3.18.040 Definitions:

(a) "Bad River NRD" means the Natural Resources Department of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

(b) "Boat" or "vessel" means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, including but not limited to motorboats, canoes, jet-skis, seaplanes, and fishing rafts.

(c) "Fishing" means any activity the purpose or effect of which is to capture, kill or take fish. The term "fishing" includes but is not limited to activities involving the use of a hook and line, net, or spear.

(d) "Growing Season" means the period between the time that submergent vegetation begins to grow and the time in which it ceases to grow (generally May 15 through September 15, unless otherwise determined by the Bad River NRD).

(e) "Motorboat" means any boat or vessel equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion. The term specifically includes, but is not limited to, watercraft such as jet skis, seaplanes, and similar craft.

(f) "Person" means any natural or legal person, both members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and non-members.

(g) "Reservation" means all areas within the exterior boundaries of the Bad River Indian Reservation.

(h) "Respondent" means any person accused of violating the prohibitions described below.

(i) "Riparian Zone" means any area within the Kakagon Sloughs and Bad River wetland complex lying within the exterior boundaries of the Reservation.

(j) "Sensitive Vegetation Area" means any area within any slough in which submergent, floating leaf, or emergent vegetation is growing, or in which such vegetation is expected to grow.

(k) "Sloughs" means the Kakagon Sloughs, the Sand Cut Sloughs, Honest John Sloughs, the Bad River Sloughs, and any other sloughs located within the exterior boundaries of the reservation.

(l) "Slow-No-Wake" means that speed at which a boat moves as slowly as possible while still maintaining steerage control.

(m) "Slow-No-Wake Zone" means any area within the entire Kakagon Sloughs and Bad River wetland complex designated as such and identified by Slow-No-Wake buoys.

(n) "Tribal Court" means the Bad River Tribal Court.

(o) "Tribe" means the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

(p) "Warden" means any officer authorized to enforce the terms of this ordinance.

(q) "Waters" means any waters within the exterior boundaries of the reservation, including but not limited to rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, ponds, sloughs and wetlands.