State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Env > Article-9 > Title-7 > 9-0711§ 9-0711. Duties of state forest practice board. It shall be the duty of the state forest practice board to pass upon and approve or disapprove the forest practice standards approved by the regional forest practice boards. If such forest practice standards be approved by the state forest practice board and by the commissioner, state assistance shall be available thereafter, as provided in this section to cooperating forest and farm woodland owners within the forest regions the forest practice standards of which are so approved. The state forest practice board shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, determine from the recommendations of the regional forest practice boards uniform forest practice standards for similar forest types within the various natural forest regions of the state. It shall also have the following duties and powers: 1. To act in an advisory capacity to the commissioner in connection with forest practice standards; 2. To adopt such policies in the carrying out of regional forest practice programs, as it deems appropriate; 3. To keep the several regional forest practice boards informed of the activities and experience of all other forest practice boards in the state and to facilitate an interchange of advice and experience among such regional forest practice boards and cooperation among them; 4. To approve and coordinate the programs of the several regional forest practice boards; 5. To cooperate with the commissioner in securing the assistance of the United States and any of its agencies and of any other agencies within or without the state either public or private when deemed advisable by the board in the work of such regions.
