Harvest of more than 40 acres, but which do not involve a heavy cut of more than 40 acres, are generally exempt from the filing requirements. Separated cuts will be measured from the closest point of one cut to the closest point on another.
Heavy cuts are exempt and, no further review necessary, if one of the following conditions apply.
If the notice is for informational purposes only even though the harvest is not subject to regulations under the provisions of this law. If the landowner certifies that the proposed heavy cut is intended to carry out an agricultural conversion plan, and that the conversion will be completed and the land will be in agricultural production within five years. Title 30. 4. B. A chip harvesting plan currently in effect and approved by the Department of Fish and Wildlife under a permit issued under 30 V.S.A. Section 248. C. A forest management plan currently in effect and approved by the department under rules in effect at the time of approval of the plan.