Every year legislators in Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York bring forward a variety
of bills that pertain to forest resources, forested communities,
and the forest economy. As part of NCFC’s mission to engage
citizens in the research process, we have compiled information
about legislative initiatives across all four states of our
region for the 2001 and 2002 legislative sessions. Our database
includes the title and number of each bill, the date it was
introduced, its status (where available), sponsor(s), a bill
summary, and a hyperlink to the entire text of the bill. This
information was compiled directly from the legislative websites
of each state by searching each site using a list of key words
relating to forestry.
Information on legislative initiatives can be used to identify
topics of concern across all four states of the Northern Forest,
compare and contrast language related to similar issues across
states, and identify the legislators involved in forestry
issues in our region. The database allows state senators and
representatives to view actions of other states as they pertain
to forestry. Also, we encourage teachers and researchers throughout
our region to use this information to inform yourselves and
your students about forest-related legislation.
To access this information, users may conduct a search by
keyword, date of introduction, and/or state that will result
in a list of bill titles, summaries, sponsors, dates of introduction,
and states. For additional information, including a link to
the hypertext of the entire bill, users may click on the bill
number for more detail.
Please let us know what you learn so that we may share it
with others, yellowwood@yellowwood.org.
NEW!! Download a brochure
to share with your friends and colleagues describing this
database and the Demo Forest and Forest Research databases:
Database Brochure
