{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-61-1","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61, § 1","heading":"Definitions","body":"Section 1. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:—\n''Cut'', sever or taken from the soil.\n''Forest land'', land devoted to the growth of forest products. Upon application, the state forester may allow accessory land devoted to other non-timber uses to be included in certification.\n''Forest products'', wood, timber, Christmas trees, other tree forest growth and any other product produced by forest vegetation.\n''Certification'', approval of a forest management plan by the state forester.\n''Contiguous land'', land separated from other land under the same ownership by a public or private way, waterway or an easement for water supply.\n''Forest management plan'' or ''management plan'', a completed copy of a form provided by the state forester executed by the owner and the state forester that provides for a ten year program of forest management, including intermediate and regeneration cuttings.\n''Cutting plan'', a completed copy of a form approved by the state forester which describes the species, dimensions, and quantity of a proposed forest crop to be harvested and which is certified by the state forester as being in accordance with the provisions of section forty to forty-six, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-two.\n''Not used for purposes incompatible with forest production'', uses formally proposed or permitted that do not interfere with or reduce the quantity and quality of a continuous forest crop.\n''Owner'', person, persons, or another legal entity holding title to a parcel of forest land.\n''Parcel'', land held by the same owner under a deed of title which has no encumbrance incompatible with this chapter.\n''Region'', one of the five geographic subdivisions of the commonwealth utilized for administrative purposes by the department of environmental management.","path":["Part I","Title IX","Chapter 61"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter61/Section1","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:58Z","sha256":"3f922a6cab7fd50dc5e61e24baafe49574608416a846d94ddd1a57aa8bccb139","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-60b-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-61-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}