Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 79 > Chapter 2 > Part 5 - Sage Grouse Management and Protection

• Compensatory mitigation: means avoiding, minimizing, rectifying, reducing, or eliminating impacts on sage grouse habitat by providing substitute sage grouse habitat through conservation projects or conservation banks. See Utah Code 79-2-502
• Conservation plan: means the current version of the "Conservation Plan for Greater Sage-grouse in Utah" developed by the state and approved by the governor. See Utah Code 79-2-502
• 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 created in Section 79-2-201. See Utah Code 79-1-102
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Permanently disturb: means an action that disrupts the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years and includes all areas where the effects of the action could be expected to disrupt the common activities of sage grouse for a period of more than five years. See Utah Code 79-2-502
• Person: means :
       (4)(a) an individual;
       (4)(b) a corporation;
       (4)(c) a limited liability company;
       (4)(d) a partnership;
       (4)(e) an association;
       (4)(f) a trust; or
       (4)(g) a voluntary organization. See Utah Code 79-2-502
• Program: means the Sage Grouse Compensatory Mitigation Program created under Section 79-2-504. See Utah Code 79-2-502
• Sage grouse: means the greater sage-grouse, or the species centrocercus urophasianus. See Utah Code 79-2-502
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5