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CSV.2.12.100 Harvest of Miscellaneous Forest Products Subject to a Timber Sale Contract or Located Within a Timber Sale Contract Area

(a) No member shall gather any miscellaneous forest product under authority of this ordinance without a permit issued pursuant to Section CSV.2.12.100(c) that is subject to the harvest rights of another in a valid timber sale contract. Sometimes these trees are marked with paint. However, it is the member's responsibility to be certain about trees that are subject to a valid timber sale contract. Any uncertainty should be resolved by contacting the tribal conservation department, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission or the local office of the land manager.

(b) For the purposes of this ordinance, an open "Timber Sale Contract Area" means a defined location which has been delineated by the landowner for the purposes of a timber sale offering and for which a valid timber sale contract has been executed. Typically, a Timber Sale 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 conservation department, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission or the local office of the land manager.

(c)(1) The tribal conservation department, after consultation with and approval of the land manager, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld, 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.