{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-23-19","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-19","heading":"State Forester.","body":"There shall be within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection a State Forester who shall be responsible to the commissioner for the performance of his duties and shall be accountable to the commissioner in all his official activities. The State Forester shall be a technically trained forester with not less than ten years' experience in professional forestry. He shall be responsible for forest management and protection of department lands and for assuming a leadership role in the conservation, management and protection of state forest resources.","path":["TITLE 23. PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC SHADE TREES","CHAPTER 447. STATE PARKS AND FORESTS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_447.htm#sec_23-19","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:07Z","sha256":"6685333c0e9fb64e1a385e34d509690b59003c6953b971dd3223f162b30095a1","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-23-18","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-23-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}