The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) A thriving in-state forest products sector provides public benefits, including employment opportunities in both rural and urban areas, and economic development for rural communities. (b) Enabling continued economically viable production of forest products can help to protect the stateâs forest lands from conversion to other uses. (c) The stateâs forest practice regulations provide for environmental protection of the stateâs air, water, habitat, geology, and soil resources. (d) Consumers of wood products in the state currently do not directly pay for the stateâs forest practice program and the costs of protecting the stateâs natural resources. (e) Current in-state producers of wood products already bear a significant cost of conforming with the stateâs environmental laws, which economically disadvantages those producers relative to out-of-state production. (f) Conforming with the stateâs environmental laws ensures that wildlife, habitat, clean air, forest, and water quality receive some protection.
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