CSV.2.12.020 Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter, the following terms shall be construed to apply as follows:

(a) "Bark" means the tough outer covering of the woody stems and roots of trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. It includes all tissues outside the vascular cambium.

(b) "Bough" means any branch of a tree less than 2 inches in diameter.

(c) "Designated Tribal Sugarbush" means a specific site identified and established by the tribal conservation department, in consultation with the land manager according to Section CSV.2.12.040(g), of this ordinance, for which a site management plan has been developed and for which a sugarbush site permit has been issued.

(d) "Designated Use Area" means a specific site designated and maintained by the land manager for any activity or use as part of the operation and management of public land, and includes, but is not limited to offices, buildings, campgrounds, mowed areas, picnic areas, public beaches, parking lots, trails, access and maintenance roads.

(e) "Firewood" means any dead tree or part thereof, either standing or downed, which is harvested for and is to be used as fuel.

(f) "Gathering" means to take or acquire or attempt to take or acquire possession of any miscellaneous forest product, or parts thereof.

(g) "Gathering Products" means all products of miscellaneous forest products other than non-timber forest products such as: branchlets, roots, berries, fruits, nuts, and seeds.

(h) "Ginseng" means the roots, seeds or other parts of wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolium or Panax quinquefolius).

(i) "Land Manager" means any owner or other entity responsible for the management of any public land.

(j) "Lodgepoles" means any tree that is less than 5 inches DBH (diameter at breast height).

(k) "Miscellaneous Forest Products" means any undomesticated species, or part thereof, of the plant and fungi kingdoms occurring in both forested and non-forested natural ecosystems including: non-timber forest products, wild plants, gathering products, and includes endangered or threatened plant species, as defined in Section CSV.2.2.010(d), of this ordinance, but for the purposes of this ordinance excludes wild rice.

(l) "Non-Timber Forest Products" means any of the following miscellaneous forest products: bark, boughs, firewood, lodgepoles, and sap as further defined in this section.

(m) "Public lands" means those lands, including the beds of any streams and flowages, located within the ceded territory owned by the State of Wisconsin or any of its political subdivisions or Departments.

(n) "Sap" means the watery fluid that circulates through a tree or plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.

(o) "Shrub" means a woody perennial plant usually branched several times at or near the base giving it a bushy appearance, and is usually less than five meters tall.

(p) "Species of Special Concern" means any wild plant which is contained on the tribal species of special concern list.

(q) "Timber" means any tree that is not a lodgepole, as defined in Section CSV.2.12.020(j), of this ordinance.

(r) "Tree" means a woody, perennial plant with a single trunk that is typically unbranched at or near the base, and is usually greater than five meters tall.

(s) "Wild plant" means miscellaneous forest products that are not trees, such as herbaceous plants and shrubs.