# COMAR Title 27 — Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays

## Subtitle 01 — Criteria for Local Critical Area Program Development

### Chapter 05 — Forest and Woodland Protection

#### Regulation .01 Policies.

*COMAR 27.01.05.01*

In developing and updating its Critical Area program, a local jurisdiction shall follow all of these policies in regard to forest and developed woodland protection:

A. Maintain and increase the forest and developed woodland vegetation of the Critical Area;

B. Conserve forests and developed woodlands and provide for expansion of forested areas;

C. Provide that the removal of trees associated with development activities is minimized and, where appropriate, mitigated; and

D. Recognize that forests are a protective land use to be managed so that maximum values for water quality, wildlife, timber, recreation, and other resources are maintained, recognizing that, in some cases, these uses may be mutually exclusive.