POLICY STATEMENT ON GRAZING AND/OR HAYING AGREEMENT BIDS:

DISQUALIFICATION OF BIDS

Whereas, N-CORPE desires a fair and equitable process for the selection of participants for grazing and/or haying agreements to certain N-CORPE property for achieving public land management and/or conservation objectives;

Whereas, adherence to all laws and agreement terms is an essential element of good land stewardship;

IT IS HEREBY THE POLICY OF N-CORPE, that persons who have a history of violating any land use law or have previously breached any term, provision, clause of a contract with N-CORPE, shall be disqualified from any participant’s selection process employed by N-CORPE. Similarly, persons presently engaged in any legal action against N-CORPE shall be disqualified from any participant’s selection process. Finally, no N-CORPE Board Member, no N-CORPE staff, nor their immediate families shall be eligible for selection as a participant.