Section 5-104 - No Net Loss of Forest Policy. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-104. No Net Loss of Forest Policy.
 

(a)  Cooperation with forestry-related stakeholders.- The Department shall cooperate with forestry-related stakeholder groups to: 

(1) Determine the meaning of no net loss of forest for the purposes of any State policy; and 

(2) Develop proposals for the creation of a policy of no net loss of forest in the State. 

(b)  Report.- On or before December 1, 2011, the Department, in consultation with the forestry-related stakeholder groups, shall report to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, on proposals for the development of statutory, budgetary, and regulatory policies to achieve no net loss of forest in the State. 
 

[2009, ch. 298.]