OAR 603-073-0001: Purpose and Scope

These rules, authorized by ORS 564.040 and 564.105(6), are intended to provide for: protection of certain plants, wildflowers, and shrubs; guidelines on the listing, reclassification, and delisting of plant species as threatened or endangered; development of conservation programs intended to assist state agencies in the protection of threatened or endangered species; development of a permit system for commercial transactions and scientific taking of threatened and endangered species; and development of transplant and reintroduction protocols for endangered and threatened species.