. The report will also include a budget

analysis and determination of each tax breakseffectiveness in meeting its stated purpose. The governorwill identify all tax breaks scheduled to expire during thenext biennium and recommend whether they should beterminated, continued as they are, or continued withmodifications.This bill passed the House 64 to 36. Call your Senatorsand ask them to support HB 1096.

Good Bill, Bad Bill, Dead or Alive?We are more than half way through the legislative

session, and are at the point where things begin to getinteresting. Bills are dead if they have not been voted outof the policy committee they were introduced in, or votedout of the corresponding fiscal committee. This is goodfor the bills we opposed, and disappointing for those wesupported.

March 2 was the last day to vote on bill in their policycommittee of origin (transportation and budget bills havedifferent cutoff schedules). March 7 was the last day tovote on policy bills in house of origin's fiscal

committees. Here's the breakdown for Audubon'spriority bills.

ForestsAudubon supports forestry policies that support habitatfor birds and wildlife. Well-managed forests that focuson protecting critical habitat areas and support complexforest stands help support birds and wildlife.

HB 1360 -- SUPPORTProtecting ancestral trees.Thanks to prime sponsorRep. Hunt, this bill would hathe logging of old growth trees on state forestlandsmanaged by the Department of Natural Resources(DNR). Less than 10% of the state forests' old growthremains.

Last year the supplemental capital budget allocated funfor DNR to assemble a panel of forestry scientists todefine, inventory and map the old growth forestsremaining on state lands. With forestry experts from U

and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the panelexpects to complete its work by June.

The bill was amended with an improved old growthdefinition and voted out of the House Natural ResourceCommittee, but does not yet refer to the work of thisexpert panel.Call your members on the House Rules Committee anask them to "pull 1360 to the floor."

SSB 5378 -- SUPPORT

Allowing counties to increase funding for propertiesacquired through conservation futures.This bill, sponsored by Senator Pridemore, allowscounties to increase conservation futures levies from 6.cents per $1000 of assessed value to 12/5 cents/$1000.These property taxes are used in turn to purchase oracquire development rights for open space agriculturaland timber lands. Audubon supports this bill becausefarms and timber lands provide habitat for birds andwildlife, and because we support increased revenues (etaxes) to support natural resource programs.

A substitute bill was passed that allows counties to useup to 25% of these funds on maintenance and operationof existing lands. Audubon supports this change becauit is important to maintain land currently underconservation status.Call your members on the Senate Rules Committee anask them to "pull SB 5378 for a floor vote."

UPDATE: Audubon's 2005 Legislative Priorities cont.


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SHB 2084 -- Dead -- SUPPORT

Concerning Trust Land Management.SB 5830 -- Dead -- OPPOSEConcerning management of state trust lands.SHB 2084 was a compromise drafted by Rep. Sullivan.The bill accommodated DNR's request for increasedadministrative fees retained for the management of thestate trust lands. It also provided the legislature withmechanisms to ensure that money is utilized forimproved forest management.

Necessary to implement an increased harvest level,

adopted by the Board of Natural Resources in 2004, SHB2084 provided assurances including: a portion of the feeincrease be spent on developing complex forest standsand maintaining healthy forests; independent audits aredone on the expenditures; studies on how to improve thetrust land returns without increasing cutting, and; addinga seat to the Board of Natural Resources representing thewildlife management perspective.

Audubon opposed SB 5830 because it granted the feeincrease but did not provide the assurances for increased

forest management for wildlife.

Both of these bills are dead--2084 died in the HouseCapital Budget Committee, and 5830 died in SenateNatural Resources Committee. If it were determined thatthese bills were "necessary to implement the budget"they could be revived later in the session.

Aggregates/Gravel Mining

SB 5688 --Dead-- SUPPORT

Requiring compliance history disclosure in order toobtain an environmental quality permit.This policy is designed to grant authority to permittingagencies to deny permits based on a history of non-compliance with environmental regulations. The miningindustry would be covered under this law and it wouldhelp to curb bad actors from operating in Washingtonand tainting the image of an otherwise compliantindustry.

