As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:

1. (1) "Council" means the wildlife habitat improvement advisory council established in 87-5-803.
2. (2) "Department" means the department of fish, wildlife, and parks established in 2-15-3401.
3. (3) "Native plant" means a plant indigenous to the state of Montana.
4. (4) "Noxious weed" means a weed defined in 7-22-2101.
5. (5) "Noxious weed management" means an integrated weed management program for the containment, suppression, and, where possible, eradication of noxious weeds. The term includes a long-term management approach toward noxious weeds that includes but is not limited to hand-pulling, cultivation, herbicide application, mechanical or biological control, prescribed grazing or burning, prevention, and revegetation.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 342, L. 2017.