CHAPTER 116

H.P. 200 - L.D. 261

An Act Concerning Significant Wildlife Habitat and Wetlands

of Special Significance

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §480-B, sub-§2-B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 838, §3, is amended to read:

2-B. Forest management activities. "Forest management activities" means timber stand improvement, timber harvesting activities, forest products harvesting and regeneration of forest stands. For the purposes of this definition, "timber harvesting activities" means timber harvesting, the construction and maintenance of roads used primarily for timber harvesting and other activities conducted to facilitate timber harvesting.__For the purposes of this definition, "timber harvesting" means the cutting or removal of timber for the primary purpose of selling or processing forest products.

Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §480-B, sub-§10, as amended by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. BB, §17, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

10.__Significant wildlife habitat.__"Significant wildlife habitat" means:

A.__The following areas to the extent that they have been mapped by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or are within any other protected natural resource:__habitat, as defined by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, for species appearing on the official state or