RCW 78.44 --Surface Mine Reclamation Act Revisio

Committee.The Department of Natural Resources has startedconvening a Revision Committee to develop changes toRCW 78.44, the surface mine reclamation act. We willengage in negotiations over this code this month.

Wetlands

HB 1492 --SUPPORTSB 5273 --Dead-- SUPPORTDeveloping a single pilot mitigation bank on state

owned aquatic lands.Audubon and Wetnet, our wetlands advisory committeehave worked with the Department of Natural Resources(DNR) on this concept since last legislative session.DNR discovered developers doing mitigation on landsthey managed without consulting the department. Thispilot will ensure appropriate mitigation, increase thesuccess rate of this mitigation, and provide much neederestoration of aquatic habitat in the Puget Sound RegionCall your House Rules members and ask them to bringthis bill to a floor vote.

Growth Management

SB 5923 --SUPPORTChanging timelines for required comprehensive planand development regulation updates.This bill amends the Growth Management Act (GMA) provide cities and counties with relief from one planninupdate every 14 years, provided that city's or county's:


WHAT YOU CAN DO:These bills need your help!

Please look for action statementsitalicizedafter each bill to see what

needs to be done.


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population and population growth does not exceed a

particular threshold; existing plans/regulations aredetermined by CTED to be in compliance with the GMA,and; plans/regulations are not under appeal and are incompliance with GMA hearings boards judgments.Call your Senate Rules members and ask them to bringthis bill to floor vote.

SB 5930 -- Dead--OPPOSEEstablishing compliance tiers for review and revisionrequirements mandated by RCW 36.70A.130.This bill would have changed Comprehensive Plan and

Critical Area Ordinance revision update requirements forcounties from once every seven years to once every tenyears.

SB 5954 --Dead-- SUPPORTAllowing for the adoption of example critical areaspolicies or regulations.This would allow counties and cities planning under theGrowth Management Act (RCW 36.70A.060) to adoptexample critical areas ordinances developed by theDepartments of Community Trade and Economic

Development (CTED), Fish and Wildlife, or Ecology.This bill died in committee.

Growth Management to Protect Puget SoundAudubon supports these growth managementimprovements to protect Puget Sound and Hood Canal(see "Priorities for a Healthy Washington" update in thisBEV).

SB 5619 --SUPPORTRequiring consideration of water quality during growth

management planning.SB 5619 builds on existing planning requirements oflocal governments to protect water quality by providingadditional guidance for local governments and the publicwhile allowing local choices and solutions. The proposedlegislation provides better coordination, clearerresponsibility, and improved accountability betweenlaws, agencies, and governments with responsibility forprotecting canals, coasts, and oceans.

Call your Senate Rules Members and ask them to brin

this bill to a Senate floor vote.

SB 5620 -- SUPPORTProviding for priority consideration of voluntarybuffers in open space plans.Natural buffers can play a strong role in healthy waterquality. They provide a filter for pollutants and slowstorm water runoff before it enters our lakes, rivers, andoceans.

SB 5620 provides priority consideration for buffers in

counties that have open space and public benefit ratingssystem programs. As a result, property owners mayqualify for a tax reduction when they plant a buffer alona marine shoreline or other water body.Call your Senate Rules Members and ask them to brinthis bill to a Senate floor vote.

SB 5618 --Dead-- SUPPORTClarifying the process for designation of forest lands olong-term commercial significance.SB 5618 provides enhanced protection of forest land of

long-term commercial significance, which will limitconversion of working forest lands and benefit both theeconomy and the health of our watersheds and wildlifehabitat.


CONTACT INFORMATION:

Visit www.leg.wa.gov to find outwhat committees your elected

officials are on and contactinformation for them. You can alsocall the toll-free legislative hotline

1-800-562-6000.


