As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:

1. (1) "Board" means the Conservation District Supervisory Board.
2. (2) "CARDD" means the Conservation and Resource Development Division of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
3. (3) "Committee" means the Montana rangeland resources committee selected as provided in 2-15-3305(2), MCA.
4. (4) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
5. (5) "District" means conservation district.
6. (6) "Loans" means rangeland improvement loans.
7. (7) "Program" means the rangeland resource program administered by CARDD.
8. (8) "Rangeland" means land on which the native vegetation is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, or shrubs suitable for grazing or browsing use, including lands revegetated naturally or artificially to provide a forage cover that is managed like native vegetation.
9. (9) "Resource conservation plan" means a plan that includes the record of decisions, supporting information for treatment of a unit of land meeting planning criteria for one or more identified natural resource concerns, and the schedule of implementation for practices and activities needed to solve identified natural resource concerns.
10. (10) "State coordinator" means the state coordinator for the Montana Rangeland Resources Act provided for in 2-15-3304, MCA.
11. (11) "Supervisor" means conservation district supervisor.
12. (12) "Tame pastureland" means land that has been modified by mechanical cultivation and that has current vegetation consisting of native species, or introduced species, or both.

Authorizing statute(s): 76-14-116, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 76-14-111, 76-14-112, 76-14-113, 76-14-114, 76-14-115, MCA

History: NEW, 2021 MAR p. 330, Eff. 3/27/21.