The Law

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The law of the land drives many of the behaviors of human systems. In the context of ecosystem management, legal topics on this wiki focus on 1) recurring authorities by which legislatures appropriate bond or tax revenue to be spent by agencies, and 2) laws which result in procedures or prosecution to regulate the behavior of citizens. All legal topic pages use the "legal" category. Pages may provide an overview of an authority or describe examples of the application of legal rights and authorities.

Legal Topics Organized by Strata of Government

Legal topics may relate to particular strata of government (federal, state or local). Generally higher strata of government exert authority over lower strata, or delegate authority down to lower strata for implementation. However in our system of representative politics, the authority of the state is derived by local representatives that are influenced by politically effective constituents, and so the local concerns of politically effective constituents about the use of state power feeds back through councils, boards, legislatures, and congress. Legal topics may thereby involve two or more strata, and define a relationship among them. For example, the Shoreline Management Act defines an obligation of local government to the state for the management of shorelines, components of which are a common pool resource despite private ownership.

Local Topics Conservation Futures Critical Areas Regulation Best Available Science Hearings Examiner Comprehensive Plan Storm and Surface Water Drainage Utilities Voluntary Stewardship Program

State Topics Growth Management Act Forest Practices Act In-Stream Flow Conservation Futures State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Initiative 1631 - Protect Washington Act Best Available Science Natural Resource Damage Assessment Hydraulic Project Approval Model Toxics Control Act Watershed Planning Act Storm and Surface Water Drainage Utilities General purpose local government Voluntary Stewardship Program Temporary Worker Housing Climate Commitment Act

Federal Topics Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Endangered Species Act The Boldt Decision Clean Water Act Executive Order 11988 Farm Bill Rivers and Harbors Act Best Available Science Oil Pollution Act Natural Resource Damage Assessment Coastal Zone Management Act Federal Nexus National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) National Historical Preservation Act of 1966 Viable Salmon Population Parameters National Historic Preservation Act

All Topics and Documents

The following topics, document and pages are tagged with the legal category

All Topics Growth Management Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Endangered Species Act Forest Practices Act The Boldt Decision Governments Clean Water Act Executive Order 11988 Farm Bill In-Stream Flow Conservation Futures State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Rivers and Harbors Act Critical Areas Regulation Initiative 1631 - Protect Washington Act Best Available Science Washington State Capital Budget Oil Pollution Act Natural Resource Damage Assessment Cumulative Effects Sociocracy Coastal Zone Management Act Mitigation Hearings Examiner Comprehensive Plan Hydraulic Project Approval Model Toxics Control Act Southern Resident Killer Whale Federal Nexus Watershed Planning Act Hirst Decision and Streamflow Restoration Storm and Surface Water Drainage Utilities General purpose local government Nooksack Watershed General Stream Adjudication National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) National Historical Preservation Act of 1966 Fishery Harvest Viable Salmon Population Parameters National Historic Preservation Act Voluntary Stewardship Program Temporary Worker Housing Volunteers and Liability National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Unconstitutional Regulatory Takings Water Sustainability Act Salmon and Steelhead Co-management Public Trust Doctrine Climate Commitment Act

All Documents NOAA 1996 effects of actions on watershed properly functioning condition.pdf WDFW 2015 french creek drainage maintenance HPA.pdf MRSC 2003 special districts in washington.pdf LBC 1988 review of special purpose districts.pdf Laschever 1998 washington growth management overview NOAA & USFWS 2015 PROJECTS programmatic restoration biological opinion.pdf WDOE 2017 cummulative effects analysis SMP.pdf WDOT 2019 indirect and cumulative effects analysis.pdf Ryder et al 2010 defining best available science Sullivan et al 2006 defining best available science for fisheries and environmental Abel et al 2022 evaluating puget sound ecosystem governance.pdf NOAA-USFWS 1999 safe harbor agreement policy.pdf Waterman-Hoey 2022 washington greenhouse gas emissions inventory.pdf

All Other Pages

• Washington Environmental Council
• Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC)