The department may purchase nursery stock and seed, and may distribute stock or seed for the following purposes:
- (a) Public planting or reforestation of public lands, giving emphasis to forest and watershed land which has been substantially damaged by fire, flood, insects, disease, or other natural causes.
- (b) Restoration of native tree and plant species threatened with extinction.
- (c) Establishment of experimental plantations of Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) for the purpose of research related to taxol in the treatment of cancer.
- (d) Soil erosion control, watershed protection, or farm windbreaks.
- (e) The production of forest products and farm woodlot products on private lands.