BOARD/COMMISSION:  Minnesota Forest Resources Council

The 17 member council shall include a chair; two representatives of organizations representing environmental interests; one representative of an organization representing the interest of management of game species; one representative of a conservation organization; one representative of an association representing forest products industry within the state; one commercial logging contractor active in a forest product association; one representative of a statewide association representing the resort and tourism industry; one faculty member or researcher of a Minnesota research or higher education institution; one owner of nonindustrial, private forest land of 40 acres or more; one owner of nonindustrial private forest land, one representative of Natural Resource Conservation Organization; one county land commissioner who is a member of the Minnesota Association of County Land Commissioners; one representative of U.S. Forest Service unit with land management responsibility in Minnesota; one representative of a labor organization with membership having an interest in forest resource issues; one individual representing a secondary wood products manufacturing organization; and one representative of the Indian Affairs Council. The Indian Affairs Council appoints its own member.

The council shall develop recommendations to the governor and to federal, state, county and local governments with respect to forest resources policies and practices. The council also has responsibility for implementing the policies and programs called for in the Sustainable Forest Resources Act (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 89A).