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(a) For recipients of grant funds from the program authorized in 1 RCW 16.76.020, performance must be evaluated on the deployment of 2 nonlethal deterrence, specifically with the goal to reduce the 3 likelihood of cattle being injured or killed by wolves by deploying 4 proactive, preventative methods that have a good probability of 5 producing effective results. Grantees who use funds for range riders 6 or herd monitoring must deploy this tool in a manner so that targeted 7 areas with cattle are visited daily or near daily. Grantees must 8 collaborate with other entities providing prevention efforts 9 resulting in coordinated wolf-livestock conflict deterrence efforts, 10 both temporally and spatially, therefore providing well timed and 11 placed preventative coverage on the landscape. 12 (b) For recipient of the pass-through funds from the northeast 13 Washington wolf-livestock management nonappropriated account, 14 performance must be based on the intent of conducting proactive 15 deterrence activities with the goal to reduce the likelihood of 16 cattle being injured or killed by wolves. 17 (c) The contractor must have at least five years of experience in 18 the combination of field work as a range rider and running range 19 riding programs in areas with wolf-livestock conflict in the western 20 United States. In conducting the assessment, the contractor may 21 access written range rider logs and georeferenced data produced by 22 the grant recipients, in addition to reading annual reports of the 23 recipients and interviewing relevant participants. The contractor may 24 also provide general recommendations for improvement of programs 25 intended to provide effective wolf-livestock deterrence, taking into 26 account the terrain and other challenges faced in northeast 27 Washington. The contractor must complete their assessment for 28 Washington State University extension service to be delivered to the 29 legislature, pursuant to RCW 43.01.036, by June 30, 2024. 30 (31) $500,000 of the workforce education investment account—state 31 appropriation is provided solely for the energy program for 32 residential energy code education and support, including training, 33 hotline support to the building industry, and information material 34 and web resources. 35 (32) $695,000 of the model toxics control operating account—state 36 appropriation is provided solely for turf grass resilience research 37 in high traffic areas. 38 p. 575 ESSB 5187.SL