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The board:
(1) Shall adopt rules for forest regions establishing minimum standards
for the conduct of forest practices on forest land. These rules shall be based
upon the following criteria:
(a) Provide for the harvesting of forest tree species in a manner that
will maintain the productivity of the forest land, minimize soil and
debris entering streams and protect wildlife and fish habitat.
(b) Provide for road construction that will insure protection and
maintenance of forest productivity, water quality and fish and wildlife
habitat during construction and maintenance.
(c) Provide for reforestation that will maintain a continuous growing and
harvesting of forest tree species by describing the conditions under which
reforestation will be required, specifying the minimum number of trees per
acre and the maximum period of time allowed after harvesting for
establishment of forest tree species, and requiring stabilization of soils
which have become exposed as a result of harvesting; however, an acreage
exemption from reforestation may be established except that on such land
exempted within one (1) year following harvesting, some form of vegetative
cover shall be required sufficient to provide continuing soil productivity
and stabilization.
(d) Provide for the use of chemicals or fertilizers in such a manner that
the public health and aquatic and wildlife habitat will not be endangered
from their handling, storage and application.
(e) Provide for management of slashings resulting from the harvesting,
management or improvement of forest tree species in that manner necessary
to protect reproduction and residual stands, to reduce risk from fire and
insects and disease, to optimize the conditions for future regeneration of
forest tree species, and to maintain air and water quality and fish and
wildlife habitat.
(f) Provide for the timely salvage logging on all forest lands of dead or
dying timber or timber that is threatened by various physical elements.
Rules developed pursuant to this section shall consider both the economic
value of the timber to be salvaged, the immediate costs of the salvage
efforts, and the long-term costs to all forest resources and values
associated with insect, disease or fire conditions which might otherwise
be controlled by the salvage operations. The provisions of this subpart
shall not apply to single contiguous forest ownerships less than two
thousand (2,000) acres in size. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed as requiring the removal of timber from private lands against
the wishes of the private landowner.

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