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This 7-part housing series explores the current challenges, resources, and needs with regard to affordable housing and homelessness. For additional resources, please view this PDF document with supplemental resources for each section of this series.

Gain a better understanding of why local governments engage in comprehensive land use planning, the statewide planning framework, the basic components of local planning and implementation, the mandated comprehensive planning update process, and the role and responsibility of county elected officials in the process.

Gain a better understanding of why local governments engage in comprehensive land use planning, the statewide planning framework, the basic components of local planning and implementation, the mandated comprehensive planning update process, and the role and responsibility of county elected officials in the process.

A history of the timber industry in Washington and a discussion of County interests in timberland management issues. Topics include the history of the timber industry, economic impacts, forest product economics, small forest landowners, and state forest lands as revenue generators.

In Timber 102, you’ll get a primer on the private timberland regulatory framework – a brief history of TFW, the Forests & Fish Agreement, and an explanation of the Adaptive Management Program and the Forests & Fish HCP, then learn about the benefits of forestlands and the related ecosystems, the basics of forestland carbon and carbon markets, and finally, a Q&A with the Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz.

Carbon sequestration and Storage: Considering private, state, and federal timberland management practices. Hear from Andrew Gray, Edie Sonne-Hall, and Paula Swedeen for carbon sequestration and storage discussions from both the public and private sector perspectives.

In Water Module A you will be introduced to key concepts in water resources management in Washington State and how county government responsibilities contribute to the overall statewide framework. Elements include legal framework, water rights, tribal issues, and understanding the interaction between the Department of the Ecology, as the statewide water resources management agency, and the County as an entity required to work with Ecology while implementing state law.

Learn about the facets of the Columbia Basin Project, from the basin’s history and life before construction to its concept and into modern-day.

 Columbia Basin Projects and the ongoing work of the Office of Columbia River.