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2) Implement the VSP work plan, including implementing the requirements of the VSP <br /> and RCW Chapter 36.70A.700-760. <br /> 1) Two-year status reports. No later than August 30, 2025, provide the written <br /> biennial report to the COMMISSION. The biennial report can provide the status <br /> of plans and accomplishments of the work plan to the COMMISSION and <br /> address how the county conducts periodic evaluations, institutes adaptive <br /> management, and evaluates the status of plans and accomplishments. (Two-year <br /> status reports shall be submitted to the county and to the commission within <br /> sixty days after the end of each fiscal biennium.) The biennial report may include <br /> a summary of how plan implementation is affecting each of the following: <br /> 1) The protection and enhancement of critical areas within the area where <br /> agricultural activities are conducted; <br /> 2) The maintenance and improvement of the long-term viability of agriculture; <br /> 3) Reducing the conversion of farmland to other uses; <br /> 4) The maximization of the use of voluntary incentive programs to encourage <br /> good riparian and ecosystem stewardship as an alternative to historic <br /> approaches used to protect critical areas; <br /> 5) The leveraging of existing resources by relying upon existing work and plans <br /> in counties and local watersheds, as well as existing state and federal <br /> programs to the maximum extent practicable to achieve program goals; <br /> 6) Ongoing efforts to encourage and foster a spirit of cooperation and <br /> partnership among county, tribal, environmental, and agricultural interests <br /> to better assure the program success; <br /> 7) Ongoing efforts to improve compliance with other laws designed to protect <br /> water quality and fish habitat; and <br /> 8) A description of efforts showing how relying upon voluntary stewardship <br /> practices as the primary method of protecting critical areas does not <br /> therefore require the cessation of agricultural activities. <br /> 2) Five-year review and evaluation report. If a Five-year VSP report is due during <br /> this contract period, then no later than the current deadline for submittal of the <br /> report to the COMMISSION, and in conjunction with the county watershed work <br /> group, facilitate, develop, and submit the five-year report to the director of the <br /> COMMISSION. See RCW 36.70A.720 (2) (b) (i) and (c) (i). When submitting the <br /> VSP 2025-27 Biennium Contract Between the WSCC and County- Page 16 of 23 <br />