§ 5755. Findings The General Assembly finds that: (1) Private and public forestlands: (A) constitute unique and irreplaceable resources, benefits, and values of statewide importance; (B) contribute to the protection and conservation of wildlife, wildlife habitat, air, water, and soil resources of the State; (C) provide a resource for the State constitutional right to hunt, […]
§ 5756. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation. (2) “Conventional forestry practices” means: (A) forestry operations; (B) a change in ownership or size of a parcel on which a forestry operation is being conducted; (C) cessation or interruption of a forestry operation or a change […]
§ 5757. Forestry operations; protection from nuisance lawsuits (a) Except as provided for under subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person conducting a conventional forestry practice shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that the conventional forestry practice does not constitute a public or private nuisance if the person conducts the conventional forestry […]
