Forestry Practices Clause Samples

Forestry Practices. The following are minimum forestry practices applicable to this Agreement. Purchaser shall, at Purchaser's sole cost and expense, harvest the designated types of species of wood from the designated cutting areas during the term of this Agreement in accordance with the accepted principles of professional forestry, the Maine Forest Practices act and rules and regulations promulgated under 12 M.R.S .A. Chapter 805, Subchapter III-A, and the following agreed standards of performance. A. Harvest Notification The Purchaser shall conform to all requirements of Title 12, § 8883 of the Maine Revised Statutes. The FON for this agreement is #450742, which expires on 12/6/14. The Agent shall retain a copy of the notification form and, unless otherwise specified below, shall be responsible for reporting harvest information in compliance with Maine law. The Agent shall provide copies of the reports to Seller at the time they are submitted to the Maine Forest Service. B. Scaling All harvested forest products shall be measured as specified below: Sales of volume shall be measured in standard cords, board feet, tons, or pounds in accordance with the Wood Measurement Rules. The Buyer shall be responsible for affixing Maine Tree Farm #2911 stickers on each of the trip tickets, prior to their delivery to a mill or log yard. Scaling of products, including scaling procedures and scaling records, shall be carried out and maintained in accordance with the directions of Seller. In the event that scaling is done on the Lot at harvesting site, it shall be done by a person or persons acceptable to Seller (who shall in any event be State licensed scalers) and the cost of scaling shall be paid by Purchaser. In the event that scaling of products is done off premises, it shall be done at a place acceptable to Seller. Reports of volume (legible stumpage sheets, measurement tally sheets or the like) shall be provided in full to Agent on a weekly basis by Purchaser as wood is delivered to receiving mill. Further, Purchaser shall forward a weekly report showing in full the volumes for all wood products hauled from the Lot. Such volumes reports will include the following: • the name of the harvest contractor or subcontractor • date and time of loading • product type and species • mill of destination • the name of the hauler • name and license number of the scaler(s)