Sec. 50103.

(1) “Fish and wildlife habitat improvements” means measures designed to protect, maintain, or enhance fish and wildlife habitats.

(2) “Follow-up work” means forest practices to promote the survival of seeds or seedlings planted or the protection or enhancement of other work previously undertaken under this part.

(3) “Forest improvement project” or “project” means each of the following:

(a) Production, processing, handling, storage, marketing, or transportation of forest resources, conducted in carrying out the purposes of this part, including sawmills, hardboard mills, power stations, warehouses, air and water pollution control equipment, and solid waste disposal facilities.

(b) Forest practice or follow-up work.

(c) Study, planning, or other work intended to improve forest lands or forest resources or to demonstrate means of improving forest lands or forest resources.

(4) “Forest land” means a tract of land or the timber rights in that land owned or occupied by a member, which land is at least 10% occupied by forest tree species with a growth potential of 50 cubic feet per acre per year and consists of 40 acres or more. Forest land includes land from which forest tree species have been removed and have not been restocked, but does not include land converted to uses other than the growing of forest tree species or land currently zoned for uses incompatible with forest practices.

(5) “Forest management plan” means a forest and land management plan submitted to a district pursuant to subpart 5.

(6) “Forest practice” includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) The preparation of management plans for forest land.

(b) The improvement of forest tree species.

(c) Reforestation.

(d) The harvesting of forest tree species.

(e) Road construction associated with the improvement or harvesting of forest tree species or reforestation.

(f) Use of chemicals or fertilizers for the purpose of growing or managing forest tree species.

(g) The management of slashings resulting from other forest practices.

(h) Any other actions intended to improve forest land or forest resources.

(7) “Forest resources” means those products, uses, and values associated with forest land, including recreation and aesthetics, fish, forage, soil, timber, watershed, wilderness, and wildlife.

(8) “Gross territorial boundary” means the jurisdictional limit of the area of the district within which landowners are eligible for membership in the district.

(9) “Proposed gross territorial boundary” means the proposed jurisdictional limit of the area of the district within which owners or occupiers of land are eligible for membership in the district.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA