The department shall manage the state-owned lands under its jurisdiction which are primarily valuable for the purpose of growing forest crops on a sustained yield basis insofar as compatible with other statutory directives. To this end, the department shall periodically adjust the acreages designated for inclusion in the sustained yield management program and calculate a sustainable harvest level.
RCW 79.10.320
Sustainable harvest program.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Chuckanut Conservancy v. Department of Natural Resources (2010)
Most recently applied in 156 Wash. App. 274 - Chuckanut Conservancy v. WASH. STATE DNR (May 2010)
2003 c 334 s 538; 1987 c 159 s 3; 1971 ex.s. c 234 s 4
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.