site or area, or disposal at places provided for such disposition.

(b) Draining or dumping refuse or waste from any trailer or other vehicle except in places or receptacles provided for such uses.

(c) Cleaning fish or food, or washing clothing or articles of household use at hydrants or at water faucets located in restrooms.

(d) Polluting or contaminating water supplies or water used for human consumption.

(e) Depositing, except into receptacles provided for that purpose, any body waste in or on any portion of any comfort station or any public structure, or depositing any bottles, cans, cloths, rags, metal, wood, stone, or other damaging substance in any of the fixtures in such stations or structures.

(f) Using refuse containers or other refuse facilities for dumping household or commercial garbage or trash brought as such from private property. § 251.93 Public behavior, preservation of public property and resources.

The following acts are prohibited at developed recreation sites and posted areas of concentrated public recreation

use.

(a) Inciting or participating in riots, or indulging in boisterous, abusive, threatening, or indecent conduct.

(b) Destroying, defacing, or removing any natural feature or plant.

(c) Destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, or disturbing in any manner any public building, sign, equipment, marker, or other structure or property.

(d) Selling or offering for sale any merchandise without the written consent of the Forest Supervisor.

(e) Distributing any handbills, or circulars, or posting, placing, or erecting any bills, notices, papers, or advertising devices or matter of any kind without the written consent of the Forest Supervisor.

(f) Discharging firearms, firecrackers, rockets, or any other fireworks.

§ 251.94 Audio devices.

The following acts are prohibited at developed recreation sites and posted areas of concentrated public recreation use.

(a) Operating or using any audio devices, including radio, television, and musical instruments, and other noise producing devices, such as electrical generator plants and equipment driven by

The following acts are prohibited within developed recreation sites.

(a) Occupying a site for other than primarily recreation purposes.

(b) Entering or using a site or a portion of a site closed to public use. Notices establishing closure shall be posed in such locations as will reasonably bring them to the attention of the public.

(c) Erecting or using unsightly or inappropriate structures.

(d) Occupying a site with camping equipment prohibited by the Forest Supervisor. Notices establishing limitations on the kind or type of camping equipment shall be posted in such locations as will reasonably bring them to the attention of the public.

(e) Building a fire outside of stoves, grills, fireplaces, or outside of fire rings provided for such purpose.

(f) Camping overnight in places restricted to day use only.

(g) Before departure, failing to remove their camping equipment or to clean their rubbish from the place occupied by the person or persons.

(h) Pitching tents or parking trailers or other camping equipment except in places provided for such purposes.

(i) Camping within a campground for a longer period of time than that established by the Forest Supervisor. Notices establishing limitations on the period of time persons may camp within a campground shall be posted in such locations as will reasonably bring them to the attention of the public.

(j) Leaving a camp unit unoccupied during the first night after camping equipment has been set up, or leaving unattended camping equipment for more than 24 hours thereafter, without permission of a Forest Officer. Unattended camping equipment which is not removed within the prescribed time limit

is subject to impoundment in accordance with the provisions of § 261.16 of this chapter.

(k) Failing to maintain quiet in campgrounds between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

(1) Entering or remaining in campground closed during established night periods to persons other than those who occupy the campground for camping purposes or persons visiting those campers. Notices establishing the period of closure shall be posted in such locations as will reasonably bring them to the attention of the public.

(m) Bringing a dog, cat, or other animal into the site unless it is crated, caged, or upon a leash not longer than 6 feet, or otherwise under physical restrictive control at all times.

developed recreation sites.

(a) Driving motor vehicles in excess of posted speeds.

(b) Driving or parking any vehicle or trailer except in places developed for this purpose.

(c) Driving any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly disregarding the rights or safety of others, or without due caution and at a speed, or in a manner, so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, any person or property.

(d) Driving bicycles, motorbikes, and motorcycles on trails within developed recreation sites.

(e) Driving motorbikes, motorcycles, or other motor vehicles on roads in developed recreation sites for any purpose other than access into, or egress out of, the site.

(f) Operating a motor vehicle at any time without a muffler in good working order, or operating a motor vehicle in such a manner as to create excessive or unusual noise or annoying smoke, or using a muffler cutoff, bypass, or similar device.

(g) Excessively accelerating the engine of a motor vehicle or motorcycle when such vehicle is not moving or is approaching or leaving a stopping place.

Occupancy trespasses.

261.13

261.15

Impoundment and disposal of unau-
thorized livestock.
Impounding of dogs.

261.16 Impounding of personal property. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 261 issued under 30 Stat. 35, as amended, sec. 1, 33 Stat. 628; 16 U.S.C. 551, 472, unless otherwise noted.

§ 261.1 Interfering with forest officers prohibited.

Interfering on lands of the United States within a national forest, by intimidation, threats, assault, or otherwise, with any person engaged in the protection, improvement, or administration of the national forests is hereby prohibited. [1 F.R. 1269, Aug. 15, 1936]

§ 261.2 Fire uses restricted.

The following acts are prohibited on lands of the United States within national forests:

(a) Setting on fire or causing to be set on fire any timber, brush, or grass, except as authorized by a forest officer.

(b) Building a camp fire in leaves, rotten wood, or other places where it is likely to spread, or against large or hollow logs or stumps, where it is difficult to extinguish it completely.

(c) Building a camp fire in a dangerous place, or during windy weather, without confining it to holes or cleared spaces from which all vegetable matter has been removed.

(d) Leaving a camp fire without completely extinguishing it.

(e) Building a camp fire on those portions of any national forest which have, with the approval of the regional forester, been designated by the respective supervisors thereof without first obtaining a permit from a forest officer.

(f) Using steam engines, steam locomotives or internal combustion engines

or motors in operations on national forest lands under any timber-sale contract or under any permit, unless they are equipped with such spark arresters as shall be approved by the forest supervisor.

(g) [Reserved]

(h) Smoking during periods of fire danger publicly announced by the regional forester upon such areas as may be designated by him, which may include roads and trails and improved camping grounds but shall not include improved places of habitation.

(1) Going or being upon those portions of the national forest which may be designated by the regional forester as areas of fire hazard, except with permit issued by the local forest officer, but no permit shall be required of any actual settler going to or from his home.

(j)1 Using an automobile, truck, tractor, or other machine powered by an internal combustion engine not provided with exhaust and muffler equipment in efficient condition, on any lands of the United States or on any road over lands of the United States within national forests, or on any road acquired or maintained by the Secretary of Agriculture for the protection and administration of the national forests which shall have been posted by the Secretary of Agriculture as closed to such vehicles.

(k) Carrying a firearm, except by authorized Federal or State officers, upon any portion of any national forest designated by the regional forester in time of fire or other public emergency.

(1) The throwing or placing of a burning cigarette, match, pipe heel, firecracker, or any ignited substance in any place where it may start a fire; and the discharge of any kind of fireworks on any portion of a national forest closed by order of the regional forester to the discharging of fireworks.

(m) Going or being upon those portions of the national forest which may be designated by the regional forester as areas of fire hazard, unless registered previously to entering upon such areas, at points designated by the local forest officer, but such registration shall not be required of any actual settler going to or from his home.

(n) Going or being upon any portion of a national forest designated by the regional forester as an area of fire hazard without being equipped with fire

Appears as (k) at 5 FR. 933.

fighting tools, such as axes, shovels, and similar implements of the kind and number prescribed by the regional forester, when means of conveyance, such as an automobile or pack outfit are available for carrying such tools. In the case of a camping party the person in charge will be held responsible for any violation hereof.

(0) Having in possession, or firing or causing to be fired any tracer bullet or tracer charge onto or across such lands. [1 F.R. 1269, Aug. 15, 1936, as amended at 4 F.R. 2131, May 25, 1939; 5 F.R. 933, Mar. 5, 1940]

§ 261.3 Rewards in connection with fire prosecutions.

(a) Hereafter, provided Congress shall make the necessary appropriation or authorize the payment thereof, the Department of Agriculture will pay the following rewards:

(1) Not exceeding $500 and not less than $100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person on the charge of willfully and maliciously setting on fire, or causing to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush, or grass upon the lands of the United States within or near a national forest.

(2) Not exceeding $300 and not less than $25 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person on the charge of building a fire on lands of the United States within or near a national forest, in or near any forest timber or other inflammable material, and leaving said fire before the same has been totally extinguished.

(3) All officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture are barred from receiving reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons committing either of the above offenses.

(4) The Department of Agriculture reserves the right to refuse payment of any claim for reward when, in its opinion, there has been collusion or improper methods have been used to secure the arrest and conviction thereunder, and to allow only one reward where several persons have been convicted of the same offense or where one person has been convicted of several offenses, unless the circumstances entitle the claimant to a reward on each such conviction.

(b) These rewards will be paid to the person or persons giving the information leading to such arrests and convictions upon presentation to the Department of

Agriculture of satisfactory documentary evidence thereof, subject to the necessary appropriation, as aforesaid, or otherwise, as may be provided for by law.

(c) Applications for reward, made in pursuance of this notice, should be forwarded to the Chief of the Forest Service, Washington, D.C.; but a claim will not be entertained unless presented within 3 months from the date of conviction of an offender.

(d) In order that all claimants for reward may have an opportunity to present their claims within the prescribed limit, the Department will not take action for 3 months from date of conviction of an offender.

(58 Stat. 736; 16 U.S.C. 559a) [1 F.R. 1270, Aug. 15, 1936] § 261.4

Protection of property.

The following acts are prohibited on lands of the United States within a national forest:

(a) The willful tearing down or defacing of any notice of the Forest Service.

(b) The going or being upon such lands with intent to destroy, molest, disturb. or injure property used, or acquired for use, by the United States in the administration of the national forests.

(c) Destroying, molesting, disturbing, or injuring property used, or acquired for use, by the United States in the administration of the national forests.

(d) Mutilating, defacing, or destroying objects of natural beauty or of scenic value on such lands.

