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 Appendix b. 



MONTANA FOREST PRACTICES ACT 

 Section 101 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited 

 as "The Montana Forest Practices Act." 



Section 102 Policy of the State - Purpose of Chapter. 



(A) Recognizing that it is the declared policy of this State and its 

 people to provide a healthful environment, to prevent degradation and 

 improve the environment for present and future generations, this act 

 directs the promulgation and adoption of rules regulating forestry 

 practices on State and private forest lands. 



Forest lands provide jobs, tax base, other social and economic benefits, 

 headwaters for many of Montana's surface and groundwater sources, air, 

 soil and water resources, and provide habitat for terrestrial and aquatic 

 wildlife. It is the declared policy of this State to require forest manage- 

 ment practices on these lands which protect and enhance their benefits and 

 resources. 



(B) The Legislature hereby finds and declares: 



That in order to achieve the aforementioned declared policy of this State, 

 promote the health and welfare of its citizens, protect domestic stock, 

 wildlife resources, preserve and enhance agricultural, silvicultural 

 and recreational productivity and assure a long-range dependable tax base, 

 it is reasonable to require that all subject forest operations be limited 

 to those for which permits have been granted, that no operation be permitted 

 until the operator has presented a comprehensive ol an describing the 

 project, together with payment of a pcrnit fee, and the plan is done, 

 th-it certain remedies are avdilable, aui thnt certa^'i inininum air, soil 

 and \.-iter quality standi. Js ati specified iri rules and regiildtions adopted 

 pursuant to this act are met. 



