The State Board of Agriculture shall institute a broad program of education and action in the protection, reforestation, harvesting, and wise use of forests and their products throughout Oklahoma under the provisions the Board shall adopt. These provisions shall include the need for trees and forests to meet the increasing demands for forest products for human consumption, the necessity of environmental improvement to filter out noise and dirt, clean and replenish the atmosphere, to conserve soil, water and wildlife, and to provide outdoor recreation for healthful living. The Board shall administer silviculture best management practices in cooperation with forestry land users under the provisions of state and federal water pollution laws that include the process to identify silviculturally-related nonpoint sources of pollution as defined by the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code and, to the extent feasible, establish procedures and methods to control these sources.

Laws 1971, SB 143, c. 349, § 103, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971; Amended by Laws 1981, HB 1135, c. 174, § 1; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1002, c. 145, § 351, emerg. eff. July 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 2001, SB 522, c. 113, § 5, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001 (superseded document available); Renumbered from 2 O.S. § 1301-103 by Laws 2001, SB 522, c. 113, § 56, emerg. eff. April 18, 2001.