(2) 'Harvest' means the cutting, felling, or removal of timber.(3) 'Harvest unit' means the area of land from which timber will be harvested or the area of land on which timber stand improvement will occur. (4) 'Harvester' means a person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity that harvests timber. (5) 'Landowner' means the person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity that owns or controls the land or owns or controls the right to harvest timber on the land. (6) 'Landowner’s agent' means a person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity representing the landowner in a timber sale, timber harvest, or land management. (7) 'Stump diameter' means the diameter of a tree stump remaining after cutting, felling, or destruction. (8) 'Forest products' means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass, fuel wood, or bark. (9) 'Timber' means:(A) trees of every size, nature, kind, and description; and(B) sprouts from which trees may grow, seedlings, saplings, hips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass, fuel wood, or bark. (9) 'Timber' means:(A) trees of every size, nature, kind, and description; and(B) sprouts from which trees may grow, seedlings, saplings, bushes, or shrubs that have been planted or cultivated by a person who owns or controls the property where they are located. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
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