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Testifiers praise CCA and floodplain investments, urge clarity on remedial action language
Summary
Tribal leaders, conservation groups and ports praised Climate Commitment Act-funded community forest and floodplain programs in the House capital budget but urged clarifying budget language so remedial action grants and reappropriations are not restricted.
Environmental and resource stakeholders welcomed significant Climate Commitment Act (CCA) investments in the House substitute to HB 2295 while urging careful drafting of budget language and sustained funding for proven programs.
Multiple speakers — including representatives of the Nisqually Tribe, Green Diamond, The Nature Conservancy and the Washington Association of Land Trusts — praised $9,370,000 for community forest grants and highlighted a partnership returning roughly…
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