Camping will be prohibited within 100 of streams, trails, and the high water mark of lakes. Visitor Permits Overnight permits to be required year-round. Day use information to be collected through self-registration or trail counters. Sanitation Disposal of human waste prohibited within 200 of lakes, streams, trails and campsites. The rugged and remote Mokelumne Canyon, is primarily without trails and has limited suitable campsites for stock.
Current direction regarding stock use in the Canyon varies between Forests and is unclear.
Use regulations will protect water quality and other resources. The current limit on the number of animals per group is 25, a lower limit is more appropriate to the topography, character and use of the area. Area Restrictions Prohibits overnight recreation stock use in most of the Mokelumne Canyon. Camping with stock allowed in a few specific areas with a 4 animals per group limit, and overnight stay limit of 2 nights. Pack goats and llamas are excepted from these area restrictions.