ME LD1630

Increases the base property tax reduction for all open space land from 20% to 45%, while reducing the additional reduction for permanently protected open space from 30% to 25%

Creates two new qualifying categories for an additional 25% tax reduction: land with an approved wildlife habitat management plan and land with a forest climate resilience and carbon management plan

Eliminates the "forever wild" open space category and the "managed forest" open space category as separate tax reduction classifications

Adds "managing woodland for climate resilience or forest carbon storage and sequestration" as a new qualifying purpose for open space land designation

Exempts 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations from the 15,000-acre limit on open space classification applications