Section 13-106-2 - Definitions As used in this title, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Administrator" means the administrator of the division of forestry and wildlife;(2) "Authorized representative" means the administrator, foresters, and other persons authorized by the department to act for the board;(3) "Board" means the Board of land and natural resources;(4) "Commercial tree species'' means trees of any species maintained for eventual harvest and for a realization of profit in the business thereof:(5) "Department" means the department of land and natural resources;(6) "Division" means the division of forestry and wildlife;(7) "Forest" means forest land occupied by forest trees and associated wildlife species, and timber thereon;(8) "Forest landowner" means the legal owner(s) of the property or lessee(s) of the property;(9) "Forest management plan" means a written document for the management of a specified area for the establishment, growth and harvesting of timber. It identifies forest management goals and objectives and forestry prescriptions necessary for the growing and harvesting of a commercial tree species;(10) "Forest product" means any saleable item made from wood that is taken and/or harvested from forest trees;(11) ''Monoculture" means a predominant representation of non-native forest trees that are of the same species;(12) "Native forest" means a forest containing a range of plant species which are endemic or indigenous to Hawaii and represents natural plant communities appropriate to the area;(13) "Prescription" means prescribed treatments used in forest management;(14) "Same vicinity" means areas with similar soil type, forest or vegetative cover, and annual rainfall distribution;(15) "Sustained production" means forestry practices that do not reduce the capacity of the land to support successive or continuous yields;(16) "Tree farm" means any public land or privately owned forest land that is capable of sustaining commercial tree species;(17) "Wood" means woody tissue growth of any tree species living or dead.[Eff. JAN 03 1994] (Auth: HRS § 186-4)