141-050-0500 Definitions As used in these rules, unless the context provides otherwise: (1) "Agency" means any federal, state or local government agency, department, board, or commission. (2) "Board" means the State Land Board. (3) "Candidate Natural Area" means a natural resource area which may be considered for registration or dedication. (4) "Council" means the Natural Heritage Advisory Council as established in ORS 273.571. (5) "Dedicated" means the formal recognition and protection of a natural area for natural heritage conservation purposes. (6) "Document" means a documented record, report or map pertaining to the Natural Heritage Program data. (7) "Elements" means both the natural heritage resources and the special species. (8) "Instrument" means any written document intended to convey an interest in real property pursuant to ORS 93.710, or an agreement between parties pursuant to the Natural Heritage Program, the Natural Heritage Plan, or matters related thereto. (9) "Introduced Species" means exotic or non-native species. (10) "Managed Area" means a registered or dedicated Natural Heritage Conservation Area that, by management agreement between the Board and private landowner, or agency, the area and its elements are maintained in a manner to protect the natural character. (11) "Management Scheme" means a plan that sets forth in detail the responsibilities for the administration of an individual Natural Heritage Conservation Area. (12) "Natural Area" means a unit of land or water, or both, which may be considered for dedication under ORS 273.563 to 273.591. It means a natural heritage resource area which has substantially retained its natural character, or, if altered in character, shall in addition to its natural heritage resource values be valuable as habitat for plant and animal species or for the study and appreciation of natural features. Ref. ORS 273.566(1). (13) "Natural Heritage Conservation Area" means an area dedicated under the provisions of ORS 273.586. (14) "Natural Heritage Resources" means the plant community types, aquatic types (or terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems) and unique geologic types as defined in the Oregon Natural Heritage Plan; means a unit of land or water which contains a natural resource(s). (15) "Plan" means the Natural Heritage Plan as established in ORS 273.576, which governs the Natural Heritage Program in the selection of areas for natural heritage conservation. Ref. ORS 273.566, Oregon Laws 1981, C. 208. (16) "Program" means the Natural Heritage Program as established in ORS 273.566, which provides for the establishment of a limited system of natural heritage conservation areas representing a full range of Oregon's natural heritage resources and includes special species of plants and animals. (17) "Register" means the Oregon Register of Natural Heritage Resources as established in ORS 273.581. The Register contains an official list of areas which have significant natural heritage resources and special species. (18) "Special Species" means those species of plants and animals determined by the Council to be of significant value in a Natural Heritage Conservation Area and defined in the Plan. (19) "Wildlife" means any wild or free living vertebrate or invertebrate animal. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 273 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 273.563 - 273.591 History: DSL 9-2008, f. & cert. ef. 12-10-08 LB 9-1982, f. & ef. 10-1-82, Renumbered from 141-050-0895 and 141-050-0950 LB 18, f. 7-29-74, ef. 8-25-74