Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 400 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET › Chapter 2 - Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves › Section 400 KAR 2:060 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 146.410 - 146.530
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 146.485 requires the
				Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves to develop administrative regulations for
				the selection, acquisition, management, protection and use of natural areas and
				nature preserves, and for the conduct of office affairs. This administrative
				regulation provides for the defining of certain essential terms used in  400 KAR 2:060 through  400 KAR 2:100.
Section
			 1.
(1) "Act" means the enabling
			 legislation of the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves, KRS 146.410 through
			 146.530.
(2) "Advisor" means any
			 individual selected by the office to serve in an advisory capacity to the
			 office pursuant to KRS 146.435.
(3)
			 "Articles of dedication" means the writing by which any estate, interest, or
			 right in a natural area and buffer area is formally dedicated as provided in
			 KRS 146.410 to 146.530;
(4) "Board"
			 means the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund Board.
(5) "Cabinet" means the Energy and
			 Environment Cabinet.
(6)
			 "Custodian" means a person, organization, agency, or institution selected by
			 the office to serve as the managing agent for a nature preserve.
(7) "Director" means the executive director
			 of the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves.
(8) "Inventory of natural types, flora and
			 fauna" means a database of flora and fauna occurring in Kentucky, and of
			 natural types and ecological communities identified by the office to be
			 monitored for the purpose of comply with the provisions of the Act.
(9) "Natural area" means an area of land,
			 water, or both land and water, in public or private ownership, which either
			 retains or has reestablished to some degree, its natural character (though not
			 necessarily completely) or that has natural flora, fauna, biological,
			 ecological, geological, scenic, or archaeological features of scientific,
			 aesthetic, cultural, or educational interest.
(10) "Nature preserve" means a natural area
			 and land necessary for the natural area's protection, including an estate,
			 interest, or right that has been formerly dedicated pursuant to KRS 146.410
			 through 146.530 to be maintained as nearly as possible in its natural condition
			 and to be used in a manner and under limitations consistent with its continued
			 preservation, without impairment, disturbance, or artificial development, for
			 the public purposes of present and future scientific research, education,
			 aesthetic enjoyment, and habitat for plant and animal species and other natural
			 objects.
(11) "Register of natural
			 areas" means the list of those natural areas worthy of preservation in
			 accordance with KRS 146.460, but not available or desirable for dedication.
			 Terrestrial natural areas are only registered with the consent of the
			 landowner. Stream segments are registered upon determination by the
			 office.
(12) "Secretary" means the
			 Secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet.