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January 30, 2026

Advocacy (Page 12)

Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions. Advocacy includes activities and publications to influence public policy, laws and budgets by using facts, their relationships, the media, and messaging to educate government officials and the public. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research. Lobbying (often by lobby groups) is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on a specific issue or specific piece of legislation. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advocacy)

Summary of WACD positions on 2022 legislation

This summary is intended to be a more accessible listing of the 2022 bills that WACD supports and opposes, and a brief explanation of WACD’s… Continue Reading Summary of WACD positions on 2022 legislationContinue Reading

2022-01-24
On: January 24, 2022
In: Bills
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Week 2 General Legislative Review

Week of January 17-21, 2022 Legislature busy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day is annually one of the busiest days… Continue Reading Week 2 General Legislative ReviewContinue Reading

2022-01-23
On: January 23, 2022
In: Advocacy, Bills, Featured, State Legislature
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Legislative Alert: January 20, 2022

ALERTS HB 1838 Protecting, restoring, and maintaining habitat for salmon recovery House Bill 1838 is the companion bill to Senate Bill 5727 and is similar… Continue Reading Legislative Alert: January 20, 2022Continue Reading

2022-01-20
On: January 20, 2022
In: Bills, Featured, Legislative Alert

WACD’s testimony on HB 1838

On January 19, 2022, WACD Executive Director Tom Salzer testified on House Bill 1838, titled: Protecting, restoring, and maintaining habitat for salmon recovery. WACD signed… Continue Reading WACD’s testimony on HB 1838Continue Reading

2022-01-20
On: January 20, 2022
In: Advocacy, Bills
Washington State Legislature

WACD 2022 Legislative Session Policy Priorities

Based on WACD’s active resolutions and reviewed by the WACD’s Board of Directors, these are the Association’s policy priorities in the 2022 legislative session. Conservation… Continue Reading WACD 2022 Legislative Session Policy PrioritiesContinue Reading

2022-01-18
On: January 18, 2022
In: Advocacy, Bills, Featured, State Legislature

Inslee’s proposal mandating stream buffers seen as shift to regulations | capitalpress.com

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee’s salmon adviser Friday outlined for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission a proposal to require riparian buffers, which one commissioner… Continue Reading Inslee’s proposal mandating stream buffers seen as shift to regulations | capitalpress.comContinue Reading

2022-01-17
On: January 17, 2022
In: Bills, Riparian
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Week 1 General Legislative Review

Legislature convened January 10, floor action to be hybrid The second year of the 67th biennium of the Washington State Legislature began Monday, January 10,… Continue Reading Week 1 General Legislative ReviewContinue Reading

2022-01-16
On: January 16, 2022
In: Advocacy, Bills, Featured, State Legislature

Washington lawmakers file Inslee’s mandatory buffer bill | capitalpress.com

Legislation advanced by Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington tribes calls for mandatory riparian buffers, with $10,000-a-day fines for landowners who don’t plant trees along creeks… Continue Reading Washington lawmakers file Inslee’s mandatory buffer bill | capitalpress.comContinue Reading

2022-01-13
On: January 13, 2022
In: Bills, Riparian

Washington Farm Bureau fears ‘bad outcome’ with CD election bill | capitalpress.com

A bill to change how conservation district supervisors are elected won wide support Wednesday at a House hearing, except from the Washington Farm Bureau. House… Continue Reading Washington Farm Bureau fears ‘bad outcome’ with CD election bill | capitalpress.comContinue Reading

2022-01-13
On: January 13, 2022
In: Bills, Farm Bureau
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Legislative Alert: January 13, 2022

ALERTS HB 1856 Adding counties to the voluntary stewardship program HB 1856 would re-open enrollment for the Voluntary Stewardship Program to the counties that opted… Continue Reading Legislative Alert: January 13, 2022Continue Reading

2022-01-13
On: January 13, 2022
In: Bills, Featured, Legislative Alert

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