Reducing the threshold acreage of forest cut, cleared, or graded above
which specified activities no longer qualify as exemptions to the
Forest Conservation Act; authorizing the acquisition of an off-site
protective easement for temporarily protected forested areas as a
mitigation technique to meet afforestation or reforestation
requirements; altering the fee-in-lieu contribution; requiring the
Department of Natural Resources to cooperate with specified groups to
develop a definition and policy; etc.
