Composition of Board Members

Composition of Board Members. The Forestry Commission is composed of ten (10) members who must be qualified electors of the state. The Dean of the School of Forest Resources at Mississippi State University shall be an ex officio member of the Commission, with full voting authority. The chairman of the advisory committee to the Mississippi Institute of Forest Inventory shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the Commission. The Governor appoints the remaining eight (8) members of the Commission with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of six (6) years.