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efforts to survey the diets of seals and sea lions in Puget Sound and 1 identify nonlethal management actions to deter them from preying on 2 salmon and steelhead. 3 (18) $518,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 4 year 2022 and $519,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to continue 6 to provide policy and scientific support to the department of ecology 7 regarding surface and groundwater management issues as part of 8 implementing chapter 90.94 RCW streamflow restoration. 9 (19) $271,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 10 year 2022 and $271,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 11 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the implementation of 12 chapter 291, Laws of 2019 (southern resident orca whales–protection 13 from vessels), contracts with nonprofit organizations to monitor 14 vessel traffic and educate boaters to be whale wise, and 15 participation in other orca recovery efforts. 16 (20) Within amounts appropriated in this section, the department, 17 in coordination with statewide law enforcement agencies, must provide 18 a report to the legislature by January, 2022 on the number of cougars 19 reported to the department as harvested by local government law 20 enforcement agencies, training opportunities provided to local law 21 enforcement agencies, and how cougar removals by local enforcement 22 agencies impact the department's cougar management strategies. 23 (21) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2022 and $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 25 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to implement 26 priority actions in the state pinto abalone recovery plan. Of the 27 amounts provided, $85,000 each fiscal year must be used to locate, 28 monitor, and safeguard wild populations of pinto abalone along the 29 strait of Juan de Fuca, outer coast, and San Juan islands and the 30 remaining amounts must be granted to the Puget Sound restoration fund 31 to increase production, diversity, and resilience of out-planted 32 abalone. 33 (22) $315,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2022 and $315,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 35 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to research 36 and monitor the impacts of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) on 37 indicator species. The department must coordinate with the department 38 of ecology on implementation of this subsection. 39 p. 1185 ESSB 5187.SL