Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 736 - PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Division 45 - OREGON NATURAL AREAS PROGRAM RULES
Section 736-045-0300 - Oregon Register of Natural Heritage Resources: Criteria for Inclusion in or Removal from the Register

(1) The priority for protection in the plan of the primary natural heritage resources objective and other natural heritage resources in the candidate natural area;

(2) Whether the natural heritage resource occurrence(s) is an adequate representative of the type; or whether the site can feasibly be restored to provide adequate representation of the ecosystem type, including habitat for at-risk species;

(3) The extent to which each natural heritage resource has retained its natural character, and processes i.e., a measurement of the degree of human-caused disturbance; or, the degree of feasibility of restoring the target natural character and processes;

(4) The health and viability of the natural heritage resource occurrence(s), i.e., the ability of each natural heritage resource occurrence to perpetuate itself or its natural sequence of development in the candidate natural area;

(5) The number of natural heritage resources that will be adequately represented in the candidate natural area;

(6) The degree of uniqueness and educational and natural interpretation values of a geologic resource(s);

(7) The priority of protection given in the plan to each special species of plant or animal;

(8) The contribution the particular candidate natural area will make to the protection of the special species;

(9) Manageability, i.e., the capability of the candidate natural area to be managed to protect and maintain the natural values, as well as to make it available and useful for its designated purposes;

(10) Whether there are alternative methods of accomplishing the same purposes of this division; and

(11) The cost effectiveness of including a candidate natural area in the register.