Lawmakers weigh aligning forestry with agriculture exemption under Act 250 Lawmakers and counsel debated a draft that would treat logging and forestry like agriculture for Act 250 purposes, weighing whether jurisdiction should attach to an entire parcel or only to portions proposed for development and whether on-site, mobile wood-processing should be exempt from regulation.

Lawmakers are grappling with a pivotal decision: should forestry be treated like agriculture under Act 250, potentially reshaping land-use oversight in Vermont?

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