302 CMR, § 14.02

Current through Register 1536, December 6, 2024
Section 14.02 - Definitions

Director means the Director of the Division of State Parks and Recreation, Department of Conservation and Recreation, or his or her designee.

Experience of a Professional Nature means forest management planning and decision-making which requires the integration of biological, social, and economic information over a multi-year time frame to meet objectives of a forest landowner, and, for credit purposes, shall have been substantially of a full-time nature.

Experience of a Technical Nature means forestry work in which the individual is responsible for implementing a forest management action or activity, and, for credit purposes, shall have been substantially of a full-time nature.

Forestry means the science, the art, and the practice of conserving and managing for human benefit the natural resources, including trees, other plants, animals, soil and water, that occur on, and in association with, forest lands.

Licensed Forester means one who has obtained a Massachusetts license to practice forestry under the provisions of 302 CMR 14.00 as promulgated pursuant to M.G.L. c. 132, s.s. 47 through 50.

Practice of Forestry means any professional services requiring the application of forestry principles and techniques including, but not limited to: forest inventory, forest management planning, timber appraisal, the responsibility for the direction and supervision of silvicultural activities, use and protection of forested areas, and the evaluation of the economic and biological consequences of forest management activities.

Professional Services means practice of forestry services offered to forest landowners or their agents but not to one's own lands or those of immediate family.

Revoke means to annul, void, cancel or take back a license to practice forestry.

Society of American Foresters or SAF means the national professional forestry organization which, by an act of Congress, is the only body authorized to accredit programs offering a bachelor's degree in forestry.

Suspend means to temporarily withdraw a license to practice forestry for a specified period of time.

302 CMR, § 14.02