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Rockville Forest and Tree Preservation Ordinance

Preservation of Forests and Carbon Sinks
Local Governments
Establishes requirements that protect trees and forests during and after development activity, and requirements for afforestation and reforestation of land within the city.

Maryland Forest Conservation Act

Preservation of Forests and Carbon Sinks
State Legislatures, Local Governments
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.

Idaho Forest Practices Act

State-Level Commercial Forest and Agricultural Resource Management
State Legislatures
Promotes active forest management and identifies standards for logging, road building, reforestation, streamside protection and other forest practices.

Washington Forest Practices Act

State-Level Commercial Forest and Agricultural Resource Management
State Legislatures
Contains forest practices rules which establish standards for timber harvesting, pre-commercial thinning, road construction, fertilization, forest chemical application and other forest practices applications.

Oregon Forest Practices Act

State-Level Commercial Forest and Agricultural Resource Management
State Legislatures
Sets standards for all commercial activities involving the establishment, management, or harvesting of trees on Oregon’s forestlands.

Massachusetts Forest Cutting Practices Act

State-Level Commercial Forest and Agricultural Resource Management
State Legislatures
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.

California Forest Practice Act

State-Level Commercial Forest and Agricultural Resource Management
State Legislatures
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.

Healthy Forests Restoration Act and Applications

Federal Land Management Strategies for Bioenergy
Individual Agencies
Under the HFRA’s Hazardous Fuel Reduction on Federal Lands provisions, the US Forest Service could remove dead trees from forests, thereby reducing forest fuels that exacerbate wildfires, while displacing fossil fuel generation.

US Woody Biomass Utilization Strategy

Federal Land Management Strategies for Bioenergy
Congress
Contemplates the use of excess woody materials from national forests for energy generation in order to improve ecosystem health, restore forest resilience and productivity, slow the pace of global climate change, and reduce US fossil fuel dependence.