Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 195F · 8 active provisions
The legislature finds that: (1) Much of the forest land in Hawaii is privately owned and managed; (2) The capacity to protect important watersheds and native Hawaiian plants and animals and to produce renewable forest resources is significantly dependent on these privately managed forest and formerly forested lands; (3…
As used in this chapter: "Board" means the board of land and natural resources. "Department" means the department of land and natural resources. "Fund" means the forest stewardship fund as established by section 195F-4. "Landowner" means any person having an interest in or holding any encumbrance upon land in the State…
(a) There is established a forest stewardship program to be administered by the board to assist landowners of privately managed forest lands to manage, protect, and restore important watersheds, native vegetation, forest resources, forest products, fish and wildlife habitats, isolated populations of rare and endangered…
(a) There is established a special fund within the state treasury known as the forest stewardship fund which shall be used as follows: (1) Payments shall be made by the board pursuant to agreements entered into with qualified landowners to further the purposes of this chapter; and (2) Moneys collected from: (A) The har…
(a) To participate in the forest stewardship program, the applicant landowner shall prepare and submit a forest stewardship management plan that shall: (1) Identify and describe the activities to be undertaken by the landowner to protect soil, water, aesthetic quality, recreation, forest resources, forest products, wat…
(a) Payments from the forest stewardship fund shall not exceed: (1) Seventy-five per cent of the total cost of the landowner in developing an approved management plan; and (2) Fifty per cent of the total cost of the landowner in implementing an approved management plan. Total payments to any one landowner shall be dete…
The board shall establish and implement a penalty payback provision to be applied in the event that a landowner terminates any approved practice required under the forest stewardship management plan, as agreed to by the board and the landowner.
The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this chapter.