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with complying with regulatory requirements and will work with 1 regulatory agencies to identify ways to streamline and make more 2 transparent the permit process for establishing and maintaining 3 shellfish operations. 4 (9) $194,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 5 year 2022, $194,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 6 fiscal year 2023, and $1,134,000 of the general fund—federal 7 appropriation are provided solely for implementing a Vespa mandarinia 8 eradication program. 9 (10) $1,042,000 of the northeast Washington wolf-livestock 10 management nonappropriated account—state appropriation is provided 11 solely for the department to conduct the following: 12 (a) Fund the northeast Washington wolf-livestock management grant 13 program as provided in RCW 16.76.020, at $432,000. Funds from the 14 grant program must be used only for the deployment of nonlethal 15 deterrence, specifically with the goal to reduce the likelihood of 16 cattle being injured or killed by wolves by deploying proactive, 17 preventative methods that have a good probability of producing 18 effective results. Grant proposals will be assessed partially on this 19 intent. Grantees who use funds for range riders or herd monitoring 20 must deploy this tool in a manner so that targeted areas with cattle 21 are visited daily or near daily. Grantees must collaborate with other 22 entities providing prevention efforts resulting in coordinated wolf- 23 livestock conflict deterrence efforts, both temporally and spatially, 24 therefore providing well-timed and placed preventative coverage on 25 the landscape. The department retains the final decision-making 26 authority over disbursement of funds. Annual reports from grantees 27 will be assessed for how well grant objectives were met and used to 28 decide whether future grant funds will be awarded to past grantees. 29 (b) Contract with the northeast Washington wolf-cattle 30 collaborative, a nonprofit organization, for $410,000 for range 31 riders to conduct proactive deterrence activities with the goal to 32 reduce the likelihood of cattle being injured or killed by wolves. 33 The contract must provide that the organization share all relevant 34 information with the department of fish and wildlife in a timely 35 manner to aid in wolf management decisions. Additionally, range 36 riders must document their activities with geo-referenced photo 37 points and provide written description of their efforts to the 38 department of fish and wildlife by December 31, 2021, and December 39 p. 1212 ESSB 5187.SL