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(1) $18,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 1 fiscal year 2024 and $17,000,000 of the general fund—state 2 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to continue 3 the we feed Washington program, a state alternative to the United 4 States department of agriculture farmers to families food box 5 program, and provide resources for hunger relief organizations. 6 (2) $4,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2024 and $4,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 8 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for local food system 9 infrastructure and market access grants. 10 (3) $3,655,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 11 year 2024 and $3,655,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 12 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementing a Popillia 13 japonica monitoring and eradication program in central Washington. 14 (4) $15,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 15 fiscal year 2025 and $15,000,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal 16 recovery fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for 17 implementing the emergency food assistance program as defined in RCW 18 43.23.290. 19 (5) $246,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 20 year 2024, $246,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 21 fiscal year 2025, and $1,550,000 of the general fund—federal 22 appropriation are provided solely for implementing a Vespa mandarinia 23 eradication program. 24 (6) $1,600,000 of the northeast Washington wolf-livestock 25 management nonappropriated account—state appropriation is provided 26 solely for the department to conduct the following: 27 (a) Offer grants for the northeast Washington wolf-livestock 28 management program as provided in RCW 16.76.020, in the amount of 29 $1,400,000 for the biennium. 30 (i) Funds from the grant program must be used only for the 31 deployment of nonlethal deterrence, specifically with the goal to 32 reduce the likelihood of cattle being injured or killed by wolves by 33 deploying proactive, preventative methods that have a high 34 probability of producing effective results. Grant proposals will be 35 assessed partially on this intent. Grantees who use funds for range 36 riders or herd monitoring must deploy this tool in a manner so that 37 targeted areas with cattle are visited daily or near daily. Grantees 38 must collaborate with other grantees of the program and other 39 p. 449 ESSB 5187.SL