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individual damage prevention contract agreements for the use of 1 hiring range riders for proactive wolf-livestock conflict deterrence 2 outside of the service area of the northeast Washington wolf- 3 livestock management grant program as provided in RCW 16.76.020. 4 (43) $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 5 year 2024 and $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 6 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a conflict resolution 7 process mediated by the federal mediation and conciliation service. 8 This funding must be used by the department to facilitate meetings 9 between Skagit tribes, drainage and irrigation districts, and state 10 and federal resource agencies and support the technical work 11 necessary to resolve conflict. Invited parties must include the 12 national marine fisheries service, Washington state department of 13 agriculture, Washington state department of fish and wildlife, 14 Swinomish Indian tribal community, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Sauk- 15 Suiattle Indian Tribe, and Skagit drainage and irrigation districts 16 consortium LLC. A report documenting meeting notes, points of 17 resolution, and recommendations must be provided to the legislature 18 no later than June 30, 2025. 19 (44) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 20 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 21 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to evaluate the abundance and 22 distribution of white and green sturgeon on the Washington coast and 23 Puget Sound tributaries and to evaluate genetic relatedness with 24 Columbia and Fraser river sturgeon populations. The funding is also 25 provided to increase monitoring of the abundance and distribution of 26 eulachon to use the information as a baseline for sturgeon and 27 eulachon management plans. 28 (45) $235,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 29 year 2024 and $409,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to the department of fish and 31 wildlife to proactively survey for wildlife disease risks and provide 32 action plans and management for healthy wildlife in Washington. 33 (46) $325,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2024 is provided solely for a contract with a nonprofit 35 organization that operates a zoological garden in King county for the 36 purpose of an outreach campaign on pollinator health issues. The 37 pollinator outreach campaign is intended to further the mission of 38 p. 434 ESSB 5187.SL