Vermont Statutes Title 13 Sec. 3601
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 13 Sec. 3601
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Harvest: means the cutting, felling, or removal of timber. See
- Landowner: means the person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity that owns or controls the land or owns or controls the right to harvest timber on the land. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Timber: means :
§ 3601. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Diameter breast height” or “DBH” means the diameter of a standing tree at four and one-half feet from the ground.
(2) “Harvest” means the cutting, felling, or removal of timber.
(3) “Harvest unit” means the area of land from which timber will be harvested or the area of land on which timber stand improvement will occur.
(4) “Harvester” means a person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity that harvests timber.
(5) “Landowner” means the person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity that owns or controls the land or owns or controls the right to harvest timber on the land.
(6) “Landowner’s agent” means a person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity representing the landowner in a timber sale, timber harvest, or land management.
(7) “Stump diameter” means the diameter of a tree stump remaining after cutting, felling, or destruction.
(8) “Forest products” means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass, fuel wood, or bark.
(9) “Timber” means:
(A) trees of every size, nature, kind, and description; and
(B) sprouts from which trees may grow, seedlings, saplings, bushes, or shrubs that have been planted or cultivated by a person who owns or controls the property where they are located. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)