A 1252 —

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the New York Consolidated Laws: Section 49-0311 of the environmental conservation law.

• Section 49-0311 of the environmental conservation law

  twenty-five twenty-five twenty-five twenty-five twenty-five chairman he his he chairman his his → § 49-0311. Forest management plans. 1. The department is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations, within six months of the effective date of this section, for the preparation of forest management plans on lands where the prac- tice of forestry is to continue under the terms of a conservation ease- ment purchased by the state. There shall be no harvesting of timber for commercial purposes or infrastructure activities on such lands until the forest management plan has been approved by the department. 2. The forest management plan and supporting documents shall, at a minimum, include the following: a. a description of the forest resources to be managed, environmental conditions and limitations, land use and ownership status, and a profile of adjacent lands; b. a description of silvicultural and other management systems, as applicable, based on the ecology of the forest in question and informa- tion gathered through resource inventories; c. a rationale for the rate of annual harvest, species selections, and expected outcomes; d. provisions for monitoring of forest growth and dynamics; italics e. environmental safeguards based on environmental assessments. Such environmental assessments shall, at a minimum, include an evaluation of potential environmental impacts and their cumulative effects, and iden- tification of measures to mitigate those impacts, to the maximum extent possible, including impacts upon plants and animals, and soil and water resources, and the maintenance or restoration, as applicable, of the long term ecological functions of the forest; f. plans for the identification and protection of rare, threatened, and endangered species and their habitats; g. maps describing the forest resource base, including protected areas, planned management activities, and land ownership; and h. a description and justification of harvesting techniques and equip- ment to be used. 3. The management plan shall be revised periodically to incorporate the results of monitoring or new scientific and technical information, as well as to respond to changing environmental, social, and economic circumstances. 10-a. The agency shall not approve any project proposed for timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting of any single unit of land of more than five acres pursuant to subparagraph one of paragraph a, subparagraph nine of paragraph b, subparagraph nine of paragraph c, subparagraph ten of paragraph d, or subparagraph eleven of paragraph e of subdivision one of section eight hundred ten of this article until a forest management plan has been submitted to the agency and the agency has approved such plan. The agency shall, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation, promulgate rules and regu- lations setting forth the requirements for such forest management plan, consistent with the provisions of this subdivision. The forest manage- ment plan and supporting documents shall, at a minimum, include the following: a. a description of the forest resources to be managed, environmental conditions and limitations, land use and ownership status, and a profile of adjacent lands; b. a description of silvicultural or other management systems, as applicable, based on the ecology of the forest in question and informa- tion gathered through resource inventories; c. a rationale for rate of annual harvest, species selections, and expected outcomes; d. provisions for monitoring of forest growth and dynamics; e. environmental safeguards based on environmental assessments. Such environmental assessments shall, at a minimum, include an evaluation of potential environmental impacts and their cumulative effects, and iden- tification of measures to mitigate those impacts, to the maximum extent possible, including impacts upon plants and animals, and soil and water resources, and the maintenance or restoration, as applicable, of the long term ecological functions of the forest; f. plans for the identification and prote

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