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KEY DEFTNTnONS Acnvmr *Act»itY mraia draituf or 6fli<ig « «ct!aad wfcoify or psttulfy ACUCULTCRAL LAND ’Africuttoral Land* in»ns: ipckM dctcraiaacioa^ iaad dn«oted to tko proifaictiai of borliciiitiiraL row, dose growis, intioduced pastwc, btro duced kaytasd crops, sskI to growiag aanenr itodq sad b. to€ determiaia^ tbe reptaccsacat redo; Uad devoted to tbe fyoductioa of ho rticultursl, cow, close grows, pa^ure, sad iatroAsced baylaad crops, sad to tbc psatsric^ of livestock sad dairy saimsk, to growiag survery stock, sad to saimsl («SotM and tansyard Uad and baildirt^. ■EST MANAGEMENT nUCnCCS *Bcat Management Praetkea* means state approved and p^Gsited coostructioa practices associated witb dramiag. Slling, aad repisciag ~-*»**Mi tbst axe cspjdde of preventing and minimbing degradation of surface water and groundwater. DJL41NAGE OR DRAIN *Drsiasge or Drsia* say metbod for removing or dii/erting waters from wetlands. Such methods shall include, but are not limitrii to, excavstioa of sa opea ditch, installstioa of subsucfsce drsiasge tile, Glliag, diking or pumping. FILL HmU* any solid material added to a wetland that would alter its cross-secti oa or hydicdogical characteristics, obstruct flow patterns, ebaage the wetlaad boundary, or coavert the wetland to a aoa-wetland. It doea not include posts and pilings for hnear projects such as bridges, elevated walkways, or powerline structures, or structures traditionally built on pilings such as docks and boathouses. However, it does indu<k posts and pilings which rernl: in bringing the wetland into a aoa*a<}uatic use or s^nificandy altering the weUand*s functions and values, such as the coostru^on of office and industrial developments, parking structures, restaurants, stores, hotels, muiti-family housing projects, and similar structures. It doa not ii^ude slash or woody vegetadoa, so long as the slash or woody vegeution originated from vegeUtion growing in the wetland and doea not impair the flow or drcolation of water or the reach the weUand. LMFACT 'Impact* means a ktss in the quantity, quality, w biologtcal diversity ctf a wetland caused! by drainuig or filling. IMPACTED WETLAND An impacted wetland is a wedand that has been drained m filled, partially or whdly, and is subject to replacemenc DITRODUCED HAYLAND Tntrodoced Ha^and* means an area devoted to the production of forage and cultivated in a rotadoa of row crops or <mall grains or with introduced or native spedes at least twice during the 10 year period prior to the date of the of this act unless it can be cr>uflin>ul by photos (a records or verified by a certified plant ecologist. These areas must be harvested by mechanical meuiods at least two years during the period January 1,1981 to January 1, 1991. These areas are considered to be in agricultural crop produ ction.