(a) To the extent feasible, this system shall be carried out in coordination with the National Estuarine Reserve Research System established by 16 U.S.C. § 1461.

(b) To the extent feasible, lands and waters within this system shall be dedicated as components of the “State Nature and Historic Preserve” as provided in Article XIV, Section 5, of the Constitution and as nature reserves pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135.250 to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135.270 (1989, c. 344, s. 1; c. 770, s. 47; 2019-241, s. 4.)