AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands

SERIES: 25663
TITLE: Utah Forest Legacy Program records
DATES: 1999-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological year of project completion.

DESCRIPTION: The Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands administers the Federal Forest Legacy Program under which funds are provided to the State to acquire conservation easements on private forest land. The intent is to protect environmentally important forest areas threatened by conversion to non-forest uses while allowing traditional uses of the private land. The Division works with conservation organizations and the Utah Quality Growth Commission to supplement the available federal funding. All easement acquisitions are conducted on a willing buyer-willing seller basis, and conservation easements are perpetual. Complete records are kept and referred to on a regular basis to monitor and assure the conservation easement values are protected. This series includes nomination forms, landowner consent forms, baseline data reports, option agreements, appraisals, appraisal reviews, funding information, title insurance, recorded deeds of conservation easement, warranty deeds, and rights of first refusal.

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

May Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 06/2005

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently.

Computer data files: Retain in Office permanently.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Fiscal Historical

These records are considered permanent because they provide evidence of the significant effects of governmental programs and actions on individuals, communities, and the natural and man-made environment. The annual Forest Legacy monitoring forms will be kept in an electronic format only and retained permanently.