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ANR, FPR propose Act 250 edits to align forestry with agriculture and narrow permit conditions
Summary
Agency witnesses told the committee they support LURB recommendations to reinstate log and pulp yard exemptions, avoid new statutory definitions for 'logging' and 'forestry,' and to narrow Act 250 amendment jurisdiction so forestry activities consistent with acceptable management practices are not unduly constrained.
Agency staff from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) and the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) presented legislative edits intended to align forestry review under Act 250 with existing agricultural exemptions and to clarify permit scope for wood‑products manufacturers.
Billy Koster, ANR director of planning and policy, told the committee the Land Use Review Board’s January memo on wood‑products manufacturers informed the draft statutory language and identified recommendations 9 and 10 as central: extending certain benefits to logging and forestry and reinstating an exemption for log and pulp…
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