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146.440 Uses and purposes of nature preserves.
In order to secure for the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky of present and
future generations the benefits of an environment having one or more of the
characteristics of a natural area, the commission is hereby empowered to acquire in
the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and to hold in trust for the benefit of the
general public an adequate system of nature preserves in the manner herein set
forth, and for the following uses and purposes:
(1) For scientific research in such fields as, but not limited to, ecology, taxonomy,
genetics, forestry, pharmacology, agriculture, soil science, geology,
paleontology, ornithology, herpetology, mammalogy, biology, entomology,
agronomy, conservation, and all other natural sciences;
(2) For the teaching of biology, natural history, ecology, geology, conservation and
other related subjects;
(3) As habitats for plant and animal species and other natural objects;
(4) As reservoirs of natural materials;
(5) As places of natural interest and beauty;
(6) As living illustrations of our natural heritage wherein one may observe and
experience natural biotic and ecological systems of the earth and their
processes;
(7) To promote understanding and appreciation of the aesthetic, cultural, scientific
and spiritual values of our unpolluted and unspoiled environment;
(8) For the preservation and protection of nature preserves against modification or
encroachment resulting from occupation, development or other use which
would destroy their natural or aesthetic conditions;
(9) As places where people may observe nature's web of life and our natural
heritage, and as reminders of the vital human dependence upon unspoiled
natural areas.
History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 7.
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