Section 2580.10  Definitions

"Conservation Management Plan" means a plan approved by the Department of Natural Resources that specifies conservation and management practices including uses that will be conducted to preserve and restore unimproved land. [35 ILCS 200/10-405]

"Conservation Stewardship Program" or "CSP" means the program described in this Part designed to incentivize landowners to maintain, preserve, conserve and manage unimproved land by reducing the valuation of property taxes of landowners with a conservation management plan approved by the Department.

"Contiguous" means not separated by anything other than rivers, streams, road or right-of-way easement.

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

"Managed Land" means unimproved land of 5 contiguous acres or more that is subject to a conservation management plan.

"Materially Disturbs the Land" means to degrade the natural state of the land.

"Schedule of Practices" means a table indicating the type of management practice, years each practice will occur, the Stand number each practice occurs within, and the approximate acreage each management practice will cover over the 10-year management period.

"Stand" means a management unit delineated based on land cover type (forest, pond, prairie, wetland), species composition, topography, and/or vegetation age.

"Taxpayer" means the individual or entity responsible for payment of taxes on the enrolled land or on the land for which enrollment in CSP is sought.

"Unimproved Land" means woodlands, prairie, wetlands or other vacant and undeveloped land that is not used for any residential or commercial purpose that materially disturbs the land. [35 ILCS 200/10-405]

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 5725, effective March 27, 2024)