N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 9-0803: Forest resources assessment

§ 9-0803. Forest resources assessment.

The department is authorized to carry out a comprehensive statewide

assessment (hereinafter referred to as the assessment) of the present

and anticipated future conditions of the forest resources of New York

state. The initial assessment shall be prepared on or before September

thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-six and subsequent assessments shall

be prepared at least once every ten years. Assessments shall include but

not be limited to the following:

1. an inventory of present supply of and demand for renewable forest

resources;

2. an analysis of future supply of and demand for renewable forest

resources; and

3. a description of present programs and responsibilities of all major

organizations involved in the management of public and private forest

resources.

The assessment will include all of the ecologic, sociologic,

aesthetic, and economic data necessary to achieve the purposes of this

act. The department shall develop and maintain an efficient system for

collecting, storing, and analyzing these data, and shall prepare an

assessment update at least once every five years.