Liquidation harvesting, also known as “cut and run logging,” is the practice of buying a parcel of land, stripping it of valuable timber, then selling parcels off for development. Throughout the debate on forestry, all sides have agreed that the practice is wrong, but until now no measures were in place to stop it. A 2003 law required the Department of Conservation to draft rules, and a stakeholder process led to the proposals in LD #1962.

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2004	Roll Call	0	3	0	3	6
Votes	Show Susan M. W. Austin Nay Margaret M. Craven Absent H. Sawin Millett Jr. Nay Anne C. Perry Absent Joseph C. Perry Sr. Absent Stephen S. Stanley Nay