WDFW frames 'effective protection' as first step before pursuing net ecological gain
WDFW staff briefed the Habitat Committee on reframing 'no net loss' to 'effective protection' and treating 'net ecological gain' as 'ecological improvement,' emphasizing measurable indicators, voluntary incentives and stronger implementation of existing law over new regulation.
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Morgan Carlson, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife presenter, told the Habitat Committee the agency reframed the policy language to remove baggage and focus discussions with tribes and stakeholders. She said legislature-directed provisos and agency work emphasized first making existing protections more effective and then defining transparent, measurable ecological-improvement indicators that can be counted at both site and landscape scales.
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