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Appendix B: Procedure for Compiling Federal Land Acquisition Priority List
Pages 237-242

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... DO! and USDA score proposed acquisitions that meet minimum criteria.
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... Provides multiple recreation opportunities (seven or more of Me activities listed on Attachment A) within 100 miles of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA)
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... 60 points c. The property contains a wetland or riparian area that while not scarce or unique nevertheless provides substantial public benefits.
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... The Departments jointly prepare a unified list of acquisition proposals, ranked in descending order of points scored. A cut-off point is determined by summing costs associated with the ranked acquisitions until the cumulative cost reaches the land acquisition budget limit ($250 million, less administrative and emergency acquisition costs)
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... APPENDIX B 241 Examples of subjective factors include, but are not limited to: the role of a given acquisition in a coordinated Federa1JState/Iocal effort to preserve recreation lands; the possible effect of an acquisition on State, local, or private efforts to offer competing recreation opportunities; the prospect Mat a private conservation group may desire to purchase the property. For each proposed acquisition added to the list on a basis other than points scored, We Working Group prepares a written justification explaining why We acquisition has been afforded higher priority.
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... 242 SETTING PRIORITIES FOR LAND CONSERVATION Attachment A Recreation Activities Hiking Camping Picnicking Fishing Hunting Swimming Boating/Canoeing/Rafting Auto Touring Off-Road Vehicle Use Skiing/Ice Skating Snowmobiling Bicycling Horseback Riding Observing Wildlife
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