A. The legislature finds and declares that Alexander State Forest in conjunction with Indian Creek Lake provides the state with one of the best recreational areas in the state with its eight thousand acres of forest and lake. The state forest contains one hundred acres of recreational facilities, two hundred fifty acres of primitive camping area, and two thousand two hundred fifty acres of lake. There are numerous campsites and picnic sites, swimming areas, bath houses, a boat launch, and pavilion. The forest contains the world's tallest fire tower, the one hundred seventy-five foot Woodworth Tower.
B. The legislature declares that it is the policy of the state to preserve and protect the Alexander State Forest by good forest and recreational management planning and by prohibiting any commercial development in the state forest.