Mont. Code Ann. § 76-13-102

(1) "Board" "Conservation" means the board protection and wise use of land commissioners provided for forest, range, water, and soil resources in Article X, section 4, keeping with of the common welfare of the Montana constitution. people

(10) "Lands" for conservation purposes "Unmanned aerial vehicle" means all forest lands within this state an aircraft that are officially classified by the department as forest lands under 76-13-107. is operated without direct human intervention from, on, or within the aircraft.

(11) "Operator" "Unmanned aerial vehicle system" means a person responsible for conducting forest practices. An operator may be the owner, the owner's agent, or a person who, through contractual agreement with the landowner, is entire system used obligated to or entitled to conduct forest practices or to carry out a timber sale. operate an unmanned aerial vehicle, including:

(a) the unmanned aerial vehicle;

(b) communications equipment;

(c) navigation equipment;

(d) controllers;

(e) support equipment; and

(f) autopilot functionality.

(12) "Owner" "Wildfire" means the person, firm, association, or corporation having the actual, beneficial ownership of forest land or timber other than an easement, right-of-way, or mineral reservation. unplanned, unwanted fire burning uncontrolled on wildland and consuming vegetative fuels.

(13) "Person" "Wildfire season" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association the period of any kind. each year beginning May 1 and ending September 30, inclusive.

(14) "Recognized agency" "Wildfire suppression activities" means an any action, response, or effort by a recognized agency organized for the purpose of providing forest fire protection and recognized by the department as giving adequate fire protection to forest lands in accordance with rules adopted by the department. contain, extinguish, or suppress a wildfire.

(15) "Timber sale" "Wildland" means a series of forest practices designed to access, harvest, and regenerate trees on a defined an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, powerlines, and similar land area. facilities, and in which structures, if any, are widely scattered.

(16) "Wildland fire" means a fire burning uncontrolled on forest lands.

(17) "Wildland fire protection" means the work of prevention, detection, and suppression of wildland fires and includes training required to perform those functions.

(18) "Wildland fire protection district" means a definite land area, the boundaries of which are fixed and in which wildland fire protection is provided through the medium of an agency recognized by the department.

(19) "Wildland-urban interface" means the line, area, or zone where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels.

(2) "Conservation" "Department" means the protection department and of wise use of forest, forest range, forest water, natural and resources forest soil resources and conservation provided for in keeping with the common welfare of the people of this state. Title 2, chapter 15, part 33.

(3) "Department" "Forest land" means the department of natural resources and conservation provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part land that has enough timber, standing or down, slash, or brush to constitute in the 33. judgment of the department a fire menace to life or property. Grassland and agricultural areas are included when those areas are intermingled with or contiguous to and no further than one-half mile from areas of forest land.

(4) "Forest fire" means a fire burning uncontrolled on forest lands.

(4) (a) "Forest practices" means the harvesting of trees, road construction or reconstruction associated with harvesting and accessing trees, site preparation for regeneration of a timber stand, reforestation, and the management of logging slash.

(b) The term does not include activities for the purpose of:

(i) the operation of a nursery or Christmas tree farm;

(ii) the harvest of Christmas trees;

(iii) the harvest of firewood; or

(iv) the cutting of trees for personal use by an owner or operator.

(5) "Forest fire protection" "Operator" means the work of prevention, detection, and suppression of a person responsible for conducting forest fires and includes training required to perform those functions. practices. An operator may be the owner, the owner's agent, or a person who, through contractual agreement with the landowner, is obligated to or entitled to conduct forest practices or to carry out a timber sale.

(6) "Forest fire protection district" "Owner" means a definite forest land area, the boundaries of which are fixed and in which forest fire protection is provided through person, firm, association, or corporation having the medium actual, beneficial ownership of forest land or timber other than an agency recognized by the department. easement, right-of-way, or

(7) "Forest fire season" "Person" means the period an individual, corporation, partnership, or association of each year beginning May 1 and ending September 30, inclusive. any kind.

(8) "Forest land" "Recognized agency" means land that has enough timber, standing or down, slash, or brush to constitute in an agency organized for the judgment purpose of providing the fire protection department and a recognized by the department as giving adequate fire menace protection to life or property. Grassland and agricultural areas are included when those areas are intermingled lands in accordance with or contiguous to and no further than one-half mile from areas of forest land. rules adopted by the department.

(9) "Timber sale" means a series of forest practices designed to access, harvest, and regenerate trees on a defined land area.

(9) (a) "Forest practices" means the harvesting of trees, road construction or reconstruction associated with harvesting and accessing trees, site preparation for regeneration of a timber stand, reforestation, and the management of logging slash.

(b) The term does not include activities for the purpose of:

(i) the operation of a nursery or Christmas tree farm;

(ii) the harvest of Christmas trees;

(iii) the harvest of firewood; or

(iv) the cutting of trees for personal use by an owner or operator.

Definitions

Unless the context requires otherwise, in part 2 and this part, the following definitions apply: