Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers in wild, remote and forested areas of the state.
COMMUNITY FORESTRY ASSISTANCE
COMMUNITY FORESTRY ASSISTANCE
Alabama Forestry Commission; benefits of State Forester revised, burn permits process revised, penalties revised
Establishes various programs in DEP concerning management of publicly owned forested land; appropriates $60 million.
Forests and forestry capital projects appropriation and bond issuance authorization
Enacts the Old Growth Forest Protection Act to provide protection for state-owned forestland in their natural state prohibiting extractive logging and clearcutting in any forest on state-owned land.
Creates the Old Growth Forest Protection Act to provide protection for state-owned forestland in their natural state prohibiting extractive logging and clearcutting in any forest on state-owned land.
Creates the Old Growth Forest Protection Act to provide protection for state-owned forestland in their natural state prohibiting extractive logging and clearcutting in any forest on state-owned land.
Forests and forestry capital projects bond issue and appropriation