MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                       799

REGROWTH, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT GROWING
STOCK TO SUPPLY RAW MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRY AND FURNISH
EMPLOYMENT FOR FOREST COMMUNITIES CONTINUOUSLY, IF
POSSIBLE, OR WITHOUT LONG INTERRUPTION;

(2)   LEAVE YOUNG GROWTH. AS FAR AS FEASIBLE,
EVERY DESIRABLE SEEDLING AND SAPLING SHALL BE
PROTECTED DURING LOGGING OPERATIONS. EXCEPT WHERE
UNAVOIDABLE IN LOGGING, IMMATURE TREES MAY NOT BE CUT
FOR ANY PURPOSE EXCEPT TO IMPROVE THE SPACING,
QUALITY, AND COMPOSITION OR CONDITIONS FOR RESTOCKING,
OR TO OBTAIN TIMBER OR WOOD FOR HOME USE;

(3)   ARRANGE FOR RESTOCKING LAND AFTER CUTTING BY
LEAVING TREES OF DESIRABLE SPECIES OF SUITABLE SIZE
SINGLY, OR IN GROUPS, WELL DISTRIBUTEE AND IN A NUMBER
TO SECURE RESTOCKING. IF THE BOARD APPROVES, HOWEVER,
CLEAR-CUTTING MAY BE PERFORMED;

(4)    MAINTAIN ADEQUATE GROWING STOCK AFTER
PARTIAL CUTTING OR SELECTIVE LOGGING. RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, DEFINING STANDARDS OF
FOREST PRACTICE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE
GROWING STOCK IN THE DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES, MAY VARY
WITH DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES OF THE STATE;

(5)      PROVIDE FOR LEASES AND TIMBER CUTTING
RIGHTS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE AND ANY RULE
OR REGULATION PROMULGATED UNDER IT APPLY TO THE OWNER
OF THE LAND OR STUMPAGE, AND TO ANY PERSON WHOSE
OPERATION IS IN TIMBER, TREES, OR WOOD HELD UNDER A
LEASE OR CUTTING RIGHTS ON JUNE 1, 1943. HOWEVER, DUE
CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO OWNERSHIP EQUITIES
EXISTING ON JUNE 1, 1943, IN ORDER TO AVOID CAUSING
UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP. ANY LEASE OR CUTTING RIGHT
ENTERED INTO AFTER JUNE 1, 1943, IS UNRESERVEDLY
SUBJECT THERETO. ANY OWNER OR OPERATOR ON HIS OWN
FOREST PROPERTY OR PROPERTY LEASED TO HIM, MAY DEVELOP
AND INAUGURATE HIS OWN ALTERNATE PLAN OF MANAGEMENT
AND EMPLOY STANDARDS AND METHODS TO ACCOMPLISH THE
PURPOSE OF THIS SUBTITLE, AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS
(2), (3), AND (4) OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THE PLAN
IS SUBMITTED ON FORMS THE DEPARTMENT FURNISHES TO THE
BOARD HAVING JURISDICTION AND THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE
PLAN AS ONE WHICH GIVES REASONABLE ASSURANCE OF
ACCOMPLISHING THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE. IN
ARRIVING AT ITS DECISION, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER,
AMONG OTHER FACTORS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
IN WHICH THE LAND IS SITUATED, THE VALUATION AND RATES
FOR TAX PURPOSES, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF
THE PROPOSED ALTERNATE PLAN. A LANDOWNER MAY PRESENT