SECTION .0200 ‑ REGISTRY OF NATURAL HERITAGE AREAS
15A NCAC 12H .0201 OBJECTIVES OF REGISTRY
The Registry of Natural Heritage Areas is a recognition
program based upon an official list of significant natural areas derived from
the Natural Heritage Program's inventory of elements of natural diversity. The
registry is a voluntary, non‑regulatory, non‑binding recognition
program. Objectives of the Registry of Natural Heritage Areas are to:
(1) protect significant examples of the total diversity
of natural features occurring in the state;
(2) establish reserves for breeding stocks of
endangered, threatened, or otherwise unique species of plants and animals;
(3) encourage educational activities and scientific
research;
(4) preserve unique and unusual natural features;
(5) protect natural areas against uses which would
destroy their natural conditions.
History Note: Authority G.S. 113‑3; 113‑8;
113A‑164.4;
Eff. April 4, 1979.