Section 51.946. Factors that shall be considered in project selection.

  The department shall select projects for financial assistance under this subchapter by evaluating each project according to the following factors, not listed in order of priority:

(1)  Recreational opportunities provided or enhanced.

(2)  Proximity to other permanently protected land.

(3)  Natural, scenic, geological and archaeological values of the property.

(4)  The degree of development pressure.

(5)  Whether the project has been identified in a comprehensive outdoor recreation plan, another plan that has as one of its purposes the protection of natural resources, or the natural heritage inventory database.

(6)  The amount of funding available for the project from other sources.

Emerg. cr. eff. 9-1-00; CR 00-135 : cr. Register July 2001, No. 547 eff. 8-1-01; CR 10-127 : am. (intro.), (5), (6) Register February 2012 No. 674 , eff. 3-1-12.