Legislation to prevent forest conversion

Enact measures to prevent forest conversion.

Page 382: "The State should enhance and create landowner incentives and other techniques to conserve and restore forests, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, grasslands, and natural areas and utilize living shoreline and nature-based solutions such as tax abatement programs, tax incentives, land conservation programs, and payments for ecosystem services. Landowner incentives and techniques to conserve and restore forests include support for existing restoration, forest technical assistance, and land acquisition programs, and creating new tax incentives, payments for ecosystem services, and legislation to prevent forest conversion."