Definitions

As used in the Natural Lands Protection Act: A. "committee" means the natural lands protection committee; B. "unique and ecologically significant lands" are lands which: (1) afford habitat for species listed as rare, threatened or endangered by the state or federal government; and (2) are identified by the natural resources department as constituting the best remaining examples of native ecological communities that are otherwise unprotected; and C. "corporation" means a New Mexico not-for-profit corporation whose primary purpose is the preservation and conservation of lands. History: Laws 1987, ch. 192, § 3.