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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island enacts Old Growth Forest Protection Act to ban extractive logging and clearcutting on state-owned land
Last action · March 13, 2026: Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and AgricultureSponsor: request)
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What This Bill Proposed
Rhode Island prohibits and in any forest on state-owned land by enacting the Old Growth Forest Protection Act.
Establishes permanent natural-state protections for state-owned forestlands, directly restricting commercial timber extraction and land-clearing activities on public property.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Commercial timber operators
Commercial logging and timber operators are prohibited from conducting extractive logging or clearcutting on state-owned forestland.
State land management agencies
State agencies must manage and protect state-owned forestland in its natural state without extractive logging or clearcutting.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the Senate.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 13, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
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