Section 2580.120  Management Practices

a)         The specific management practices (herbicide application, planting, prescribed burning, tree thinning, water control structures, etc.) that will be used to achieve the management objectives shall be described.  If a management practice is to be implemented on only a portion of the managed land, the portion on which each practice will be applied shall be specified and delineated on an aerial map included in the conservation management plan.

b)         The description of management practices to be implemented on the managed land shall include a detailed annual implementation schedule for the first five years of management.  That schedule shall specify the times at which each management practice will be implemented, the portion of the managed land on which each management practice will be implemented, and the identity of the persons who will implement each management practice (the taxpayer, a private contractor, volunteers from a conservation organization, or others).

c)         The description of management practices to be implemented on the managed land shall include a general annual implementation schedule for the fifth through tenth years of management.  That schedule shall list the management practices that will be implemented on the managed land during each of the calendar years.

d)         During each year of the enrollment period, the landowner shall report to the Department, on an annual basis, the management practices that were implemented the previous year.

(Source:  Amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 7702, effective May 18, 2015)