(1) Be threatened by potential conversion.

(2) Be owned by landowners who are willing and interested in selling or donating lands or interests in lands.

(3) Be forested with at least 10-percent canopy cover by conifer or hardwood species, or be capable of being so forested under natural conditions.

(4) Possession of one or more environmental values of great concern to the public and the state:

(5) Provision for continuity of one or more traditional forest uses, such as timber harvesting and rangeland livestock production which is utilized for economic purposes, or habitat maintenance and restoration that addresses fire hazard, mortality from pests and disease, carbon storage, restocking of underutilized forests, and reduction of non-native invasive species.

(6) Possession of environmental values that can be protected and managed effectively through conservation easements at reasonable costs.

(7) Be at least partially within or adjacent to a Forest Legacy Area.

(8) Be available for future timber harvesting, grazing or recreation (e.g. hunting, fishing, hiking and other similar uses) and not be prohibited from these activities by any statute, previous conservation easement, or other regulatory requirements.