9-0709 - Duties of regional forest practice boards. - New York Statutes

§ 9-0709. Duties of regional forest practice boards. The regional forest practice boards shall, subject to the approval of the state forest practice board and the commissioner, and in order to procure state assistance for cooperating owners of forest and farm woodlands, determine the forest practice standards necessary for their regions. After such standards have been approved by the state forest practice board and the commissioner, the regional forest practice boards shall formally adopt such standards and promote their application. The boards may assist cooperating owners in carrying out such application of the approved forest practice standards. Regional forest practice boards may act as agents for this state or any of its agencies or for the United States or any of its agencies in connection with such assistance to cooperating owners. The boards may also accept donations, gifts and contributions in money, services, materials or otherwise from this state or any of its agencies or from the United States or any of its agencies or payments from cooperating land owners, and may use or expend such moneys, services, materials, contributions or payments to promote the application of the forest practice standards. The boards may approve forest management plans submitted by land owners in lieu of compliance with the forest practice standards adopted, provided the standards embodied in said plans are equivalent to those adopted by the boards.