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Audubon's Budget Priorities

CAPITAL BUDGET

Environmental Learning Center at Seward Park

$500,000All nine state legislators from the 37th, 41st and 11thlegislative districts have requested $500,000 in capitalfunds to renovate an existing building at Seward Park inS.E. Seattle. Audubon is creating a Seward ParkEnvironmental and Audubon Center in partnership withthe City of Seattle and local community supporters.

OPERATING BUDGET

Washington State Beach Safety & Enforcement

$848,112 and 3.3 FTEs (GFS/Transportation 108)Audubon supports State Parks budget request for$848,112 and 3.3 FTEs to increase beach patrols, toeducate the public about complying with beach drivingrules and to install signs about proper driving on ourbeaches. Senator Doumit, Representative Blake, andcommissioners from Grays and Pacific Counties areinterested in increasing enforcement funding andbeginning more public education about how to properly

use our beaches.

Department of Natural Resources Aggregate

Resource Mapping

$1,300,200 and 6.8 FTEs (GFS)We support a request from DNR for $1,300,200 and 6.8FTEs for the next biennium to improve existing methodsfor permitting gravel-mining operations. We supportDNRs efforts to inventory and map the aggregateresources across the entire state. This provides adecision-making tool for counties, cities, Audubon

chapters and businesses to carefully designate minerallands of long-term significance as required by theGrowth Management Act.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

2010 Olympics/Skagit County Wildlife Viewing

$340,000 (GFS/WLS)For the past 4 years, Audubon has worked with WDFWto increase watchable wildlife opportunities. We supportthis request for $340,000 to increase the access to and

visibility of Washingtons bird and wildlife viewing

facilities.

Lead shot poisoning studies and remedial action

$90,000 (WLS)Audubon is a partner with WDFW, the CanadianWildlife Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service monitoring locations of dead swans and tracing sitescontaminated with lead. $90,000 will help WDFWcontinue necessary monitoring.

Local Conservation and Education Project

$300,000 and 1. 5 FTEs (GFS)Audubon supports WDFWs request to take existing,proven pilot projects on volunteers collecting scientificdata and turn them into a standard program at WDFW.

New License Plate Options

Combining background plates

$240,000 (WLS)

Orca Special background license plates

$300,000 (WLS)

Watchable Wildlife background license plate$234,250 (WLS)

Audubon members across the state have signed petitionsupporting combination license plates (personalized andspecialized background) for wildlife, endangered speciand watchable wildlife. We support the legislationenabling these plates.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Call your members on the HouseCapital Budget or Senate Ways andMeans Committee and ask them to

fund Seward Park!


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Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

Expanding Environmental Education Programs

3/4 FTE--$156,460We support OSPI's request for funding in support of acurriculum coordinator to work through integratedenvironmental education programs, direct services andsupport to schools needed to meet state requirements forinstruction to students in conservation, natural resources,and the environment.

Environmental Education Partnership Fund

$250,000 (GFS)

The 2004 Supplemental budget appropriated $75,000 forthis competitive grants program for environmentaleducation. OSPI is working with the environmentaleducation community to develop criteria and a process toadminister these grants. More funding is needed in theprogram before grants can be issued. Audubon wouldlike the Governor to increase this fund to $250,000 forthe FY2005-07 biennial budget. Audubon is also seekingout private granting organizations to contribute to thisfund.

Puget Sound Action Team (PSAT)Public Involvement and Education Grants (PIE)

$500,000 (GFS)Educating the public about their roles and responsibilitiesin preventing pollution is a more cost effectiveinvestment in conservation of our natural resources thancleaning up Hood Canal and Puget Sound. Last yearPSAT could only fund 17% of funding requests.

Census of Burrow-nesting Seabirds in Puget Sound

$160,000 (GF-S)

Audubons State of the Birds report lists the rhinocerosauklet and tufted puffin as two species that have declinedin Puget Sound and need to be monitored. We supportthis PSAT budget proposal to document the steep declinein these populations.

Long Term Monitoring of Puget Sound Marine Bird

and Waterfowl

$175,000 (GF-S)We have supported this program in the past and requestthat the funding be continued for long term monitoring marine birds and waterfowl. Without the continuousmonitoring efforts we will never know if our statesenvironmental programs are working.

Orca Conservation, Recovery and Monitoring

$350,000 (GF-S)Audubon works for and promotes healthy habitats for

birds and wildlife. Waterfowl, shorebirds and marinebirds depend upon a clean and healthy Puget Sound. Whave watched with concern as the Orca populations inPuget Sound have declined by 18% in recent years.WDFW and PSAT must be funded to complete an Orcarecovery plan. The plan will assist all species dependenon a healthy Puget Sound.

Eco-Regional Assessment Implementation

Guidance to Counties

$400,000 (GF-S)

The Important Bird Areas program within Auduboncontributes data to state or local governments aboutpriority bird habitat in Washington. Our data has beenincluded in the pilot project by WDFW to assess priorithabitat in Kitsap County. We support funding toimplement the Eco-Regional Assessment mappingproject so that other counties in Puget Sound can beneffrom WDFWs work. Furthermore, Audubon attendsthe Biodiversity Council meetings and encourages theGovernor to fund projects that map and prioritize critichabitat.

Audubon's Budget Priorities cont.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Ask your Senate Ways and Means,and House Appropriations

Committee members to includethese items in their proposed

budgets.


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Priorities for a Healthy Washington

Cleaner Cars Cleaner AirCars are part of our daily life, but automobile emissions are

taking a toll. This legislation will help wildlife by reducingglobal warming pollution and improving air quality.SHB 1397 - Support

Sponsored by Representative Murray (D-43)

Sitting in Rules, waiting to be pulled to the floor.

SSB 5397 - Support

Sponsored by Senator Rockefeller (D-23)


Provides that, pursuant to the federal clean air act, thelegislature adopts the California motor vehicle emission

standards effective January 1, 2005. Provides that, byDecember 31, 2005, the department of ecology shall adoptrules to implement the emission standards of the state ofCalifornia for passenger cars, light duty trucks, and mediumduty passenger vehicles, and shall amend the rules from timeto time, to conform to therequirements of the federal cleanair act. Rules shall be applicableto motor vehicles with a modelyear 2009 and later.

Sustainable and Efficient Green BuildingsThe buildings in our environment matter. This legislation wihelp wildlife by providing cleaner air, water, and healthierforests.ESHB 1272 - Support

Representative Dunshee (D-44)PASSED THE HOUSE! (78 yeas, 18 nays, 2 excused)

2SSB 5509 - Support

Sponsored by Senator Poulsen (D-34)Sitting in Rules, waiting to be pulled to the floor.

This legislation will require new state agency and highereducation buildings 5,000 square feet and larger, as well assignificant remodels, to achieve a LEED Silver certification

Environmentalists and the

timber industry agreed to ensure

timbers support of these bills!

This is big news for this

legislation!

Sound Solutions: Saving Hood Canal

and Puget Sound

Puget Sound is in trouble and action needs to be taken now.This legislation will help restore a more productive food chainfor multiple wildlife.2SHB 1458 - Support

Sponsored by Representative Hunt (D-22)


2SSB 5431 - Support

Sponsored by Senator Spanel (D-40)

Sitting in Rules, waiting to be pulled to

the floor.This legislation enhances authority to control on-site septic

systems.

SHB 1639 - SupportSponsored by Representative Upthegrove (D-33)

DEAD - This bill did not make it out of committee.

SSB 5619 - SupportSponsored by Senator Kline (D-37)


Strengthening protections for watersheds and water qualityaround Puget Sound.

Banning Toxic Flame RetardantsPBDEs are persistent toxic chemicals used as flame retardantsin countless consumer products. PBDE levels have been foundin wildlife and this legislation would helpprevent this.2SHB 1488 - SupportSponsored by Representative Hunter (D-48)

Sitting in Rules, waiting to be pulled to the

floor.

SB 5515 - Support

Sponsored by Senator Regala (D-27)

DEAD - This bill did not make it out of committee.

