(a) The State Forester, with the advice and assistance of the Council, may develop and make available to local governments and organizations a list of elements found within a comprehensive community forestry plan. These guidelines shall establish, but not limit, the basic framework of an approved plan.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1036

  • Comprehensive community forestry plan: is a document that describes how a government or other organization will manage the tree resources located on publicly owned lands within its jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1032
  • Department: shall mean the Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1032
  • Local government: shall mean a municipality, county or other political subdivision of the State or any agency thereof. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1032
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) The State Forester, with the advice and assistance of the Council, shall develop and make available to local governments and organizations a procedure for submitting for approval a comprehensive community forestry plan.

(c) A local government may develop and submit to the State Forester for approval a comprehensive community forestry plan according to procedures established by the Department.

(d) The State Forester, after review and comment by the Council, shall approve a comprehensive community forestry plan if the plan contains the basic elements of an approved plan and adequately addresses the needs of the community and the tree resource.

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