It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture under terms the Board determines shall best serve the public interest to assist and cooperate with federal and state departments, educational institutions, counties, towns, corporations, or individuals; to gather and disseminate information about forests, their care and management; to prevent and extinguish wildfires; to enforce all laws pertaining to forests and woodlands; and to monitor the health, inventory, and condition of the state’s forest resources.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 349, § 104, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 113, § 6, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001. Renumbered from § 1301-104 of this title by Laws 2001, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 209, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 195, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 2007.