27. No person may, except with the authorization of the commission, use a sugar bush situated in a designated agricultural region for any other purpose than maple syrup production.
The felling of maple trees without the authorization of the commission is prohibited, except for the purposes of selection or thinning within the framework of forest management or for the construction of a sugar shack.
1978, c. 10, s. 27; 2025, c. 52025, c. 5, s. 3311.