6231-S.E AMH NR H5370.1

ESSB 6231 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Natural Resources

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The department of natural resources shall not adopt a new management plan pertaining to any natural area preserves in Grays Harbor county and Pacific county before January 10, 1999.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The senate natural resources and parks committee shall study the following aspects of the natural area preserves program created under chapter 79.70 RCW:

    (1) The potential impact, if any, of defining natural area preserve boundaries which encompass land that has not yet been purchased for the program;

    (2) The correlation between the goals and purposes of the natural area preserve program and the natural resource conservation area program and the potential use of both programs in selected areas;

    (3) The current procedures that ensure the adequacy of local public input concerning natural area preserve boundaries and management;

    (4) The criteria and scientific methods used to ensure that natural area preserves fulfill the purposes of the program."

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