As used in the Natural Lands Protection Act:
A. "committee" means the natural lands protection committee;
B. "unique and ecologically significant lands" are lands which:
(1) afford habitat for species listed as rare, threatened or endangered by the state or federal government; and
(2) are identified by the natural resources department as constituting the best remaining examples of native ecological communities that are otherwise unprotected; and
C. "corporation" means a New Mexico not-for-profit corporation whose primary purpose is the preservation and conservation of lands.