Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the following may be included within an agricultural reserve pursuant to this Chapter:

(a) Land devoted to recreational use;
(b) A wildlife habitat area which is a land or water area designated by the Department as an area of great importance for the protection or enhancement of the wildlife resources of this territory;
(c) A submerged area which is any land determined by the Department to be submerged or subject to tidal action and found by the Department to be of great value to the territory as an open space.
When such land is included within an agricultural preserve, the Department may contract with the owner for the purpose of restricting land to recreational or open space use and uses compatible therewith in the same manner as provided in this Chapter for land devoted for agricultural use. For the purpose of this section, where the term agricultural land is used in this Chapter it shall be deemed to include land devoted to recreational use and land within a wildlife habitat area or a submerged area, and where the term agricultural use is used in this Chapter it shall be deemed to include recreational and open space use.

SOURCE: GC § 12503.

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ARTICLE 2
AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES