As used in the Oklahoma Forestry Code:

1. 1. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Oklahoma;
2. 2. "Division" means the Forestry Division of the State Board of Agriculture;
3. 3. "Director" means the Director of Forestry of the State Board of Agriculture;
4. 4. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, organization or any combination thereof, whether or not incorporated;
5. 5. "Forests" means forest land that is at least ten percent (10%) stocked by forest trees of any size, whether of commercial or noncommercial species, or formerly having such tree cover and not currently developed for nonforest use, including woodlands, woodlots, windbreaks and shelterbelts;
6. 6. "Forest rangers" means all employees of the Forestry Division who have responsibilities in forest protection, including laborers, mechanics, radio technicians and other employees who assist in forest protection;
7. 7. "Wildfires" includes any fire which is not controlled on forests, grasslands or fields;
8. 8. "Wild lands" refers to any unimproved lands regardless of kind of vegetative plant cover including forests, prairies, marshes and swamps;
9. 9. "Timber" means and includes live and dead trees and the profit in any live and dead trees including but not limited to bark, foliage, wood, vines, firewood, crossties and shrubbery;
10. 10. "Logging or timber harvesting operations" means the cutting or harvesting of and removal of timber from a site, leaving the root mass intact;

11. 11. "Established property line" means any boundary line which has been:

    1. a. recognized by adjoining land owners as a boundary and uncontested for at least fifteen (15) years including but not limited to fence lines, roads and natural features,
    2. b. established by a registered land surveyor, or
    3. c. uncontested for at least fifteen (15) years; and
12. 12. "Timber owner" means any person who owns the right to cut or harvest timber at the time the timber is to be cut or harvested, or who legally owns the severed timber.

Laws 1971, SB 143, c. 349, § 102, emerg. eff. June 24, 1971; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1979, c. 238, § 2, eff. November 1, 1995.