The individual parcels of land acquired with Preservation 2000 funding meet legislative criteria for their purchase; however, several factors have impeded the state's ability to determine the degree to which the program is achieving state goals.
State agencies are beginning to use strategies such as disposing of unneeded lands and less-than-fee-simple acquisition techniques to maximize the use of Preservation 2000 resources.
Although policymakers have expressed concerns that the costs of managing Preservation 2000 land acquisitions may exceed available resources, land management agencies have not yet fully estimated these costs.
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