State Conservation Land - Old-Growth Forests - Management
Sponsor: Delegate GilchristCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Natural Resources - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 (as of Nov 15, 2022)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring that whenever the Department of Natural Resources identifies an old-growth forest on State conservation land, the land shall be managed in a way that prohibits logging; and providing that nothing in the Act may be interpreted to prohibit the Department from taking certain actions to protect old-growth forest from certain harms subject to certain conditions.
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Testimony (29)
MGA witness listFAV 17FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Perry, Reedlobbyist | Chesapeake Conservancy | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bartlett, Olivia | DoTheMostGood | Position only |
| FAV | Tulkin, Joshlobbyist | MD Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Barnett, Susan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Barnett, Susan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bassett, Elle | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Campbell, Joyce | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Gilchrist, Delegate Gilchristlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Gilchrist, Delegate Gilchristlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Fisher, Eriklobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fisher, Eriklobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Maloof, Joan | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Maloof, Joan | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Plaisant, Catherine | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rosenthal, Lore | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ferguson, Colby | Maryland Farm Bureau | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Hill, Beth | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Bassett, Elle | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Henger, Jerry | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Kerr, Cait | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Mcleod, Carleen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Poirier, Mary Lynn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | horstman, jeffrey | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Luffman, Bunky | Department of Natural Resources | Written (PDF) |