Wherever used in ARM 12.4.201 through 12.4.210, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) "Accessible state lands" means those state lands under the jurisdiction of the Montana department of natural resources and conservation which are accessible as described in ARM 36.25.165.

(2) "BMA" means block management area. A BMA is a specified area on which, by cooperative agreement between the landowner, other resource management agencies and the department, public hunting is permitted with certain restrictions or use rules.

(3) "Block management tabloid" means the document printed annually which provides statewide information on the block management program and describes means through which hunters may get specific information on block management opportunities.

(4) "Commercial hunting activity" means any activities in which a consideration is required as a condition for hunting.

(5) "Department" means the Montana department of fish, wildlife, and parks.

(6) "Cooperator" means a private or public landowner or land management agency with which the department enters into an agreement for the purposes of the allowing hunting access on a BMA.

(7) "Director" means director of the Montana department of fish, wildlife, and parks.

(8) "DNRC" means Montana department of natural resources and conservation.

(9) "Hunter day" means one hunter who hunts on a cooperator's property during a calendar day.

(10) "Hunting season" means the time during which game birds and game animals may be legally taken as defined by the commission regulation under 87-1-304, MCA.

(11) "Livestock loss insurance" means a program which provides reimbursement to livestock owners whose animals are injured or killed as the direct result of allowing public hunting on their property.

(12) "Outfitting" means the act of providing hunting-related services for a consideration as defined in 37-47-101(5) , MCA.

(13) "Regional office" means the headquarters of a department administrative region.

(14) "Regional supervisor" means the supervisor of a regional office.

(15) "Use season" means the period of time during which a BMA is open and functioning, allowing public hunting.