(525 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5902)
    Sec. 2. State forests shall include only such lands as are decided by the Department of Natural Resources to be more valuable for the growing of forests than for other purposes, and shall have for their purpose the production of forest products, the protection of watersheds that are subject to serious erosion, the maintenance of purity of springs and streams and to afford recreation places for the people of the State.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)