§ 15-31-202 - Authority to designate and estimate trees -- Forestry advice. - Arkansas Statutes

15-31-202. Authority to designate and estimate trees -- Forestry advice.

(a) The Arkansas Forestry Commission is authorized to designate, upon request, forest trees of private forest landowners for sale or removal, by blazing or otherwise, and to measure or estimate the volume of the trees under the terms and conditions as provided in this subchapter.

(b) Upon receipt of a request from a forest landowner for technical forestry assistance or service, the State Forester or his or her authorized agent may:

(1) Designate forest trees for removal for lumber, veneer, poles, piling, pulpwood, cordwood, ties, or other forest products by blazing, spotting with paint, or otherwise designating them in an approved manner;

(2) Measure or estimate the commercial volume contained in the trees designated;

(3) Furnish the forest landowner with a statement of the volume of the trees so designated and estimated; and

(4) Offer general forestry advice concerning the management of the landowner's forest.