Sec. 4. The department shall expend the fund for the following:
(1) The purchase, supervision, and development of state forests and state forest land.
(2) The growing and distribution of forest tree seedlings for state and private forest planting.
(3) The organized prevention, detection, control, and suppression of forest fires in the forests, woodlands, and plantations within Indiana.
(4) The providing of forestry assistance to farmers and private forest landowners for the purpose of providing for the better protection, management, development, and utilization of forest products and forests located in Indiana.