Or. Admin. Code § 635-430-0010 - Definitions of Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Management Program
For the purposes of OAR 635-430-0000 through 635-430-0100 only:
(1) "Cooperating agency" means the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Oregon State University Extension
Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, Soil and Water Conservation Districts,
Watershed Councils, Land Trusts, and organizations whose mission includes fish
and wildlife conservation. Other persons with wildlife conservation and
management training may be considered cooperating agencies if they meet the
following qualifications:
(a) A degree or
certification from an accredited educational institution in a field of study
providing knowledge that may be applied to preserve, enhance or improve habitat
for native wildlife. Such fields of study include, but are not limited to,
wildlife biology, wildlife management, fisheries management, biology, zoology,
limnology, botany, ecology, wetland ecology, forest ecology, ecosystem
management, environmental engineering, soil science, other natural science, or
landscape architecture; or
(b)
Certification from a professional society (including but not limited to The
Wildlife Society, American Fisheries Society, or Ecological Society of America)
or licensure by the state in a field listed in subsection (1)(a) of this rule;
and
(c) Evidence of professional
experience in a field listed in subsection (1)(a) of this rule.
(2) "Department" means the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(3)
"Watershed District" means an administrative unit of the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife based on geographic areas in Oregon.
(4) "Landowner" means the party or parties
having the fee interest in a lot, parcel, or tract of land, except where land
is subject to a real estate sale contract where "landowner" means the contract
vendee.
(5) "Wildlife" means fish,
shellfish, intertidal animals, wild birds as defined in OAR
635-057-0000, amphibians,
reptiles and wild mammals as defined in OAR
635-057-0000.
(6) "Oregon Conservation Strategy", as
defined in ORS 541.890, is Oregon's wildlife
action plan for conserving native species by maintaining and restoring
functioning habitats, and preventing declines in these resources where
possible.
(7) "Native habitats of
conservation concern" are habitat types that have experienced a high degree of
loss since European settlement and continue to face impacts that threaten their
conservation values. These habitats have been identified by state or federal
resource agencies, local governments, federally recognized tribes, regional
governments, watershed councils, conservation organizations or other qualified
entities as important habitats for protection or ecological restoration to
prevent additional loss of native habits or species. These may include Strategy
Habitats and Local and Specialized Habitats as defined by the Oregon
Conservation Strategy.
(8) "Native
vegetation" means vegetation that is indigenous to the subject property or to
the physiographic province in which the subject property is located.
(9) "Native" means of indigenous origin or
growth.
(10) "Significant wildlife
habitat" means land that provides native habitats of conservation concern and
meets property enrollment criteria identified in OAR
635-430-0027(2)(a)-(d).
(11) "Intact
habitat" means a native habitat of conservation concern that shows minimal sign
of human activity or habitat fragmentation and is large enough to maintain
native biodiversity.
(12) "Subject
property" means a lot, parcel or tract that is subject to a wildlife habitat
conservation and management plan.
(13) "Property" means a lot, parcel, or tract
under the ownership of a landowner.
(14) "Parcel" has the meaning given that term
in ORS 215.010(1).
(15) "Tract" has the meaning given that term
in ORS 215.010(2).
(16) "Lot" has the meaning given that term in
ORS 92.010(4).
(17) "Wildlife Habitat Special Assessment"
means an incentive program that the landowner of a subject property may apply
for when a wildlife habitat conservation and management plan is approved by the
Department and is being implemented by the landowner. Wildlife Habitat Special
Assessment is not administered by the Department; county assessors administer
the assessment guided by ORS
308A.427.
(18) "Wildlife habitat conservation and
management plan" or "Plan" means a plan developed by a cooperating agency and
landowner that specifies the conservation and management practices, including
agricultural and forestry practices, consistent with the overall intent of the
plan, that will be conducted to preserve, enhance or improve the structure or
function of wildlife habitat on the subject property.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162 & 308A.400-308A.430
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012 & 308A.400-308A.430
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