RS 3:4276 Powers and duties of state forester
§4276. Powers and duties of state forester
The state forester shall:
(1) Have direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state.
(2) Select and employ the personnel of the office of forestry.
(3) Superintend the office of forestry.
(4) Serve as secretary of the commission and be custodian of books, records, and papers of the commission and office of forestry.
(5) Take such action as is authorized by law to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
(6) Enforce laws pertaining to forest woodlands and recommend prosecutions for violations.
(7) Carry on educational work in the interest of forest conservation.
(8) Cooperate with and encourage private timber owners in laying plans to protection, management, and the replacement of forests, and in aiding them to form protective associations.
(9) Examine all timbered lands belonging to the state and report to the commission upon their timber condition and actual value, and also whether some of these lands should be held as state forests.
(10) Be responsible for protection and management of lands donated to or purchased by the state for forestry preserves and all lands reserved as state forests.
(11) Conduct forest research.
(12) Prepare a biennial report of progress and conditions of state work in forestry to the commission and therein recommend plans for improving the state system of forest protection, management, and replacement.
Amended by Acts 1981, No. 736, §1; Acts 1981, No. 838, §1.