Timber harvesting definition

Timber harvesting means cutting or removal of timber for the primary purpose of selling or processing forest products. [PL 2003, c. 335, §5 (NEW).]

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Timber harvesting means the cutting of timber, the removal of timber, the construction of roads or trails or the alteration: of existing roads or trails, and all other surface disturbances associated with the cutting or removal of timber.

Timber harvesting means a tree-cutting operation affecting 1 or more acres of forest or developed woodland within a 1-year interval that disturbs 5,000 square feet or more of forest floor.

Examples of Timber harvesting in a sentence

• STATE shall release PURCHASER’s bond upon the later of: (a) 180 days after final acceptance of completed Timber harvesting Operations or (b) 180 days after STATE’s acceptance of all Project Work required under Section 2610, “Project Work.” “Acceptance” under (a) or (b) shall not be provided until STATE has inspected and approved the work and PURCHASER has provided satisfactory evidence of PURCHASER’s compliance with all other terms and conditions of the Contract.

• STATE shall permit PURCHASER to reduce its performance bond under the following circumstances: 180 days after final acceptance of completed Timber harvesting Operations, upon PURCHASER’s request and provided no claims are then pending, STATE may permit PURCHASER to reduce the amount of their bond to an amount equal to the value of all Project Work remaining to be performed or accepted.

• Timber harvesting and road construction within an Occupied Marbled Murrelet Site, or timber harvesting or road construction in “Suitable Marbled Murrelet Habitat” (i.e., 2 nesting platforms per acre) within a marbled murrelet detection area are considered “likely to have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment.” Such activities are considered “Class-IV-Special” and therefore require the development of an Environmental Impact Statement under SEPA regulations (WAC 222-10-042).

• Timber harvesting is permitted only to the extent and form permitted in the Restoration Plan.

• Timber harvesting on private lands that occurs along the boundary of designated marbled murrelet critical habitat can result in the degradation and/or loss of marbled murrelet habitat features (e.g., trees with nesting platforms) from windthrow and edge effects.

More Definitions of Timber harvesting

Timber harvesting means the felling, trimming, docking, splitting, debarking, extracting, sorting or loading of timber and includes the supervision of any of those activities;

Timber harvesting means the felling or removal of timber other than on road rights- of-way or landings on a cutblock;

Timber harvesting means a subset of primary forest activities and is further clarified as ‘to harvest

Timber harvesting means selective cutting or removal of ten or more cords or the equivalent thereof, but no more than forty (40) percent of the total volume of trees, four (4) inches or more in diameter, measured at 4½ feet above ground level on any lot in any ten (10) year period for the purpose of selling or processing forest products. Clearing of land necessary for approved construction is not considered as timber harvesting.

Timber harvesting means a tree-cutting operation affecting 1 or more acres of forest or developed woodland within a 1-year interval that disturbs 5,000 square feet or more of forest floor. "Timber harvesting" does not include grubbing and clearing of root mass.

Timber harvesting means the cutting, removal, or both, of timber or other forest products together with all the work incidental thereto, including road and firebreak construction; except preparatory work such as tree marking, surveying, and road flagging.

Timber harvesting means the commercial harvesting of trees.