Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 79A.55 · 10 active provisions
The legislature hereby finds that many rivers of this state, with their immediate environs, possess outstanding natural, scenic, historic, ecological, and recreational values of present and future benefit to the public. The legislature further finds that the policy of permitting the construction of dams and other impou…
The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Commission" means the state parks and recreation commission.(2) "Participating local government" means the legislative authority of any city or county, a portion of whose territorial jurisdiction i…
(1) The commission shall develop and adopt management policies for publicly owned or leased land on the rivers designated by the legislature as being a part of the state's scenic river system and within the associated river areas. The commission may adopt rules identifying river classifications which reflect the charac…
(1) The management program for the system shall be administered by the commission. The commission shall have the responsibility for coordinating the development of the program between affected state agencies and participating local governments, and shall develop and adopt rules, in accord with chapter 34.05 RCW, the Ad…
(1) All state government agencies and local governments are hereby directed to pursue policies with regard to their respective activities, functions, powers, and duties which are designed to conserve and enhance the conditions of rivers which have been included in the system, in accordance with the management policies…
Rivers of a scenic nature are eligible for inclusion in the system. Ideally, a scenic river:(1) Is free-flowing without diversions that hinder recreational use;(2) Has a streamway that is relatively unmodified by riprapping and other stream bank protection;(3) Has water of sufficient quality and quantity to be deemed w…
Nothing contained in this chapter shall affect the authority of the department of fish and wildlife to construct facilities or make improvements to facilitate the passage or propagation of fish nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to interfere with the powers, duties, and authority of the department of fish…
The following rivers of the state of Washington are hereby designated as being in the scenic river system of the state of Washington:(1) The Skykomish river from the junction of the north and south forks of the Skykomish river:(a) Downstream approximately fourteen miles to its junction with the Sultan river;(b) Upstrea…
Nothing in this chapter shall preclude a section or segment of the state's scenic rivers included in the system from becoming a part of the national wild and scenic river system.
No funds shall be expended from the limited fish and wildlife account created in RCW 77.12.170(1) or the fish, wildlife, and conservation account created in RCW 77.12.170(3) to carry out the provisions of this chapter.