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Section 1 - Director of the Division of Forests and Parks; Duties - Section 1. The director of the division of forests and...
Section 1a - Chief Superintendent of the Bureau of Shade Tree Management and Pest Control; Powers and Duties - Section 1A. The chief superintendent of the bureau of shade...
Section 2 - Bequests and Gifts; Forestry Trust - Section 2. The commissioner of environmental management, in this chapter...
Section 3 - Forest Wardens; Payment for Investigations; Conventions - Section 3. The forester shall from the money appropriated annually...
Section 4 - Annual Report of Commissioner of Natural Resources - Section 4. The commissioner shall make annual reports of the...
Section 6 - Demonstrations in Proper Forestry Practices; Distribution of Trees; Co-Operation With Federal Government; Federal Funds; Employment of Technical Foresters - Section 6. The forester may demonstrate to owners of woodland,...
Section 7 - Labor on State Forests - Section 7. The forester, in the reforestation, maintenance and development...
Section 8 - Entry Upon Land to Control and Suppress Public Nuisances - Section 8. The chief superintendent, district supervisors, district superintendents and...
Section 9 - Establishment and Maintenance of Nurseries for Propagation of Forest Tree Seedlings; Distribution of Seeds and Seedlings - Section 9. The forester may establish and maintain nurseries for...
Section 11 - Suppression of Moths, Caterpillars, Worms and Beetles and Any Invasive Plant or Animal Species; Rules and Regulations; Contracts; Studies for Control of Public Nuisances; Annual Recommendations - Section 11. The chief superintendent may, subject to the approval...
Section 12 - Interference With Suppression or Eradication of Asian Longhorned Beetle, Oak Wilt or Any Public Nuisance; Penalties; Injunctive Relief - Section 12. Whoever knowingly resists or obstructs the commissioner, any...
Section 12a - Suppression of Public Nuisances on Land Under Control of Commonwealth - Section 12A. All persons in charge of land under the...
Section 13 - Local Superintendents of Shade Tree Management and Pest Control; Appointment; Notice; Assistants - Section 13. The city manager and the town manager in...
Section 14 - Reimbursement of Cities and Towns by Commonwealth for Suppression of Public Nuisances; Financial Liability; Accounts and Vouchers - Section 14. The financial liability, referred to in section eleven,...
Section 15 - Certified Itemized Statements of Expenditures - Section 15. Each local superintendent shall render to the chief...
Section 16 - Partial Reimbursement of Expenditures for Management of Public Shade Trees; Applications; Limitation of Assistance - Section 16. Any city or town, which has a public...
Section 25 - Suppression of Foliage-Destroying Pests Within City and Town Limits - Section 25. The local superintendent in each city and town...
Section 26a - Removal and Destruction of Trees Infected With Dutch Elm Disease - Section 26A. If the chief superintendent or the local superintendent...
Section 26d - County Aid to Cities or Towns in Suppression of Public Nuisances; Certification of Chief Superintendent - Section 26D. The county commissioners, subject to appropriation therefor, may...
Section 26e - Notice of Positive Diagnosis of Dutch Elm Disease; Condemnation of Tree - Section 26E. Notice of positive diagnosis received by the chief...
Section 26f - Positive Diagnosis of Dutch Elm Disease on Trees on Privately Owned Land; Notice; Order of Removal and Destruction; Spraying; Appeal - Section 26F. When notice of positive diagnosis is received by...
Section 26g - Removal and Destruction of Infected Trees by Local Superintendent; Cost; Suit; Apportionment of Costs; Abatement of Costs - Section 26G. If an order issued under section twenty-six F...
Section 30 - Forest Fire Observation Towers; Erection and Operation - Section 30. The commissioner, with the approval of the stewardship...
Section 31 - Control and Management of State Forests; Regulations - Section 31. Lands acquired under section thirty or thirty-three shall...
Section 32 - Appropriations for Necessary Expenses - Section 32. The forester, subject to the approval of the...
Section 34 - Rules and Regulations Relative to Use of State Forests; Enforcement - Section 34. The commissioner may make rules and regulations relative...
Section 34a - Sale or Exchange of State Forest Land; Rights of Way or Locations Over or Across State Forests; Telephone, Telegraph, Electric Light and Power Transmission Lines and Pipe Lines for Natural Gas; Revocation of Location; Hearing; Appeal - Section 34A. The commissioner, with the approval of the governor...
Section 35 - Acquisition of Land for Forestation by Towns - Section 35. Towns may acquire by purchase, gift or bequest...
Section 37 - Duties of Local Forest Wardens - Section 37. Every local forest warden, in addition to his...
Section 38 - Laying Out, Construction and Maintenance of Trails or Paths in State Forests; Use by Owners of Adjoining Land - Section 38. The commissioner may lay out, construct and maintain...
Section 38a - Construction and Maintenance of Trails for Certain Uses; Voluntary Services; Payment of Expenses - Section 38A. The department of environmental management shall construct and...
Section 39 - Contributions by Cities or Towns - Section 39. The mayor, selectmen or road commissioners, or the...
Section 40 - Forest Cutting Practices; Declaration of Policy of Commonwealth - Section 40. It is hereby declared that the public welfare...
Section 41 - State Forestry Committee; Members; Forest Cutting Practices and Guidelines - Section 41. The governor shall appoint a state forestry committee,...
Section 42 - Notice of Proposed Cutting of Forest Products; Final Work Order; Report to Director; Appeals - Section 42. Every owner of land who proposes to cut...
Section 43 - Forest Cutting Practices; Failure to Give Notice - Section 43. Whoever, not being exempt from section forty-two and...
Section 44 - Forest Cutting Practices; Exempted Cuttings - Section 44. The provisions of sections forty-two and forty-three shall...
Section 45 - Forest Cutting Practices; Cooperation With Other Agencies; Passage Through or Over Private Property - Section 45. For the purpose of sections forty to forty-four,...
Section 46 - License to Harvest Forest Products - Section 46. No person, firm or corporation engaged in the...
Section 47 - Licensing of Foresters; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 47 to 50 - Section 47. As used in sections forty-seven to fifty, inclusive,...
Section 48 - Licensing of Foresters; Violations; Penalty - Section 48. No person shall hold himself out as a...
Section 49 - Licenses of Foresters; Revocation; Suspension; Fees - Section 49. The director of the division of forests and...
Section 50 - Forester Licensing Committee; Membership - Section 50. There is hereby established a forester licensing committee,...
Section 51 - Forest and Wood Products Institute; Advisory Board - Section 51. Mount Wachusett Community College may establish a Forest...