Rhode Island bill bans logging on state lands and preserves, allowing only limited safety, invasive removal, or selection management after review.
Rhode Island H7914, the Natural Forest Protection Act, bans extractive and even-age logging on state lands and preserves. It allows only limited safety, invasive removal, or selection management after review, hearings, and fines for violations. The bill establishes a natural heritage program within the Rhode Island historical preservation and heritage commission to manage natural area preserves. It designates specific areas as natural area preserves and prohibits extractive logging, even-age logging operations, and the use of forestry vehicles in these preserves.
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