(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.)
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