The Director shall send to each approved applicant a Preliminary Purchase Agreement outlining what, in general, is to be purchased and the tasks to be completed, and stating that the specific terms will not be known until the appraisal is complete (if the project is not a donated easement).

The purpose of the Preliminary Purchase Agreement is to define the nature of the work to be done and who will do it. The Department shall work with the landowner and/or their representative to obtain items necessary to complete the project; these may include, but are not limited to, the preliminary title report, survey for certificate of possession, hazardous materials assessment, and, where applicable, development of the conservation easement and appraisal.

Except in the case of a full and complete donation of land or interest in land the following shall apply with regard to land or interest in land subject to inclusion into the Program: