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 :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 :

  (a)	an individual;

  (b)	a corporation;

  (c)	a limited liability company;

  (d)	a partnership;

  (e)	an association;

  (f)	a trust; or

  (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