California Public Resources Code

§ 12210

PRC § 12210 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 10.5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Privately owned forest lands comprise nearly half of California’s 32.6 million acres of forest land, and include some of the state’s most important and productive forest resources, including timber, fish and wildlife habitat, watersheds, and climate benefits. It is in the interest of the state to provide and maintain a favorable climate for long-term investment in forest resources.

(b)The importance of private forest lands to California’s economy and environment has been recognized for many years, and more recently for almost three decades by the Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 4511) of Part 2 of Division 4), the California Timber Productivity Act of 1982 (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 51100) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code), and other statutes and policies.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 657, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.