Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart A - Preliminary Provisions
Article I - Administrative Provisions
Chapter 9 - ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN
Subchapter D - POLICIES FOR NATURAL AREAS
POLICIES FOR NATURAL AREAS
Section 9.313 - Natural areas having regional and local significance

(a) Not all lands designated as natural areas are of Statewide importance. Programs at the regional and local levels are instrumental in the development of an overall Commonwealth effort to protect elements of our natural heritage.

(b) The success of subState programs to identify, designate and preserve natural areas will depend upon State initiatives to help public and private agencies at the regional and local level to attain natural area goals and objectives. Therefore, it shall be the Environmental Policy of the Commonwealth to provide leadership and support in the identification, designation, and protection of natural areas of less than Statewide importance.