SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        1349

of State Parks, under the direction of the Superintendent of State
Parks. The State Forester and the Superintendent of State Parks
shall be appointed by tThe Director of the Department in accordance
with the provisions of the State merit system in Article 64A of this
Coder SHALL APPOINT THE STATE FORESTER AND THE SU-
PERINTENDENT OF STATE PARKS. The State Forester shall
have special training and experience in forestry and shall be a gradu-
ate of an accredited school of forestry. He shall have charge of all
forests in the State subject to the direction of the Director of the
Department. The Superintendent of State Parks shall have special
training and experience in parks and recreation. He shall have
charge of all [parks and] park, recreational and natural areas in
the State subject to the direction of the Director of the Department.
The State Forester and the Superintendent of State Parks shall
receive such salaries as shall be provided in the annual State Budget.

345B.

(a)  The Department may accept gifts of land or wetlands to the
State, or may purchase land or wetlands in the name of the State
to be held, developed RESTORED and administered as natural areas,
and may also designate and set aside areas in the State forests and
State parks as natural areas.

(b)  "Natural areas" means limited areas of land or water which
have retained their wilderness character, although not necessarily
completely natural and undisturbed, or have rare or vanishing species
of plant or animal life or similar features of interest which are
worthy of preservation for the use of present and future residents
of the State, and may include unique ecological, geological, scenic
and contemplative recreational areas on State lands.

(c)  Natural areas held by the State shall include and be desig-
nated as one or more of the following three types and the location
of each shall be described in the designation:

Type 1. Semi-wilderness PRIMITIVE areas which by their size or
location are in effect untouched by urban civilization, and can there-
fore offer the experience of solitude and self-reliance. Whereas, lands
at the higher elevations are important for protection of watersheads,
are ecologically vulnerable if unwisely altered by human interference,
and often may be uneconomic for logging or construction, it is
hereby found that such lands generally may be suitable for this
classification.

Type 2. Units of importance for all the natural sciences, espe-
cially ecology, and with outstanding value for education and re-
search and for the appreciation of natural processes. Preservation
in the desired natural condition shall be the prevailing purpose of
such holdings. Visitation shall be regulated so as to ensure this
preservation on a permanent basis.

Type 3. Areas which are not of ecological or semi-wilderness
PRIMITIVE stature, but which have the appearance of being in an
untouched natural state, or which are capable of attaining that
appearance if held and managed for this purpose.

(d)  On natural areas of Type 1, 2 or 3 all land uses and practices
shall be subject to regulations of the Department to carry out the
purposes of this section to manage or maintain the areas for the
preservation of their natural condition.