LIQUIDATION HARVESTING RULEMAKING
Maine Forest Service
Interpretations of MFS Rule – Chapter 23
Timber Harvest Standards to
Substantially Eliminate Liquidation Harvesting
Finally adopted liquidation harvesting rule
Legislative Resolve authorizing final adoption of liquidation harvesting
rule
Legislature
Approves Adoption of Revised Liquidation Harvesting Rule
Transcripts of Public
Hearings on Provisionally Adopted Liquidation Harvesting Rule
Provisionally Adopted Liquidation Harvesting Rule - 14 April
2004
Complementary Solutions Report
Supporting Material
" [T]he State's forests are resources of state significance. These resources
have great economic value, environmental value, scenic beauty and unique characteristics
and unsurpassed recreational, cultural and historical values of present and
future benefit to the citizens of the State. The well-being of communities
of the State depends upon sustainable forest management. Liquidation harvesting
is a serious and direct threat to forest management, forest industries and
rural communities over the landscape of Maine. Liquidation harvesting produces
significant adverse economic and environmental effects and threatens the health,
safety and general welfare of the citizens of the State. Liquidation harvesting
is incompatible with responsible forest stewardship and must be substantially
eliminated (12 MRSA, § 8866)."
"
Liquidation harvesting" means the purchase of timberland followed by
a harvest that removes most or all commercial value in standing timber, without
regard for long-term forest management principles, and the subsequent sale
or attempted resale of the harvested land within 5 years. (12 MRSA, § 8868,
sub-§ 6)."
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