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27 <br /> Objective 3B . 4 : Encourage forestry protection programs . <br /> ■ Increase the assessment per ton on processed wood and use to fund Forest Legacy Program , <br /> more water quality monitoring personnel , and possible purchase of timber rights program . <br /> ■ Encourage forest cover in protected watersheds and wetlands , and to buffer waterways . <br /> ■ Require the Forest Service to promote selective harvesting techniques and consultations with <br /> registered foresters . <br /> ■ Examine environmental impacts of forestry practices to achieve improved methods for <br /> protecting forestland , especially in urbanizing counties where forested cover is crucial to <br /> watershed protection and to reduction of runoff and erosion , air quality , wildlife habitat , and <br /> connectivity of natural and wildlife resources . <br /> Objective 3B . 5 : Update state forest inventory analysis and develop a comprehensive state plan <br /> for forest sustainability . <br /> C . IMPROVE WATER QUALITY PROTECTION <br /> Objective 3C . 1 : Enhance Clean Water Management Trust Fund <br /> ■ Provide greater flexibility for the use of funds within watersheds to allow , among other <br /> things , installment purchases and application of grant monies not tied strictly to a 300400t <br /> distance from a waterway . <br /> ■ Support reclaimed water programs . <br /> ■ Refine standards for funding by convening a conference with the CWMTF board and <br /> previous award winners , those denied funds , land trusts , representatives of local government <br /> and of the development and agriculture communities . <br /> ■ Give added weight in granting funds to jurisdictions that have an adopted land - use , <br /> watershed protection , or other plan that bans development in floodways , floodplains , and <br /> wetlands , <br /> ■ Give added weight in granting funds to jurisdictions that have AN adopted Park and Open <br /> Space plan , watershed protection , or comparable plan that are linked to water quality <br /> protection and restoration . <br /> ■ Consider some geographical , as well as strictly merit - based , criteria for allotting funds , with <br /> special attention to river basins . <br /> Objective 3C . 2e. Enhance programs to assure optimal operation of on - site wastewater treatment <br /> systems . <br /> 12 <br />