(e) Damaging and leaving in a damaged condition roads or trails which are under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service.

(f) Entering, occupying, or using, without permission from a forest officer, any building of the United States used by the Forest Service in connection with the administration of a national forest, except in case of emergency to prevent suffering.

(g) Leaving any building of the United States used by the Forest Service in connection with the administration of a national forest without placing the same in a condition as sanitary as when entered.

(h) Using prohibited vehicles upon any road or trail which is not a part of a State or county highway system and is located upon national forest lands during any period when such road or trail has been closed to such vehicles by authority of the regional forester. No

tices of closure shall be posted in such locations as will reasonably bring them to the attention of the public and a copy of the closure order shall be kept available to the public in the offices of the Ranger and Supervisor. Nothing herein contained shall deprive actual residents within the national forests from reasonable opportunity to travel to and from their homes.

(i) Using prohibited vehicles in crosscountry travel on areas of national forest lands during any period when such areas have been closed to such vehicles by authority of the regional forester. Notices of the closure shall be posted in such locations as will reasonably bring them to the attention of the public and a copy of the closure order shall be kept available to the public in the offices of the Ranger and Supervisor.

[1 F.R. 1270, Aug. 15, 1936, as amended at 28 F.R. 5618, June 7, 1963]

§ 261.5 Rewards in connection with property prosecutions.

(a) Hereafter, unless otherwise ordered, provided Congress shall make the necessary appropriation, or authorize the payment thereof, the Department of Agriculture will pay not exceeding $100 and not less than $25 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person charged with destroying or stealing any property of the United States within the custody of the Chief of the Forest Service, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

(b) This reward will be paid to the person or persons giving the information leading to such arrest and conviction upon presentation to the Department of Agriculture of satisfactory evidence thereof, subject to the necessary appropriation as aforesaid, or otherwise as may be provided.

(c) Officers and employees in the Department of Agriculture are barred from receiving such rewards.

(d) The Department of Agriculture reserves the right to refuse payment of any claim for reward when, in its opinion, there has been collusion or improper methods used to secure arrest and conviction, and to allow only one reward where several persons have been convicted of the same offense or where one person has been convicted of several offenses, unless the circumstances have entitled the person to a reward on each conviction.

(e) Applications for reward, made in pursuance of the above notice, should be forwarded to the Chief of the Forest Service, Washington, D.C., but no claim will be considered unless presented within 3 months from the date of conviction of an offender. In order that all claimants for rewards may have an opportunity to present their claims within the prescribed limit, the Department will not take action with respect to rewards for 3 months from the date of the conviction of an offender.

(58 Stat. 736; 16 U.S.C. 559a) [1 F.R. 1270, Aug. 15, 1936]

§ 261.6 Timber uses restricted.

The following acts are prohibited on lands of the United States within National Forests:

(a) Cutting, killing, destroying, girdling, chipping, chopping, boxing, injuring, or otherwise damaging, or removing any timber or other forest product, except as authorized by law or regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture.

(b) Damaging or cutting under any contract of sale or permit, any living tree before it is marked or otherwise designated for cutting by a forest officer.

(c) Removing any timber or other forest product cut under contract of sale or permit, except to a place designated for scaling, or removing it from that place before scaled, measured, counted, or otherwise accounted for by a forest officer.

(d) Stamping, marking with paint or otherwise identifying any timber or other forest products belonging to the United States, in a manner similar to that employed by forest officers to mark or designate timber or other forest products for cutting or removal.

[32 F.R. 6622, Apr. 29, 1967]

ment to drift onto and graze such lands without a permit or agreement.

(d) Refusal to remove unpermitted nonexempt livestock upon instructions from an authorized Forest officer. [33 F.R. 16346, Nov. 7, 1968]

§ 261.8 Hunting, trapping, and fishing. The following acts are prohibited on lands of the United States within national forests:

(a) Hunting, trapping, fishing, catching, molesting, killing, or having in possession any kind of wild animal, bird, or fish, or taking the eggs of any such bird, in violation of the laws of the State in which such land is situated.

(b) Carrying or having possession of, in violation of the laws of the State in which such land is situated, firearms, other implements designed to discharge missiles in the air or under water capable of destroying animal life, or equipment, which could be used for hunting, fishing, or trapping.

(c) Permitting dogs to run at large in violation of the laws of the State in which such land is situated.

[28 F.R. 7673, July 27, 1963]

§ 261.9 Restrictions on hunting, trapping, or fishing within the boundaries of a national refuge.

The following acts are prohibited upon any National Forest lands embraced within the boundaries of a national game refuge or preserve or wildlife preserve, established by or under authority of an act of Congress, except when authorized by or under the authority of the Chief, Forest Service:

(a) Hunting, trapping, fishing, catching, molesting, or having in possession any kind of game or wild nongame animal, bird, or fish, or taking the eggs of any such bird.

(b) Carrying or having possession of firearms.

(c) Permitting dogs to run at large, or having in possession dogs not in leash or confined.

[28 F.R. 7673, July 27, 1963]