...2. Definitions.-- As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
A. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
B. “Critical area” means any natural area documented by the Natural Areas Program that is conserved or protected in its natural condition through voluntary action.
C. “Endangered plant” means any native plant species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range within the State or any species determined to be an endangered species pursuant to the United States Endangered Species Act of 1973, Public Law 93-205,1 as amended.
D. “Natural area” means any area of land or water, or both land and water, whether publicly or privately owned, that retains or has reestablished its natural character, though it need not be completely natural and undisturbed, and that supports, harbors or otherwise contains endangered, threatened or rare plants, animals and native ecological systems, or rare or unique geological, hydrological, natural historical, scenic or other similar features of scientific and educational value benefiting the citizens of the State.
E. “Register of critical areas” means the official listing of critical areas.
F. “Species” means any recognized taxonomic category of the biota including species, subspecies or variety.
G. “Threatened plant” means any species of native plant likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range in the State or any species of plant determined to be a threatened species pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, Public Law 93-205, as amended.
Citation: 12 M.R.S.A. § 544.
As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings...
11. Commissioner. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife...
12. Department. “Department” means the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife...
19. Endangered species. “Endangered species” means a species of fish or wildlife that has been determined by the commissioner to be in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range and that is listed as a state endangered species under section 12803, subsection 3...
62. Threatened species. “Threatened species” means a species of fish or wildlife that has been determined by the commissioner as likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range and that is listed as a state threatened species under section 12803, subsection 3...
64. Trap, the verb. To “trap” means to set, place or tend a trap within the fields, forests or waters of the State, to kill an animal that is caught in a trap or to aid or assist another person in setting or placing a trap, tending a trap or killing an animal that is caught in a trap...
71. Wildlife. “Wildlife” means any species of the animal kingdom, except fish, that is wild by nature, whether or not bred or reared in captivity, and includes any part, egg or offspring of the animal, or the dead body or parts of the animal. “Wildlife” includes wild animals and wild birds...
75. Wolf. “Wolf” means the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus).
Citation: 12 M.R.S.A. § 10001.