Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 11 > Part 3 - Management

• Big game: includes deer, elk, big horn sheep, moose, mountain goats, pronghorn. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• conversion: means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Electric or communication facilities: means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cut-outs, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments and appurtenances. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Game: means wildlife normally pursued, caught, or taken by sporting means for human use. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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
• Management unit: means a prescribed area of contiguous land designated by the division for the purpose of managing a species of big game animal. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Predator: means a cougar, bear, or coyote. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• 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
• Take: means to:
       (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
       (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Trapping: means taking protected wildlife with a trapping device. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section 23A-2-301. See Utah Code 23A-1-101