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CSV.1.12.090 Harvest Location Restrictions

(a) Public Safety. No member or duly authorized non-member engaged in the gathering of miscellaneous forest products pursuant to this subchapter shall impair or obstruct developed recreational trails or designated use areas and any miscellaneous forest product subject to the gathering which may impede or impair the use of those trails or areas shall be removed immediately.

(b) Designated Use Areas. No member or duly authorized non-member may gather miscellaneous forest products within a Designated Use Area as established by the Tribal Governing Board, as follows;

(1) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather miscellaneous forest products under authority of this ordinance on or within any designated use area except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(2) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather bark, conifer boughs, or lodgepoles within 100 feet of any designated use area except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(3) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather wild plants within 25 feet of any designated use area except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(4) It is the member's or duly authorized non-member's responsibility to be certain about a designated use area. Any uncertainty should be resolved by contacting the tribal conservation department.

(c) Tribal Research and Management Areas - Tribal Natural Areas. No member or duly authorized non-member may gather miscellaneous forest products within Tribal Research and Management Areas - Tribal Natural Areas as established by the Tribal Governing Board, as follows;

(1) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather miscellaneous forest products under authority of this ordinance on or within any tribal research and management areas - tribal natural areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(2) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather bark, conifer boughs, or lodgepoles within 100 feet of any tribal research and management areas - tribal natural areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(3) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather wild plants within 25 feet of any tribal research and management areas - tribal natural areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(4) It is the member's or duly authorized non-member's responsibility to be certain about a tribal research and management areas - tribal natural areas. Any uncertainty should be resolved by contacting the Tribal conservation department.

(d) Tribal Research and Management Areas - Tribal Wild Resource Management Area. No member or duly authorized non-member may use a motorized vehicles, motorized equipment, or mechanical transport within a tribal wild resource management area as established by the Tribal Governing Board except as otherwise authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(e) Tribal Research and Management Areas - Tribal Long-Term Research Area. No member or duly authorized non-member may gather miscellaneous forest products within a tribal long-term research area as established by the Tribal Governing Board, as follows;

(1) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather miscellaneous forest products under authority of this ordinance on or within any tribal long-term research areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(2) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather bark, conifer boughs, or lodgepoles within 100 feet of any tribal long-term research areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(3) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather wild plants within 25 feet of any tribal long-term research areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(f) Tribal Research and Management Areas - Tribal Native Community Management Area. No member or duly authorized non-member may gather firewood within a tribal native community management area as established by the Tribal Governing Board, as follows;

(1) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather firewood under authority of this ordinance on or within any tribal native community management areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(2) No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather firewood within 25 feet of any tribal native community management areas except as authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(g) Closed Gathering Areas. No member or duly authorized non-member may gather miscellaneous forest products within a Tribal Closed Area as established by the Tribal Governing Board, except as otherwise authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(h) Entry Restriction Areas. No member or duly authorized non-member shall enter a Tribal Entry Restriction Area as established by the Tribal Governing Board, except as otherwise authorized by the Tribal Governing Board or the tribal conservation department.

(i) Lands Open to Tribal Gathering. No member or duly authorized non-member shall gather miscellaneous forest products under authority of this ordinance except on reservations lands as defined in Section CSV.1.2.010(ddd) of this ordinance.