D.__The commissioner shall review the list biennially and add or delete species based on new botanical inventory data, taxonomic or other scientific studies or other documentation.

4.__Sensitive information.__The commissioner may withhold specific information on the location of a species or natural area and its component features if, in the judgment of the commissioner, disclosure of this information would threaten the existence of that species or natural area.__The commissioner may not deny a landowner or landowner's designee information about species or natural areas occurring on the landowner's property or withhold this information from usual environmental review procedures of local, state or federal regulatory agencies.

§544-C.__Natural Areas Conservation Fund

The Natural Areas Conservation Fund is established as a nonlapsing separate account to be administered by the commissioner.__Income from gifts, bequests, devises, grants, fees and other sources may be deposited in this fund.__All money in the fund and earnings on that money must be used for the investigation, conservation and management of native plants, natural communities, ecosystems or other significant features as described in this chapter and for administrative and personnel costs for the purposes of this section.__The commissioner may make grants from the fund to any person, organization, state agency or other entity to undertake inventory and research about rare plants, natural communities, ecosystems or other features of natural areas.

Funds in the Natural Areas Conservation Fund may not be deposited in the General Fund or any other fund except as provided by law.__All funds of the Natural Areas Conservation Fund are subject to allocation by the Legislature.

Sec. 14. 12 MRSA §549, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 201, §2 and amended by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. E, §32, is further amended to read:

§549. Jurisdiction

The Natural Resources Information and Mapping Center Bureau of Geology and Natural Areas and the agencies having jurisdiction over state-owned lands shall have jurisdiction, as set forth in this subchapter, over all state-owned lands for the purpose of mineral development and mining on that land. The Natural