North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 07 - Natural and Cultural Resources
Chapter 13 - PARKS AND RECREATION AREA RULES
Subchapter I - NATURAL AREAS
Section .0200 - SELECTION CRITERIA
Section 13I .0203 - SIGNIFICANCE
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Natural areas selected to be brought into the state parks and recreation system by purchase or gift shall be those which possess natural features of statewide significance. Only areas of high natural or scenic quality or exceptional scientific and educational value shall be considered for acquisition.
(b) Where appropriate, natural areas worthy of permanent preservation but which are of less than statewide significance may be designated on lands already administered by the Division of Parks and Recreation to protect, preserve, and maintain one or more of the natural features listed in Rule .0201 of this Subchapter.
Authority
G.S.
113-3;
113-8;
143B-10;
143B-135.16;
Eff. August
15, 1981;
Transferred from
15A NCAC
12I .0203 Eff. April 1, 2017;
Pursuant
to G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive
public interest Eff. May 1, 2018.
