SB 5448 - DIGEST

Directs the department of fish and wildlife to provide one or more grants for projects that provide community outreach and public information regarding grizzly bears in the north Cascades mountains. The projects funded must be designed to work closely with communities in this region and have the objective of providing accurate information about grizzly bear ecology, biology, and behavior, provide education on how local residents can coexist safely with bears, and provide opportunities for people who live in these areas to express their ideas, opinions, and concerns.

Appropriates the sum of forty-five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, from the general fund to the department of fish and wildlife for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, to carry out the purposes of this act.