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seeds, soil amendments, and development of conservation plans that 1 increase carbon storage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 2 (2) $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2022 and $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 4 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for conservation district 5 technical assistance, project cultural resources review, project 6 engineering, agency administration, and cost-share grants to 7 landowners for recovery from wildfire damage, including, but not 8 limited to, rebuilding fences, seeding unstable slopes, controlling 9 weeds, and planting shrubs and trees for wildlife habitat. 10 (3) $85,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 11 year 2022 and $40,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 12 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the commission to: 13 (a) Enter into an agreement with the department of ecology for a 14 water bank in Okanogan county, which must focus solely on retaining 15 agricultural water rights for use by other agricultural producers in 16 the watershed of origin; and 17 (b) Report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by 18 December 31, 2022, on the effectiveness of the Okanogan water bank at 19 retaining agricultural water rights, and the potential for developing 20 additional water banks in Washington using this model. 21 (4) $8,464,000 of the public works assistance account—state 22 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of the voluntary 23 stewardship program. This amount may not be used to fund agency 24 indirect and administrative expenses. 25 (5) $170,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 26 year 2022 and $170,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 27 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the commission to continue 28 to convene and facilitate a food policy forum. 29 (6) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 30 year 2022 and $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 31 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the commission to share 32 evenly with conservation districts to increase assistance to 33 landowners to achieve environmental stewardship and agricultural 34 sustainability. 35 (7) $23,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 36 year 2022 and $4,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 37 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the implementation of Second 38 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5253 (pollinator health). 39 p. 1179 ESSB 5187.SL