2002 House Bill 5953 ↩

Senate Roll Call 995: Passed

To put in statute a state “Right to Forest Act,” which would establish that forestry operations shall not be found to be a public or private nuisance if they conform to voluntary generally accepted forestry management procedures. “Nuisance” is defined in the bill as visual changes due to the removal of vegetation or timber, noise from forestry equipment used in normal, generally accepted forestry management procedures, or the use of chemicals normally utilized in forestry operations, and applied under generally accepted forestry management procedures.