Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 77. STATE LANDS

CHAPTER 5. TIMBER RESOURCES

Part 2. Timber Sales and Removal

Definition

77-5-221. Definition. As used in 77-5-222, 77-5-223, and this section, "annual sustainable yield" means the quantity of timber that can be harvested from forested state lands each year in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws, including but not limited to the laws pertaining to wildlife, recreation, and maintenance of watersheds, and in compliance with water quality standards that protect fisheries and aquatic life and that are adopted under the provisions of Title 75, chapter 5, taking into account the ability of state forests to generate replacement tree growth.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 517, L. 1995.