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The time has come to stand up for people, DNR must manage public lands for all Washingtonians – not just special interests
WCA releases 8th annual State of Forests and Public Lands report to evaluate the performance over the course of the last year of Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz, and the DNR.

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Climate Commitment Act Funds Go to Washington State Forests in Historic Recognition that Forests Play a Central Role in Reducing Emissions
State legislators in Olympia invested a landmark $83 million in forest conservation and ecological forest management practices to boost carbon sequestration on state lands. This funding marks the first time the state government will set aside timber acreage strictly for its carbon value, by designating it a high-impact “natural climate solution” worthy of funding under the Climate Commitment Act’s Natural Climate Solutions Account.

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Legislators of 2023 Session Make Historic Investments…
The 2023 Washington Legislative Session concludes, with legislators harnessing Washingtonians advocacy to achieve big wins for people and our environment with passage of transformative update to the State’s Growth Management Act, and allocation of nearly $1 billion Climate Commitment Act (CCA) dollars, the nation’s strongest polluter-pay law, to cut carbon pollution, and invest in local communities and carbon sequestration.