CSV.1.12.100 Harvest of Miscellaneous Forest Products Subject to a Timber Contract or Located Within a Timber Contract Area

(a) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather any miscellaneous forest product under authority of this ordinance without a permit issued pursuant to Section CSV.1.12.100(c) that is subject to the harvest rights of another in a valid timber contract. Sometimes these trees are marked with paint. However, it is the member's or duly authorized non-member's responsibility to be certain about trees that are subject to a valid timber contract. Any uncertainty should be resolved by contacting the tribal forestry department, the BIA forestry office, or the tribal conservation department.

(b) For the purposes of this ordinance, a Designated Timber Contract Area means a defined location which has been delineated by the land manager for the purposes of a timber sale offering and for which a valid timber sale contract has been executed. Typically, a Designated Timber Contract Area is marked with paint on trees around the perimeter of the Area. It is the member's responsibility to be certain about an open Timber Sale Contract Area. Any uncertainty should be resolved by contacting the tribal forestry department, the BIA forestry office, or the tribal conservation department.

(c)(1) The tribal conservation department, after consultation with the tribal forestry department or BIA forestry office, is authorized to issue permits under this section on such terms and conditions as it deems necessary and appropriate.

(2) No member shall fail to comply with the terms and conditions of a permit issued pursuant to this section.