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NY S02831
Bill
Status
1/25/2023
Primary Sponsor
Neil Breslin
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to promulgate regulations within six months for forest management plans on state-purchased conservation easement lands where forestry will continue, with no commercial timber harvesting or infrastructure activities allowed until plan approval.
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Forest management plans must include descriptions of forest resources, silvicultural systems, harvest rationale, monitoring provisions, environmental assessments with impact mitigation, rare species protection plans, resource maps, and harvesting techniques.
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Reduces the Adirondack Park Agency's clearcutting threshold from 25 acres to 5 acres, requiring forest management plan submission and agency approval before any project involving clearcutting of more than 5 acres on a single unit of land.
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Prohibits the Adirondack Park Agency from delegating decisions on timber harvesting projects involving clearcutting of more than 5 acres and prohibits general permits for such projects, requiring full agency review.
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Management plans must be revised periodically to incorporate monitoring results, new scientific information, and changing environmental, social, and economic circumstances.
Legislative Description
Requires forest management plans, subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation, for certain lands subject to a conservation easement purchased by the state; forbids clearcutting on such lands without such forest management plan; increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
1/3/2024