Montana Code 77-5-303. Standards for forest practices in streamside management zones
77-5-303. Standards for forest practices in streamside management zones. (1) The following practices are prohibited in a streamside management zone:
Terms Used In Montana Code 77-5-303
- Department: means the department of natural resources and conservation provided for in 2-15-3301. See Montana Code 77-5-302
- Forest practices: means , within a timber sale, the harvesting of trees, road construction or reconstruction associated with harvesting and accessing trees, site preparation for regeneration of a timber stand, reforestation, and management of logging slash. See Montana Code 77-5-302
- Stream: means a natural watercourse of perceptible extent that has a generally sandy or rocky bottom or definite banks and that confines and conducts continuously or intermittently flowing water. See Montana Code 77-5-302
- zone: means a stream, lake, or other body of water and an adjacent area of varying width where management practices that might affect wildlife habitat or water quality, fish, or other aquatic resources need to be modified. See Montana Code 77-5-302
(a)broadcast burning;
(b)the operation of wheeled or tracked vehicles except on established roads;
(c)the forest practice of clearcutting;
(d)the construction of roads except when necessary to cross a stream or wetland;
(e)the handling, storage, application, or disposal of hazardous or toxic materials in a manner that pollutes streams, lakes, or wetlands or that may cause damage or injury to humans, land, animals, or plants;
(f)the side-casting of road material into a stream, wetland, or watercourse; and
(g)the deposit of slash in streams or other water bodies.
(2)The department shall publish and distribute the rules implementing the streamside management standards.