Maryland Code, Natural Resources § 5-302

(1) Significant environmental, aesthetic, and wildlife benefits; and

(2) For the production of timber and forest resources essential to commerce and industry in the State.

(1) The growing demands on woodlands and related land resources cannot be met by intensive management of public lands and industrial forests alone;

(2) Nonindustrial private woodlands of the State are a significant source of the production of timber and other forest resources; and

(3) Unless measures are instituted to encourage landowners to apply practices to ensure the development, management, and protection of nonindustrial private woodlands, this natural resource will not be sustained with a consequent detriment to the citizens of the State.

(1) To apply practices that provide for:

(2) To provide for the nonindustrial private woodland production of timber and other related forest resources.