Forest Practices Act Clause Samples

Forest Practices Act. The State Legislature passed the Forest Practices Act in 1974. The Forest Practices Act (RCW Ch. 76.09) was designed to provide protection to forest soils, fisheries, wildlife, water quality and quantity, air quality, recreation, and scenic beauty by regulating forest practices such as harvesting, salvage, thinning, brush control, road construction and maintenance, reforestation, and the use of fertilizers or pesticides, while at the same time maintaining a viable forest products industry.