Basal Area Law - UNH Cooperative Extension Resource

Title: Basal Area Law

Summary: The basal area law requires that forested buffers be left along town and state roads, streams, and bodies of water, following a timber harvest. These buffer zones can prevent erosion, provide wildlife habitat, protect stream temperature and aquatic life, and preserve the aesthetics of the landscape.

Resource type: Text

Format: PDF

Size: 73.4 KB

Language: English

Date created / revised: 05-January-2005

Publisher: UNH Cooperative Extension

Permalink: http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000246_Rep265.pdf

Keywords: Law , marketing , Timber

Category: Forests, Trees, and Wildlife - Forest Laws