(1) The department must implement practices necessary to maintain pollinator habitat on department-owned and managed agricultural and grazing lands where practicable.
(2) The department must evaluate various restoration techniques with the goal of improving habitat for native pollinators. The department must update its riparian habitat recommendations to encourage development of pollinator habitat where practicable when making habitat improvements or for riparian restoration.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "pollinator habitat" means an area of land that is or may be developed as habitat beneficial for the feeding, nesting, and reproduction of all pollinators, including honey bees, as determined by the department.
[ 2021 c 278 § 8; 2019 c 353 § 8.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Intent—2021 c 278: See note following RCW 43.23.320.
Findings—Intent—2019 c 353: See note following RCW 43.23.300.