A big thanks to Rep. Priest, who was the deciding swing

vote against an amendment that would have gutted the bill.

Legislation is needed to ban all PBDEs by 2006. Despite avoluntary phase-out of two forms of PBDEs, the public willnot be protected from toxic flame retardants linked to brainand nerve damage if Washington fails to ban the third andmost heavily used form called deca-BDE (deca).


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Audubon WashingtonsBirds Eye View March 11, 2005 Page 8 of 1

Other Bills Affecting Wildlife & Habitat

HPAs--Hydraulic project approval program

Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists reviewprojects that impact river habitat for fish which supportsother wildlife. Audubon has worked this issue forseveral years, and participated in a HPA task force in2002 that recommended improvements to the program.You can find the report athttp://www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/hpa/hpatask/hpa_final_rpt.pdf.

Two bills are left in the mix. We continue negotiationsto maintain the environmental protections of thisprogram.

SB 5095 -- OPPOSEImproving the efficiency and predictability of thehydraulic project approval program.This bill would greatly reduce the ability of the stateDepartment of Fish and Wildlife to protect salmon andother fish from the impacts of development alongshorelines and tidelands. For example, it assumesequivalency with other environmental regulations (e.g.

critical areas ordinances) that are not designed toevaluate projects for their impacts to river habitats forfish and other wildlife.

The HPA is the only state permit designed to protect fishhabitat. With many fish species threatened orendangered, it is inappropriate to reduce protection.

SHB 1346 --SUPPORTImproving the efficiency and predictability of thehydraulic project approval program.

This is a "technical fix" bill that attempts to clarify theHydraulic Project Approval code. This code is confusingto lawmakers, lawyers and applicants alike and weapplaud the prime sponsor's (Rep. Jim Buck R-24) effortsto help clarify the program and its statutes.

The House Natural Resource Committee passed this billwith only a bill title. Representative Linville amendedit with an appropriate, policy neutral, reorganization ofthe HPA code.

State Parks Funding

HB 2180 -- SUPPORTIssuing bonds for outdoor recreation purposes.This bill authorizes the State Finance Committee to issuup to $500 million in bonds to finance acquisition,preservation, and development of recreation areas andfacilities.

Creates an admission tax of one percent beginning in2005, increasing to five percent in 2009, and depositsthese moneys into an account to pay the debt service onthe parks and outdoor recreation bonds.

The opposition came from the heavily taxpayersubsidized Seattle major league sports teams andEmerald Downs, with sign in opposition from their bigbusiness allies AWB nd the Greater Seattle Chamber ofCommerce.

A half billion dollars for state and local parks, outdoorrecreation, open space and habitat! Stay tuned...

Spring ACOW 2005 (Audubon Council of WA

Ellensburg, located in the heart of the Kittitas Valleywith the Cascades Mountains to the west and theColumbia River to the east, is the site for the SpringACOW (Audubon Council of Washington) 2005.

Dont miss presentations and programs about: FishEating Birds of Eastern Washington, I-90 Project andWildlife Crossings, Project CAT (Cougars and

Teaching), and Spotted Owls and Other SmallChallenges of the 21st Century.

Dont forget the Washington State Conservation

Committee meets on opening day of ACOW, April

8th.

Go to wa.audubon.org to check out the agenda, registerand plan your accommodations.


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Wenas Creek Campout

For over 30 yearsAudubon families havebeen camping out at the

Wenas CreekCampground officiallynamed the Hazel WolfWenas Creek BirdSanctuary.

The location, SW of Ellensburg, is now in an ImportantBird Area which members are working to secure inprotective status. The free, primitive campgroundalong the north fork of Wenas Creek has exceptional

opportunities for birding, botanizing and enjoying sprinin the eastern foothills of the Cascades.

The campground is about 2,500' in elevation. We bringour own water for cooking and drinking. There areorganized field trips, natural history workshops, some othe state's top birders, and WNPS botanists, plusold-fashioned campfires.

