Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 9 - NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM › Chapter 210 - RULES REGULATING APPLICATION, APPROVAL, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATURAL AREA PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13-210-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires
					 otherwise:
"Annual acceptance" means a written notice from the
					 department to the managing partner advising the managing partner of the
					 satisfactory fulfillment of the partnership agreement's annual
					 requirements.
"Applicant" means a landowner or cooperating entity
					 applying for the natural area partnership program.
"Board" means the board of land and natural
					 resources.
"Board of arbitration" means a board of arbitrators
					 established pursuant to section
					 13-210-18 and convened to settle
					 disputes arising from activities executed under the partnership
					 agreement.
"Commission" means the natural area reserves system
					 commission established pursuant to section
					 195-6,
					 HRS.
"Conservation easement" means an interest in real property
					 created by deed, restrictions, covenants, or conditions, the purpose of which
					 is to preserve and protect land predominantly in its natural, scenic, forested,
					 or open-space condition.
"Cooperating entity" means a private nonprofit
					 land-holding organization or any other body deemed by the department as
					 satisfactorily able to assist in the identification, acquisition, or management
					 of natural area reserves.
"Department" means the department of land and natural
					 resources.
"Division" means the division of forestry and.
					 wildlife.
"Heritage program" means a comprehensive natural resource
					 inventory data base for public information that includes the location of rare
					 plants, animals, and natural communities (ecosystems) in the State.
"Landowner" means any person or entity having the fee
					 simple interest in land in the State.
"Management: plan" means a plan for the conservation
					 management of the area identified in the pre-proposal that meets the standards
					 established by the department for the natural area reserves system.
"Managing partner" means a landowner or a cooperating
					 entity who receives matching funds from the State through the natural area
					 partnership program and is responsible for implementing the management
					 plan.
"Natural area partnership program" means the program
					 established in the department to provide state funds on a two-for-one matching
					 basis with private funds for the management of private lands that are dedicated
					 to conservation purposes pursuant to chapter
					 195, HRS.
"Natural area reserves system" means the program
					 established in the department pursuant to chapter
					 195, HRS, to preserve in perpetuity
					 specific state-owned land and water areas.
"Partnership agreement" means a contract signed by the
					 State and the managing partner.
"Pre-proposal" means a preliminary proposal requesting
					 participation in the natural area partnership program, prepared by a landowner
					 or cooperating entity in a format determined by the department.
"Program" means the natural area partnership
					 program.
"Reserve" means the land protected under this
					 program.