Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Existing law establishes the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection consisting of ten members and requires that all members of the board be appointed, selected, and approved for appointment on the basis of their educational and professional qualifications and general knowledge pertaining to watershed management, forest management practices, fish and wildlife, range management, forest economics, or land use planning. Existing law also requires that 5 members of the board be selected from the general public, 3 members be selected from the forest products industry, and one member be selected from the range livestock industry, as specified. This bill would increase to 6 the number of members of the board required to be selected from the general public, thereby increasing the total member of members to ten.