Notwithstanding ORS 496.004, with respect to state agency actions taken under ORS 496.171 to 496.182 after July 17, 1995, as used in ORS 496.171 to 496.182: (1) Conservation means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring a species to the point at which the measures provided under ORS 496.171 to 496.182 are no longer necessary. Such methods and procedures include, but are not limited to, activities associated with scientific resource management such as research, census taking, law enforcement, habitat acquisition and maintenance, propagation and transplantation. (2) Native means indigenous to Oregon, not introduced. (3) Species means any group or population of wildlife that interbreeds and is substantially reproductively isolated. (4) Verifiable means scientific information reviewed by a scientific peer review panel of outside experts who do not otherwise have a vested interest in the process.
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