The Nature Conservancy may submit to the Department a proposal outlining an area in which the Nature Conservancy has secured or is considering securing title or other legal interest. The proposal shall include the location, acreage, explanation of planned use, and explanation of values which make the acreage of interest to the State.
Within three months after receipt of the proposal, the Secretary shall report to the Nature Conservancy his recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of the proposal in relation to the State’s program of open space or wildland areas, with copies to the Board of Public Works, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker […]
Subject to the availability of funds and in accordance with other provisions of this article regarding open space and wildland areas, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the Nature Conservancy for the State to acquire title to or an interest in property owned by the Nature Conservancy or property on which the Nature Conservancy […]
