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31, 2022. Work is to be conducted solely on United States forest 1 service grazing allotments and adjoining private lands in the Kettle 2 mountains in Ferry county. This includes an area from the northern 3 boundary of the Colville Confederated Tribes reservation, west of the 4 Columbia river north to state route 20, and then west of United 5 States route 395 to the Canadian border, and from the northern 6 boundary of the Colville Confederated Tribes reservation east of 7 state highway 21 to the Canadian border. Also included are federal 8 grazing allotments and adjoining private lands in the Vulcan mountain 9 area, an area which is north of the Kettle river where it enters the 10 United States at Midway, British Columbia and leaves the United 11 States near Danville, Washington. Of the amount provided in this 12 subsection, $90,000 may be contracted for range rider deterrence 13 activities in Pend Oreille, Stevens, or Ferry counties. 14 (c) Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the 15 department must provide $120,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $80,000 in 16 fiscal year 2023 to the sheriffs offices of Ferry and Stevens 17 counties for providing a local wildlife specialist to aid the 18 department of fish and wildlife in the management of wolves in 19 northeast Washington. 20 (11) $1,400,000 of the model toxics control operating account— 21 state appropriation is provided solely for research grants to assist 22 with development of an integrated pest management plan to find a 23 suitable replacement for imidacloprid to address burrowing shrimp in 24 Willapa bay and Grays harbor and facilitate continued shellfish 25 cultivation on tidelands. In selecting research grant recipients for 26 this purpose, the department must incorporate the advice of the 27 Willapa-Grays harbor working group formed from the settlement 28 agreement with the department of ecology signed on October 15, 2019. 29 Up to eight percent of the total amount provided may be used by the 30 departments of agriculture, commerce, ecology, and natural resources 31 to cover overhead expenses relating to their continued participation 32 in the working group for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. 33 (12) $323,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2022 and $477,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 35 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the implementation of 36 Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5141 (environmental 37 justice task force recommendations). 38 p. 1213 ESSB 5187.SL