For details visit the Wenas Website listed below, orcontact Helen Engle at [email protected], 253-564-3112 http://www.nwlink.com/~cyrus/wenas.html.

Wenas Campout 2004

At The Boise Cascade

Wenas CreekCampground

Memorial Day WeekendMay 28-31

Frances Repko and Sen. Murrays Legislative Director

Ben McMakin are both familiar with AudubonWashingtons effort to establish a center for conservationeducation in Southeast Seattle. The aides said thesenators are positively inclined to support a request for$250,000 from the Economic Development Initiativefund in the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.This federal money would join dollars from state, local,and private sources to make this center a reality.

What you can do: Call Senators Murray (202-224-2621) and Cantwell (202-224-3441) or e-mail them (see

end of column) to say you support a grant for $250,000for the Audubon Center at Seward Park.

2. Great Washington State Birding Trail. I worked withstaff for Congressmen Brian Baird and Norm Dicks torequest $880,000 from the federal transportation budgetfor the Southwest Washington and Olympic Peninsulaloops of our birding trail. This money would not onlyhelp produce and market the maps, but would also fundroadside pullouts, location signs, and interpretive panels.Birding trails bring tourism dollars into our rural areas tohelp provide jobs and diversify the economy. The aidescalled the trails, fun, innovative, and practical.

What you can do: If you live in either Rep. Baird orRep. Dicks district, call the Congressman (Baird: 202-225-3536; Dicks: 202-225-5916) or e-mail him (see end

of column) to say you support a grant for $880,000 fo

the Great Washington State Birding Trail.

3. State Wildlife Grants (SWGs). These federal grants adistributed to states to support study, management, andhabitat protection for non-consumptive wildlife, i.e.any wildlife we do not catch or shoot to eat. ThePresidents proposed budget contains $74 million, whicwould be divided among all 50 states. I joinedAudubons D.C. policy team in lobbying our legislatorfor increasing the SWG total to $85 million.

Under the Presidents budget, the WashingtonDepartment of Fish and Wildlife would receive about$1.4 million for two purposes: a) to develop acomprehensive conservation strategy for non-huntedspecies, including status of habitat, threats, andprotection options; and b) to fund projects to restorehabitat and monitor populations of threatened speciessuch as the Sage Grouse in eastern Washington.

What you can do: Contact your Congressionaldelegation by phone or e-mail to say you supportincreasing the SWG in the U.S. Fish & Wildlife

Services budget to $85 million.

To find out how to contact your Congressional delegatiby e-mail, go to: http://www.metrokc.gov/eomail.htm

Lobbying For Birds In Washington cont.


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Hot Tips for Legislative Advocacy - Whats Still Alive in the House?

Audubon WashingtonsBirds Eye View January 21, 2005 Page 10 of

This is a list of policy bills, pulled togetherby the conservation community, that are stillalive. For more information on each bill goto www.leg.wa.gov .

Members of the House Rules Committeeneed to know what you support and oppose.(Rules is considered the graveyardbecause most bills die there.)

Contact members of the House RulesCommittee listed below and let them know

what you want pulled to the floor andwhat should rest in peace.

HOUSE RULESCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Speaker Chopp-Chair

