2009 Maine Code
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 805: COOPERATIVE FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
12 §8878-A. Annual report on clearcutting

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 11: FORESTRY

Chapter 805: COOPERATIVE FORESTRY MANAGEMENT

Subchapter 4-A: FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM HEADING: PL 1989, C. 875, PT. J, §10 (NEW)

§8878-A. Annual report on clearcutting

The director shall prepare and publish an annual report that summarizes clearcutting statewide by geographic region and by ownership class. For the purposes of this section, "clearcutting" means harvesting that results in an area meeting the definition of a clear-cut in section 8868, subsection 1. [1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).]

1. Information. For landowners owning 100,000 acres or more of forest land statewide, the summary must include aggregate data and frequency distributions and must present the following information:

A. Total area clear-cut; [1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).]

B. Area clear-cut as a percentage of a landowner's statewide land ownership; [1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).]

C. Stated purposes for clearcutting; [1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).]

D. The number of clear-cuts over 75 acres in size; [1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).]

E. Total acres planted; and [1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).]

F. Total acres precommercially thinned. [1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).]

[ 1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW) .]

2. Sources of information. The summary must be based on landowner harvest reports required under section 8885. The director may request additional information and provide field verification as resources allow.

[ 1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1997, c. 720, §13 (NEW).