Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 141 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS › Division 50 - OREGON NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM RULES › Section 141-050-0500 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
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.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 273
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  273.563 -
				  273.591