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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 831
OR WHOSE EXISTING OPENNESS, NATURAL CONDITION, AND
PRESENT STATE OF USE, IF RETAINED, WOULD ENHANCE THE
PRESENT OR POTENTIAL VALUE OF ABUTTING OR SURROUNDING
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OR MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL OR SCENIC RESOURCES.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 357A (b) of the
Code. The only changes made are in style.
(C) "STATE WILDLANDS" MEANS "WILDLANDS" OWNED BY
THE STATE AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING THREE TYPES:
TYPE 1. A PRIMITIVE AREA WHICH BY ITS SIZE OR
LOCATION IS IN EFFECT UNTOUCHED BY URBAN CIVILIZATION,
AND CAN OFFER THE EXPERIENCE OF SOLITUDE AND
SELF-RELIANCE. SINCE LANDS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
ARE IMPORTANT FOR PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS, ARE
ECOLOGICALLY VULNERABLE IF UNWISELY ALTERED BY HUMAN
INTERFERENCE, AND MAY BE UNECONOMIC FOR LOGGING OR
CONSTRUCTION, THEY MAY BE SUITABLE FOR THIS
CLASSIFICATION.
TYPE 2. A UNIT OF IMPORTANCE FOR ALL THE NATURAL
SCIENCES, ESPECIALLY ECOLOGY, AND WITH OUTSTANDING
VALUE FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND APPRECIATION OF
NATURAL PROCESSES. PRESERVATION IN THE DESIRED
NATURAL CONDITION IS THE PREVAILING PURPOSE OF THESE
HOLDINGS. VISITATION SHALL BE REGULATED TO ENSURE
THIS PRESERVATION ON A PERMANENT BASIS.
TYPE 3. AN AREA WHICH IS NOT OF ECOLOGICAL OR
PRIMITIVE STATURE, BUT WHICH HAS THE APPEARANCE OF
BEING IN AN UNTOUCHED NATURAL STATE OR IS CAPABLE OF
ATTAINING THAT APPEARANCE IF HELD AND MANAGED FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
(D) "WILDLANDS" MEANS LIMITED AREAS OF LAND OR
WATER WHICH HAVE RETAINED THEIR WILDERNESS CHARACTER,
ALTHOUGH NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETELY NATURAL AND
UNDISTURBED, OR HAVE RASE OR VANISHING SPECIES OF
PLANT OR ANIMAL LIFE OR SIMILAR FEATURES OF INTEREST
WORTHY OF PRESERVATION FOR USE OF PRESENT AND FUTURE
RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. THIS MAY INCLUDE UNIQUE
ECOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, SCENIC, AND CONTEMPLATIVE
RECREATIONAL AREAS ON STATE LANDS.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 345B(c) of the
Code. The phrase "and the location of each
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