                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NATURAL AREA REGISTRY (§ 10.1-216)

A. The Department shall maintain a state registry of voluntarily protected
natural areas to be called the Virginia Registry of Natural Areas. Registration
of natural areas shall be accomplished through voluntary agreement between the
owner of the natural area and the Director. State-owned lands may be registered
by agreement with the agency to which the land is allocated. Registry agreements
may be terminated by either party at any time, and upon such termination the
area shall be removed from the registry.

B. A natural area shall be registered when an agreement to protect and manage
the natural area for its specified natural heritage resource has been signed by
the owner and the Director. The owner of a registered natural area shall be
given a certificate signifying the inclusion of the area in the registry.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 553.