(1) The committee may require clear and concise reports containing the information listed under subsection (2) and, if applicable, subsection (3) from state departments and state agencies, including, but not limited to, the following:
  (a) Department of natural resources.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.35505

  • Biological diversity: means the full range of variety and variability within and among living organisms and the natural associations in which they occur. See Michigan Laws 324.35501
  • Committee: means the joint legislative working committee on biological diversity created pursuant to section 35504. See Michigan Laws 324.35501
  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Department of natural resources: means the principal state department created in section 501. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • Ecosystem: means an assemblage of species, together with the species' physical environment, considered as a unit. See Michigan Laws 324.35501
  • Reporting department: means a state department or agency that is required by the committee under this part to file 1 or more reports. See Michigan Laws 324.35501
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • State strategy: means the recommended state strategy prepared by the committee. See Michigan Laws 324.35501
  • Sustained yield: means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of regular periodic output of the various renewable resources without impairment of the productivity of the land. See Michigan Laws 324.35501
  (b) State transportation department.
  (c) Department of commerce.
  (d) Department of agriculture.
  (e) Department of public health.
  (f) Department of military affairs.
  (2) Each reporting department shall prepare for the committee a report that contains an overview of all of the following:
  (a) A report pertaining to those activities of the reporting departments that alter biological diversity, noting which ecosystems and species are impacted and the existence of and effectiveness of mitigation measures.
  (b) Any other information determined by the committee to be necessary or helpful in preparing the state strategy.
  (c) The costs and benefits of preserving biological diversity and mitigation measures.
  (3) In addition to the information required under subsection (2), the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture shall include in their report, to the extent practical, examples of techniques that are used to improve the protection and maintenance of this state’s biological diversity, and the long-term viability of ecosystems and ecosystem processes, including all of the following:
  (a) Enhancement of scientific knowledge through improved and more complete biological surveys, and research designed to identify factors limiting population viability or persistence.
  (b) Identification of habitats and species of special concern and methods to protect them.
  (c) Improvement of management techniques based on scientific knowledge of the conservation of biological diversity.
  (d) Effective restoration methods for ecosystems or species of concern.
  (e) Broad-based education efforts regarding the importance of biological diversity and the need for conservation.
  (f) Use of areas demonstrating management techniques that conserve or restore native biological diversity.
  (g) Use of cooperative programs among government agencies, public and private ventures, and the public sector.
  (h) Promotion of sustained yield of natural resources for human benefit.
  (i) Any other technique to improve the protection and maintenance of this state’s biological diversity, and the long-term viability of ecosystems and ecosystem processes whether or not the technique is in current use if supported by scientific knowledge.
  (j) The costs and benefits associated with activities described in subdivisions (a) to (i).
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