4.06.110 Definitions
(a) Applicator: Any permitted party, including an individual or entity which contracts with or employs another to apply the chemical treatment to the right-of-way.
(b) Natural Resources Department: Shall mean the Bad River Natural Resources Department.
(c) Brush: Woody species of shrubs, trees, vines, and brambles generally not exceeding ten feet in height.
(d) Chemical treatment of right-of-way: The use of herbicides to reduce herbaceous weeds, brush, and trees within right-of-ways.
(e) Hand labor: The use of shovels, saws and axes to cut back vegetation or remove it completely, including grubbing and girdling.
(f) Herbaceous weeds: Plants or plant parts that are fleshy and wither after each growing season, as opposed to plants such as trees that grow woody stems and are persistent.
(g) Herbicides: Chemicals that kill plants or inhibit their growth.
(h) Member: An enrolled member of the Bad River Tribe, including those eligible for enrollment.
(i) Open Water Source: Any river, lake, stream, marsh, bog, slough, or any other area with exposed water.
(j) Particle drift: The particulate matter released when spraying that is distributed beyond the target area by wind.
(k) Reservation: All lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of the Bad River Reservation.
(l) Right-of-way: An easement or servitude over Tribal land conferring a right of passage, including, but not limited to: the strip of land over which is built a public road; the land occupied by a railroad; the land used by a public utility.
(m) Trees: Woody plants, including brush and shrubs, that exceed 10 feet in height.
(n) Tribal Council: The elected body governing the Bad River Tribe.
(o) Tribal Council: The elected body governing the Bad River Tribe.
(p) Vegetation: Refers to herbaceous plants, brush, and trees.
(q) USEPA: The United States Environmental Protection Agency
(r) Watershed: The land area that drains into a stream; the watershed for a major river may encompass a number of smaller watersheds that ultimately combine at a common point.
(s) Wetland: An area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which has soils indicative of wet conditions.