Representative Chandler

Representative Anderson

Representative Armstrong

Representative Blake

Representative Clibborn

Representative Ericksen

Representative Flannigan

Representative Grant

Representative Hudgins

Representative HuntRepresentative Kessler

Representative Lovick

Representative McDonald

Representative Morrell

Representative Shabro

Representative Tom

2005 Environmental CommunityPosition on House Bills

2nd Reading

SHB 1023 Tsunami resistant structures Orcutt Oppos

SHB 1413 Habitat conservation prgrms Dunshee Suppo

SHB 2086 Hood Canal/sewage McCoy Suppo

RulesSHB 1084 Recreational facilities Dunshee Suppo

SHB 1094 Tax incentives Santos Suppo

SHB 1360 Ancestral trees Hunt Suppo

2SHB 1415 Commercial passenger vessels Dickerson Suppo

2SHB 1458 On-site sewage/marine areas Hunt Suppo

2SHB 1488 Brominated flame retardants Hunter Suppo

2SHB 1492 Single pilot mitigation bank Williams Suppo

SHB 1397 Motor vehicle emissions Murray Suppo

SHB 1615 Livestock nutrients Pettigrew Oppos

SHB 1631 County conservation futures Clibborn Suppo

SHB 1637 Open space plans Upthegrove Suppo

HB 1638 Forest lands Upthegrove Suppo

SHB 1696 Fish & wildlife violations Blake Suppo

SHB 2078 Comprehensive plan deferrals Simpson Suppo

HB 2105 Hood Canal/on-site sewage Chase Suppo

HB 2207 Growth management/science Simpson Suppo

SHCR 4406 Watersheds/ salmon recovery Williams Suppo

Passed House

ESHB 1577 Nonprofit capital projects Suppo

HB 1096 Tax expenditure reports Santos Suppo

SHB 1179 HOV lanes pilot project Murray Suppo

ESHB 1272 Green buildings Suppo


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Hot Tips for Legislative Advocacy - Whats Still Alive in the Senate?

Audubon WashingtonsBirds Eye View January 21, 2005 Page 11 of

This is a list of policy bills, pulled togetherby the conservation community, that are stillalive. For more information on each bill goto www.leg.wa.gov .

Members of the Senate Rules Committeeneed to know what you support and oppose.(Rules is considered the graveyardbecause most bills die there.)

Contact members of the Senate RulesCommittee listed below and let them know

what you want pulled to the floor andwhat should rest in peace.

SENATE RULESCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Lieutenant Gov. Owen - Chair

Senator Franklin

Senator Finkbeiner

Senator Brown

Senator Doumit

Senator Eide

Senator Esser

Senator Fraser

Senator Haugen

Senator Hewitt

Senator Honeyford

Senator Johnson

Senator KlineSenator Kohl-Welles

Senator Parlette

Senator Regala

Senator Spanel

Senator Stevens

Senator Thibaudeau

Senator Zarelli

2005 Environmental CommunityPosition on Senate Bills

2nd Reading

SSB 5005 Nature-based tourism Jacobsen Suppor

SSB 5445 Initiative 297 Kline Suppor

Rules

SB 5010 Conservation districts Rasmussen Suppor

SB 5095 Hydraulic project approval Doumit Oppos

SSB 5164 Impact fees Haugen Suppor

SSB 5228 Wild on WA license plates Jacobsen Suppor

SSB 5229 Endngrd wildlife lic plate Swecker Suppor

SSB 5230 Wildlife license plate Swecker Suppor

SSB 5234 Hunting access Jacobsen Suppor

SSB 5278 Ocean policy review comm Jacobsen Suppor

SB 5279 Recreational activities Jacobsen Suppor

SSB 5316 Parks & rec license plates Jacobsen Suppor

SSB 5378 Conservation futures Pridemore Suppor

SSB 5385 Invasive species council Jacobsen SupporSSB 5396 Habitat conservation prgrms Fraser Suppor

2SSB 5431 On-site sewage/marine areas Spanel Suppor

SSB 5432 Oil spill oversight council Spanel Suppor

2SSB 5509 Green buildings Poulsen Suppor

SSB 5610 Salmon recovery Jacobsen Suppor

SSB 5620 Open space plans Kline Suppor

SSB 5397 Motor vehicle emissions Rockefeller Suppor

SB 5710 Mercury/motor vehicles Poulsen Suppor

SSB 5730 Small business regulation Doumit Oppos

SSB 5895 Puget Sound recovery Fraser Suppor

SSB 5907 Growth management Haugen Oppos

SSB 5914 Salmon recovery funding brd Parlette Suppor

SSB 5923 Comprehensive plans Kastama Suppor

SB 5962 Agricultural practices Haugen Oppos

SSB 6030 Comprehensive plans Haugen Oppos

SB 6068 Aquatic reserve system Poulsen Suppor


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