Executive Summary: Lands Conservation Plan

Agency of Natural Resources

Lands Conservation Plan

The Agency completed a “Lands Conservation Plan” to guide future Agency land acquisition and other land conservation transactions. The plan was formally approved by Agency Secretary John Kassel on October 26th, 1999.

The planning process was initiated in the fall of 1996 with the creation of a 17-member Lands Conservation Plan Steering Committee. The Committee, composed of representatives from both within and outside the Agency, met a total of 20 times over the course of the three year planning period to develop the plan.

The final plan is composed of two separate volumes. Volume I (Lands Conservation Plan – A Land Acquisition Strategy for the Agency of Natural Resources) is a policy document and describes Agency land acquisition priorities, establishes criteria and a process for evaluating potential land acquisition projects, and suggests numerous policies, recommendations, and related actions pertaining to the Agency's land conservation activities. Volume II serves as a Technical Appendix to the Lands Conservation Plan and is a compilation of related public involvement activities and work group reports. Copies of both documents are available by contacting the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation's Land Administration Division at (802) 241-3693.