Forest Policy and Management Reporting Forms
Certification
of Establishment and Regeneration of Category 2 or Category
3 Clearcuts
Contact Person:Greg Lord
Due Date: By September 30
Download: Clearcut Certification Form
(pdf format, 52 KB)
Maine Forest Landowners who have created any Category 2 or Category
3 clearcuts during the preceding calendar year are required
to certify their establishment with the Maine Forest Service.
A Category 1 Clearcut is defined as:
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5 to 35 acres for Harvest Notifications received by the
Maine Forest Service prior to October 1, 1999
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5
to 20 acres for Harvest Notifications received by the
Maine Forest Service on or after October 1, 1999
A Category 2 Clearcut is defined as:
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>35
acres for Harvest Notifications received by the Maine
Forest Service prior to October 1, 1999
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>20
acres for Harvest Notifications received by the Maine
Forest Service on or after October 1, 1999
A Category 3 Clearcut is defined as:
On October
1, 1999 the revised Forest Practices Act went into effect.
CERTIFICATION
OF REGENERATION OF A
CATEGORY 2 OR CATEGORY 3 CLEARCUT
Landowners are required to certify that the regeneration standards have
been met before the end of the fifth full calendar year following
the establishment of a Category 2 or Category 3 clearcut.
For more
specific information on the clearcutting requirements in Maine
view:
MFS Rules - Chapter 20 Forest Regeneration & Clearcutting Standards (Forest Practices Act)
Landowner Report
Contact Person: Greg Lord
Due Date: By January 31
Download: Instructions
for the Landowner Report-Short Form and Landowner
Report-Standard Form (pdf format, 63 KB)
Forest landowners who have file an "Notification of Intent to
Harvest Commercial Forest Products" or "Forest Operations
Notification" with the Maine Forest Service are required
to complete a year-end landowner report whether or not a harvest
occurred.
The Maine Forest Service uses the information from this report to:
Wood
processor Report
Contact
Person: Greg Lord
Due Date: By February 15th
Download: Instructions
for the Wood processor Report (pdf format,
66 KB)
Public law requires owners or operators of roundwood processing operations
in Maine to report the amount of roundwood processed annually.
This includes, but is not limited to: Pulp & Paper Mills,
Sawmills, Wood-to-Energy Facilities, all Custom Sawmills, Firewood dealers.
In addition, any firms or individual who imports or exports
forest products, such as logger/harvester and brokers, must
also report.
In accordance
with statute, volume information contained in the Wood Processor
Reports is confidential and shall not be made public. However,
summary reports may be published using aggregate data that
do not reveal the activities of an individual person or firm.
Accurate reporting of this information is critically important.
Aggregate data gathered from the Wood Processor Reports will be used
with other information systems: to determine the statewide
harvest of Maine's forest resources; to improve the accuracy
of scientific modeling of future forest dynamics; to monitor
regional consumption, tracking important commercial species
such as white pine, spruce and fir; and to give the public,
legislature, and industry a comprehensive look at the status
of Maine's forests each year. The information is used to produce
the annual Wood
processor Report, including Import and Export Information.
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