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entities providing prevention efforts resulting in coordinated wolf- 1 livestock conflict deterrence efforts, both temporally and spatially, 2 therefore providing well timed and placed preventative coverage on 3 the landscape. Additionally, range riders must document their 4 activities with GPS track logs and provide written description of 5 their efforts to the department of fish and wildlife on a monthly 6 basis. The department shall incorporate the requirements of this 7 subsection into contract language with the grantees. 8 (ii) In order to provide continuity of services to meet the long- 9 term intent of the program, no less than $1,100,000 of the funding 10 allocated in this subsection (a) shall be awarded to entities who 11 have proven ability to meet program intent as described in (a)(i) of 12 this subsection and who have been awarded funds through this grant 13 program or pass-through funds from the northeast Washington wolf- 14 livestock management nonappropriated account in the past. The 15 remaining $300,000 may be awarded to new applicants whose 16 applications meet program intent and all of other requirements of the 17 program. If no applications from new entities are deemed qualified, 18 the unused funds shall be awarded in equal amounts to successful 19 grantees. The department retains the final decision making authority 20 over disbursement of funds. Annual reports from grantees will be 21 assessed for how well grant objectives were met and used to decide 22 whether future grant funds will be awarded to past grantees. 23 (b) Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the 24 department must provide $100,000 each fiscal year to the sheriffs 25 offices of Ferry and Stevens counties for providing a local wildlife 26 specialist to aid the department of fish and wildlife in the 27 management of wolves in northeast Washington. 28 (7) $1,000,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund— 29 federal appropriation is provided solely for grants and technical 30 assistance to producers and processors for meat and poultry 31 processing. 32 (8) $842,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 33 year 2024 and $822,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 34 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of chapter 35 135, Laws of 2022, which requires the department to establish 36 cannabis testing lab quality standards by rule. 37 p. 450 ESSB 5187.SL