{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-163.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 163.12","heading":"Harvesting restrictions.","body":"(a) Harvesting timber on commercial forest land will not be permitted unless provisions for natural and/or artificial reforestation of acceptable tree species is included in harvest plans.\n(b) Clearing of large contiguous areas will be permitted only on land that, when cleared, will be devoted to a more beneficial use than growing timber crops. This restriction shall not prohibit clearcutting when it is silviculturally appropriate, based on ecological principles, to harvest a particular stand of timber by such method and it otherwise conforms with objectives in § 163.3 of this part.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 163—GENERAL FORESTRY REGULATIONS","Subpart B—Forest Management and Operations"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"ccb6cff054652a3c31f122b45567a297e2baed441f1cca26f65895cea76f29f1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-163.11","next":"us/25-cfr-163.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}