Section 42-122-1. – Title.
§ 42-122-1. Title. This chapter shall be titled the “Natural Areas Protection Act of 1993”. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 246, § 1.
Section 42-122-2. – Purposes.
§ 42-122-2. Purposes. (a) To provide the highest level of protection to the state’s most environmentally sensitive natural areas; (b) To promote the health and welfare of the people of Rhode Island by promoting the preservation of areas of unique natural interest for scientific, educational, recreational, cultural, and scenic purposes as a link to the […]
Section 42-122-3. – Definitions.
§ 42-122-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of environmental management of the state of Rhode Island. (2) “Natural area preserve” means areas of most environmentally sensitive land and/or water containing habitat suitable for plant or animal life or geological features of biological, scientific, educational, geological, paleontological, […]
Section 42-122-4. – System of natural area preserves.
§ 42-122-4. System of natural area preserves. The director shall establish a system of natural area preserves and shall have the responsibility as set forth in this chapter for selection of all natural area preserves within the system, and shall ensure that these preserves are maintained in as natural and wild a state as is […]
Section 42-122-5. – Procedure for designation of non-state owned land as a natural area preserve.
§ 42-122-5. Procedure for designation of non-state owned land as a natural area preserve. (a) The director may approve non-state owned land as a natural area preserve only upon the recommendation of the natural heritage preservation commission (established under § 42-17.5-4) and only after a public hearing and upon notice. The notice required under this […]
Section 42-122-6. – Procedures for designation of state-owned land as a natural area preserve.
§ 42-122-6. Procedures for designation of state-owned land as a natural area preserve. (a) A request for designation of state-owned land as a natural area preserve shall be made to the director, that request specifying the area to be designated, the reasons for the designation, the proposed management strategy necessary to protect the critical environmental […]
Section 42-122-7. – Designation as a natural area preserve.
§ 42-122-7. Designation as a natural area preserve. An area designated as a natural area preserve is declared to be put to its highest, best and most important use for public benefit and no interest in this preserve owned by the state shall be alienated or put to any use other than as a natural […]