Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section III-101 - Nature Trails on Wildlife Management AreasA. Cutting, breaking or collecting leaves, plants, etc., is absolutely prohibited. The commission will however, provide educational groups conducting sponsored field trips into the area with a written permit to collect leaves and other plant material for permanent study collections. All such permitted collections will be made from the wildlife management area away from the marked trail. No one is authorized to give you oral permission to collect.B. No Picnicking on the Trail. This does not apply to the parking area, however, no garbage disposal will be provided and you should take your own trash back to an authorized disposal area.C. No horses, bikes, or motorized vehicles are permitted on the nature trail.D. No dogs or firearms permitted except as specified in wildlife management area regulations.E. Hunting Seasons Use. Some kind of hunting season is open on the area usually from the first Saturday in October until mid-January, and a turkey season is usually held during portions of March and April. During squirrel and turkey seasons, it is directed that you not use the trail before 9:30 a.m. During the gun hunting season for deer you need to wear the highly visible hunter orange outer garments that are required as a safety measure for deer hunters. See hunting, fishing and trapping regulations published annually by the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.F. Penalty. Whoever violates the foregoing rules and regulations for each offense, shall be prosecuted and subject to penalties under R.S. 56:764.La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § III-101
Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 3:323 (July 1977).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:109.