(1) The authority granted to the board by section 23-31-201 includes the following powers and duties:
To provide for the protection of the forest resources of the state, both public andprivate, from insects and diseases;
To foster and promote the control of soil erosion on such forest lands;
To carry on an educational program with landowners, in the application of the practice of forestry on forest lands, by the growing, harvesting, and marketing of forest products from such lands;
To disseminate information and statistics concerning forests and forestry in the state,subject to the control and approval of the executive director of the department of natural resources;
To conduct investigations and experiments tending to further the intent of this part 2;
To report to the executive director of the department of natural resources at suchtimes and on such matters as the executive director may require; and
To cooperate with all agencies of the state which need and request the aid and assistance of a trained forester.
(2) In addition to the powers and duties set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall enter into an agreement with the executive director of the department of natural resources pursuant to section 24-33-201 (1), C.R.S.
Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 531, § 2, effective August 3. L. 2012: IP(1) and (1)(a) amended, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1067, § 3, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 23-30-202 as it existed prior to 2007.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending the introductory portion to subsection (1) and subsection (1)(a), see section 1 of chapter 240, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.