{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f460nnn.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f460nnn.\nDefinitions\nIn this subchapter:\n(1)\nAdvisory council\nThe term \u201cadvisory council\u201d means the Steens Mountain Advisory Council established by part D.\n1\n1 See References in Text note below.\n(2)\nCooperative management agreement\nAn agreement to plan or implement (or both) cooperative recreation, ecological, grazing, fishery, vegetation, prescribed fire, cultural site protection, wildfire or other measures to beneficially meet public use needs and the public land and private land objectives of this subchapter.\n(3)\nCooperative Management and Protection Area\nThe term \u201cCooperative Management and Protection Area\u201d means the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area designated by part A.\n(4)\nEasements\n(A)\nConservation easement\nThe term \u201cconservation easement\u201d means a binding contractual agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area under which the landowner, permanently or during a time period specified in the agreement, agrees to conserve or restore habitat, open space, scenic, or other ecological resource values on the land covered by the easement.\n(B)\nNondevelopment easement\nThe term \u201cnondevelopment easement\u201d means a binding contractual agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area that will, permanently or during a time period specified in the agreement\u2014\n(i) prevent or restrict development on the land covered by the easement; or\n(ii) protect open space or viewshed.\n(5)\nEcological integrity\nThe term \u201cecological integrity\u201d means a landscape where ecological processes are functioning to maintain the structure, composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape over time, including\u2014\n(A) a complex of plant communities, habitats and conditions representative of variable and sustainable successional conditions; and\n(B) the maintenance of biological diversity, soil fertility, and genetic interchange.\n(6)\nManagement plan\nThe term \u201cmanagement plan\u201d means the management plan for the Cooperative Management and Protection Area and the Wilderness Area required to be prepared by\nsection 460nnn\u201321(b) of this title\n(7)\nRedband Trout Reserve\nThe term \u201cRedband Trout Reserve\u201d means the Donner und Blitzen Redband Trout Reserve designated by\nsection 460nnn\u201372 of this title\n(8)\nSecretary\nThe term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management.\n(9)\nScience committee\nThe term \u201cscience committee\u201d means the committee of independent scientists appointed under\nsection 460nnn\u201353 of this title\n(10)\nWilderness Area\nThe term \u201cWilderness Area\u201d means the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area designated by part B.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s460nnn.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f460nnn."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this subchapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Advisory council"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cadvisory council\u201d means the Steens Mountain Advisory Council established by part D.","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Cooperative management agreement"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"An agreement to plan or implement (or both) cooperative recreation, ecological, grazing, fishery, vegetation, prescribed fire, cultural site protection, wildfire or other measures to beneficially meet public use needs and the public land and private land objectives of this subchapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Cooperative Management and Protection Area"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cCooperative Management and Protection Area\u201d means the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area designated by part A.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Easements"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Conservation easement"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cconservation easement\u201d means a binding contractual agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area under which the landowner, permanently or during a time period specified in the agreement, agrees to conserve or restore habitat, open space, scenic, or other ecological resource values on the land covered by the easement.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Nondevelopment easement"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cnondevelopment easement\u201d means a binding contractual agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area that will, permanently or during a time period specified in the agreement\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t16/s460nnn/4/B/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" prevent or restrict development on the land covered by the easement; 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