Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573

• Average annual net wood production rate: means the estimated average net usable amount of wood one acre of land is growing in one year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Forest land: means land used primarily for growth of trees to be harvested for commercial use, but does not include ledge, marsh, open swamp, bog, water and similar areas, which are unsuitable for growing a forest product or for harvesting for commercial use even though these areas may exist within forest lands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Forest management and harvest plan: means a written document that outlines activities to regenerate, improve and harvest a standing crop of timber. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Forest products that have commercial value: means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass, fuel wood, Christmas trees, maple syrup, nursery products used for ornamental purposes, wreaths, bough material or cones or other seed products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Forest type: means a stand of trees characterized by the predominance of one or more groups of key species which make up 75% or more of the sawlog volume of sawlog stands, or cordwood in poletimber stands, or of the number of trees in seedling and sapling stands. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Hardwood type: means forests in which maple, beech, birch, oak, elm, basswood, poplar and ash, singly or in combination, comprise 75% or more of the stocking. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• harvesting for commercial use: means the harvesting of forest products that have commercial value, as defined in subsection 3?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Mixed wood type: means forests in which neither hardwoods nor softwood comprise 75% of the stand but are a combination of both. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Residential structure: means a building used for human habitation as a seasonal or year-round residence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Softwood type: means forests in which pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, cedar and larch, singly or in combination, comprise 75% or more of the stocking. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Stumpage value: means the average value of standing timber before it is cut expressed in terms of dollars per unit of measure as determined by the State Tax Assessor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
• Value of the annual net wood production: means the average annual net wood production rate per acre for a forest type multiplied by the weighted average of the stumpage values of all species in the type. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 573
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72