(a) Collection, analysis and distribution of information regarding prescribed burning and other alternative fuel management techniques;
(b) Assistance to landowners wanting to evaluate alternative burning and nonburning fuel management strategies and the collection of data regarding fuel conditions existing before and after treatment;
(c) Aerial monitoring of prescribed burning activity;
(d) Distribution of information to the Department of Environmental Quality on progress toward meeting federal and state air quality standards;
(e) Establishment of a system to track forest burning on a geographically specific basis; and
(f) Collection, analysis and distribution of information regarding emissions from wildfires for comparison with prescribed burning.
(2) The programs shall be administered by the State Forestry Department. [1989 c.920 §3; 1997 c.274 §50; 2007 c.213 §2]