Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

The department:
(1) Shall administer and enforce this act;
(2) (a) Shall, through the director, appoint a forest practices advisory
committee to the board for the purpose of providing technical advice to
the board in carrying out the board's powers and duties as set forth in
section 38-1304, Idaho Code. The forest practices advisory committee is
composed of nine (9) members, three (3) residing in the north forest
region and three (3) residing in the south forest region, and three (3)
members shall be Idaho residents. All members of the committee shall be
qualified by experience and/or training to provide technical advice
related to forest practices. Of the three (3) members residing in each
forest region, one (1) member shall be either a private landowner, a
private timber owner, or authorized representative of the landowner or
timber owner who regularly engages in forest practices; one (1) member
shall be an operator; and one (1) member shall be a representative of the
general public. Of the remaining three (3) members who are Idaho
residents: one (1) member shall be qualified by training and experience as
a fisheries biologist; one (1) member shall be a nonindustrial forest
landowner; and one (1) member shall be an at-large member. Members of the
forest practices advisory committee shall be appointed by the director for
three (3) year terms. Appointments under this subsection shall be made by
the director within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this
section. If there is a vacancy, for any cause, the director shall make an
appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term. Said
appointee shall possess the same qualifications under this section as the
person being replaced. The committee shall select a chairman from among
its members. A member of the department of lands shall be designated by
the director to serve as secretary, without voting power, for the
committee.
(b) Notwithstanding the terms of the committee members specified by
subsection (2)(a) of this section, of the members first appointed to each
such committee:
(i) Two (2) shall serve for a term of one (1) year;
(ii) Two (2) shall serve for a term of two (2) years;
(iii) Three (3) shall serve for a term of three (3) years.
(3) Shall advise and assist the board in the discharge of its duties as
set forth in this act;
(4) Shall achieve coordination among state agencies which are concerned
with the forest environment;
(5) Shall cooperate with and provide advice to landowners and timber
owners in the management of forest lands;
(6) May enter into cooperative agreement or contracts which may be
necessary in the administration of this act;
(7) All site-specific BMPs approved at the time of the effective date of
this act shall remain in force and be enforced by the designated agency;
(8) Shall develop methods for controlling watershed impacts resulting
from cumulative effects. The department shall form a cumulative effects
watershed cooperative including, but not limited to, state and federal land
managing agencies and owners of industrial private forest land, to serve as a
clearinghouse for comparing and evaluating shared watershed information. The
director shall select an interdisciplinary task force including appropriate
technical specialists and affected landowners and shall, in consultation with
the task force, formulate methods for controlling cumulative effects.

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