Requires counties in the state with less than 200,000 acres of forest to set aside forest acreage for preservation. Washington County's Forest Conservation Ordinance provides an example.
Promotes active forest management and identifies standards for logging, road building, reforestation, streamside protection and other forest practices.
Contains forest practices rules which establish standards for timber harvesting, pre-commercial thinning, road construction, fertilization, forest chemical application and other forest practices applications.
Sets standards for all commercial activities involving the establishment, management, or harvesting of trees on Oregon’s forestlands.
Requires forest owners to submit a forest cutting plan, upon which the state conducts a field review to ensure that best management practice are utilized and that forest regeneration standard are met.
Requires approval for any conversion of forestland larger than three contiguous acres to non-forest uses, thereby acting as a gatekeeper for preserving the forest base.
Suggests the carbon balance effects of starch-based fuels such as corn ethanol and biodiesel may tip toward a net increase in CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, based on life-cycle analyses.
Maryland’s RPS includes small hydroelectric power plants of less than 30 megawatts.
Delaware’s RPS includes hydroelectric facilities that have a maximum design capacity of 30 megawatts or less.
Connecticut’s RPS includes run-of-river hydropower facilities that began operating after July, 1, 2003 and have a generating capacity of not more than 30 megawatts.