To provide greater state financial assistance to maintain Washington's working forest land base. The bill would create a Working Forest Land Board to issue grants and loans on a competitive basis. The grants and loans would support protection of working forest land and assist in developing innovative strategies for supporting economically and environmentally healthy forests and forest-dependent communities.   Official Text and Analysis.

To remove the provision authorizing DNR to directly transfer land to land conservation organizations for at least fair market value without public auction.