Ala. Code § 9-15-18
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to sell or cause to be sold timber or minerals or other natural resources from all lands managed or controlled under authority of this article when in his opinion he deems such timber or minerals or other natural resources to be merchantable quantity and quality. All lands or any interest therein over which the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall exercise management and control by virtue of this article may be leased, exchanged or sold by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the managing head of the department or institution to which said lands belong and the approval of the Governor of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 9-15-18 (1975)