Vermont Statutes
Chapter 83 - Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
§ 2653. Designation of municipal forest

§ 2653. Designation of municipal forest
A town owning a tract of land may have the same examined without cost by the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation for the purpose of determining whether the same is suitable for a municipal forest. If, upon such examination, he or she decides that it is suitable for such purposes, it shall be designated as municipal forest and he or she shall give advice as to the subsequent management thereof. (Added 1977, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 10 - Conservation and Development

Chapter 83 - Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

§ 2600. Findings

§ 2601. Policy and purposes

§ 2602. Definitions

§ 2603. Powers and duties: Commissioner

§ 2605. Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

§ 2606. Acceptance of gifts; exchange, purchase, or lease of lands

§ 2606a. Mountaintop use as communications sites

§ 2606b. License of forestlands for maple sugar production

§ 2607. Natural areas; designation

§ 2608. Enforcement; penalties; liability

§ 2609. Forest Parks Revolving Fund

§ 2609a. Income from lease of mountaintop communication sites

§ 2610. Relocation assistance; when required

§ 2611. Vermont Youth Conservation Corps

§ 2612. Designation; Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, Inc

§ 2613. Abenaki place names in State parks

§ 2621. Duties of owners

§ 2622. Rules; harvesting timber; forests; acceptable management practices for maintaining water quality

§ 2622a. Water Quality Assistance Program

§ 2622b. Accident prevention and safety training for logging contractors

§ 2622c. Financial assistance; logger safety; master logger certification; cost-share

§ 2623. Reports, management plans, and licensing

§ 2624. Marked timber sales

§ 2625. Regulation of heavy cutting

§ 2641. Town forest fire wardens; appointment and removal

§ 2642. Salary and compensation of town forest fire wardens

§ 2643. Town’s liability for suppression of forest fires; State aid

§ 2644. Duties and powers of fire warden

§ 2645. Open burning; permits

§ 2646. Proclamation by Governor prohibiting kindling of fires: Closing of woodlands

§ 2647. Fires in woods of another; permission

§ 2648. Slash removal

§ 2651. Municipal forest; definition

§ 2652. Municipal forests, State aid

§ 2653. Designation of municipal forest

§ 2654. Management

§ 2655. Receipts

§ 2661. Surveys and investigations

§ 2662. Control measures

§ 2663. Infestation control; agreements with owners

§ 2664. Cost prorated; agreements

§ 2671. Jurisdiction

§ 2672. Complaint or information and summons

§ 2673. Procedure on failure to appear; notice; rules

§ 2674. Answer to Uniform Fire Prevention Ticket

§ 2675. Penalties

§ 2676. Supreme Court rules

§ 2681. Importation of firewood; protection from invasive pests