As used in this chapter:

1. (1) "72 hours" means a time period that begins with the hour a request for action is made pursuant to Section 23A-8-402 and ends 72 hours later with the exclusion of any hour that occurs on the day of a legal holiday that is on a Monday or Friday and listed in Section 63G-1-301.

2. (2) "Cultivated crops" means:

   1. (a) annual or perennial crops harvested from or on cleared and planted land;
   2. (b) perennial orchard trees on cleared and planted land;
   3. (c) crop residues that have forage value for livestock; and
   4. (d) pastures.
3. (3) "Depredation" means an act causing damage or death.
4. (4) "Depredation mitigation plan" means the plan described in Subsection 23A-8-402(2).
5. (5) "Growing season" means the portion of a year in which local conditions permit normal plant growth.
6. (6) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, horses, goats, or turkeys.
7. (7) "Management unit" means a prescribed area of contiguous land designated by the division for the purpose of managing a species of big game animal.
8. (8) "Mitigation review panel" means the panel created under Section 23A-8-404.

9. (9)

   1. (a) For purposes of Part 2, Damage in General, "predator" means a mountain lion or bear.
   2. (b) For purposes of Part 4, Damage by Big Game, "predator" means a cougar, bear, or coyote.
10. (10) "Predator control program" means a program of the Department of Agriculture and Food that helps resolve conflicts with wildlife to protect agriculture, other property and natural resources, and to safeguard human health and safety.
11. (11) "State trapper" means an individual of the Department of Agriculture and Food within the predator control program.
12. (12) For purposes of Section 23A-8-302, "turkey" means a wild, free-ranging turkey and does not include a privately owned or domestic turkey.

13. (13)

    1. (a) "Wolf" means the gray wolf Canis lupus.
    2. (b) "Wolf" does not mean a wolf hybrid with a domestic dog.

Amended by Chapter 116, 2025 General Session