Title 12, Title 12

Whenever any municipality shall appropriate or raise a sum of money and shall pay the same into the State Treasury for the purpose of controlling, within its borders, a forest insect or disease declared a public nuisance pursuant to section 8303, the director shall cause the amou…

Any public agency or group of owners carrying on or planning control measures may appeal to the director for permission to carry out the project in case the owner or owners of property in or adjacent to the control area refuses to do control work or to allow control work to be do…

The director may prohibit, prevent or regulate the entry into or movement within the State of any plants of the genus Ribes or other nursery or wilding plants, stock or parts of plants or wood or wood products that may cause the introduction or spread of a dangerous forest insect…

1. Quarantines. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may establish by rule a quarantine to restrict or prohibit the transportation within, into or from the State or any portion of the State of any forest or shade tree or part of any forest or shade tree, inclu…

1. Civil violation. A person who violates a rule adopted pursuant to section 8306 or a condition or term of an order, permit or notice issued by the director or the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry in accordance with section 8305 commits a civil violation. 2…

1. Program. The bureau shall administer a program to assist a government entity or nonprofit organization, upon application by that government entity or nonprofit organization to the bureau, with the control of browntail moths. This program must include the provision of resources…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Maine Spruce Budworm Management Act."

The Legislature declares that it shall be the policy of the State to undertake a spruce budworm management program to minimize the short-term and long-term impacts of spruce budworm insect infestations upon the state's spruce and fir forests in accordance with the following polic…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1981, c. 278, §2 (NEW).] 1. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. 2. Designated spray area. 3. Directo…

1. Regulation. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall regulate the presalvage and salvage harvesting of forest stands in areas that, based on the proportion of balsam fir, white spruce, red spruce, black spruce, other softwood and hardwood components prese…

1. General authority. In accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, the Bureau of Forestry, acting under the supervision of the director, may plan for and undertake activities related to spruce budworm management programs on behalf of the State. 2. Application for spray p…

1. General. The director shall supervise and coordinate the activities of bureau personnel in connection with all management programs. 2. Rules. 3. Applications. 4. Declaration of termination of spray projects. 5. Entry on lands. The director or the director's representatives may…

1. Authority. The Bureau of Forestry, acting through its director, with the approval of the commissioner, may make grants of funds and enter into contracts for purposes of research related to forest management strategies, effects on wildlife and wildlife habitat, insecticide and …

This subchapter does not exempt any presalvage and salvage harvesting on public reserved lands and nonreserved public lands from any other law governing management of those lands, including but not limited to management of deer wintering areas.