Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 77 > Chapter 5 > Part 3 - Streamside Management Zones

• Alternative practices: means forest practices that are:

  (a)conducted in the streamside management zone and that are different from practices required by rules adopted under this part;

  (b)designed for site-specific conditions encountered during a timber sale; and

  (c)subject to department approval under 77-5-303. See Montana Code 77-5-302

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of natural resources and conservation provided for in 2-15-3301. See Montana Code 77-5-302
• Forest practices: means , within a timber sale, the harvesting of trees, road construction or reconstruction associated with harvesting and accessing trees, site preparation for regeneration of a timber stand, reforestation, and management of logging slash. See Montana Code 77-5-302
• Operator: means a person responsible for conducting forest practices. See Montana Code 77-5-302
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or association of any nature that holds an ownership interest in forest land or timber. See Montana Code 77-5-302
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, company, commercial entity, corporation, or association. See Montana Code 77-5-302
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Stream: means a natural watercourse of perceptible extent that has a generally sandy or rocky bottom or definite banks and that confines and conducts continuously or intermittently flowing water. See Montana Code 77-5-302
• Timber sale: means a series of forest practices designed to access, harvest, or regenerate trees on a defined land area for commercial purposes. See Montana Code 77-5-302
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203
• zone: means a stream, lake, or other body of water and an adjacent area of varying width where management practices that might affect wildlife habitat or water quality, fish, or other aquatic resources need to be modified. See Montana Code 77-5-302