The commission shall prepare a master plan for all school and lieu lands under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall include a recreational element which requires, to the extent possible, that lands be maintained in a natural state, and shall incorporate a multiple use concept for land use planning. Such plan shall also include provision for beneficial uses of state school and lieu lands. Such beneficial uses include, but are not limited to, reforestation, timber stand improvement, alternative fuels management, range conservation, access acquisition, hazard removal and control, environmental rehabilitation, the development and maintenance of recreational trails, including foot trails and trails for motorized vehicles, the development and maintenance of water oriented recreational facilities, the identification and maintenance of primitive campsites, programs for encouraging environmentally sound mineral exploration and extraction, and the rehabilitation of lands impacted by mineral exploration or extraction. The plan shall also provide that any alterations to or development of state school or lieu lands should attempt to maintain the lands as nearly as possible in the condition existing prior to alteration or development. The commission shall annually revise such plan to include new lands under its jurisdiction. The master plan shall, to the extent possible, be prepared from funds otherwise available to the commission.

(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 831, Sec. 1.)