Arkansas Code
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-31-101. Creation

(a) There is created the Arkansas Forestry Commission.
(b) It shall be the mission of the commission to promote forest resource health, conservation, and stewardship.
(c) The commission shall cooperate with federal and state agencies, forest landowners, residents, and organizations in the prevention, detection, and suppression of wildland fires, in the control of forest insects and diseases, in the growth and distribution of forest tree seedlings, and in providing technical assistance and information relating to the most scientific methods of timber harvesting, reforestation, and forest resource protection and development, to the end that the forests throughout the state may be perpetuated.

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