Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-7-102

As used in the Healthy Soil Program Act:

1. "Champion" means a land manager who is declared a soil

health champion due to the land manager's excellence in applying and

promoting soil health principles, as modeled by the Soil Health

Champions Network of the National Association of Conservation

Districts;

2. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Conservation Commission;

3. "Eligible entity" means a local governmental entity with

proven land management capacity to support healthy soil and

including conservation districts;

4. "Healthy soil" means soil that enhances its continuing

capacity to function as a biological system, increases its organic

matter, and improves its structure and water- and nutrient-holding

capacity;

5. "Program" means the healthy soil program created in this

act;

6. "Soil health principle" means a principle that promotes soil

health in a given environment and includes:

a. keeping soil covered,

b. minimizing soil disturbance on cropland and minimizing

external inputs,

c. maximizing biodiversity,

d. maintaining a living root, or

e. integrating animals into land management, including

grazing animals, birds, beneficial insects, or

keystone species, such as earthworms;

7. "Supported method" means a method that is based upon soil

health principles and is scientifically supported to promote healthy

soil;

8. "Technical assistance" means assistance provided to a farmer

or rancher to achieve the purpose of the Healthy Soil Program Act

and includes outreach, education, financial assistance or assistance

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with project planning, project design, grant applications, project

implementation or project reporting; and

9. "Technical assistance provider" means a local, state,

federal, tribal, or educational entity with demonstrated technical

expertise in designing and implementing agricultural management

practices that contribute to healthy soils and includes a

conservation district, the United States Natural Resources

Conservation Service, the United States Forest Service, the United

States Bureau of Land Management, or the state Forestry Division.