Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 4015 - PUBLIC USE OF DEDICATED NATURE PRESERVES › Section 4015.10 - Unlawful Acts

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
It is unlawful:
a) For
			 any person other than the landowner, Illinois Nature Preserve Commissioners,
			 their staff or staff of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to enter
			 any dedicated nature preserve or nature preserve buffer or portion thereof if
			 that area has been closed to visitors by notice posted by the landowner or the
			 Illinois Nature Preserves Commission.
b) For any person to possess or consume or be
			 under the influence of intoxicating beverages, including beer, or to be in
			 violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act [720 ILCS 570
			 ], the Cannabis Control Act [720 ILCS 550 ], the Use of
			 Intoxicating Compounds Act [720 ILCS 690 ], the Drug
			 Paraphernalia Control Act [720 ILCS 600 ], or the
			 Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act [720 ILCS 635
			 ] in any dedicated nature preserve.
c) For any person to camp or place a tent or
			 trailer or any type of camping device in a dedicated nature preserve or nature
			 preserve buffer unless provided for in the nature preserve or nature preserve
			 buffer approved master plan (see 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 4000.150 and
			 4000.160).
d) For any person to cut, break, injure,
			 destroy, take or remove any artifact, tree, shrub, timber, flower, plant, or
			 other natural object, including rocks, soil, or water, from a dedicated nature
			 preserve or nature preserve buffer; except that small quantities of such
			 materials may be collected and removed for scientific or educational purposes
			 by written permit from the owner, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources
			 and the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission, and except for management in
			 accordance with an approved master plan (see 17 Ill. Adm. Code
			 4000.150 and
			 4000.160).
e) For any person to
			 kill, cause to be killed, harass, pursue or take any animal, whether mammal,
			 bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, or invertebrate, or its nest or habitat in a
			 dedicated nature preserve or nature preserve buffer; except that small
			 quantities of such materials may be collected and removed for scientific or
			 educational purposes by written permit from the owner, the Illinois Department
			 of Natural Resources and the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission, and except
			 for management purposes in accordance with an approved master plan.
f) For any person to conduct scientific
			 research in a dedicated nature preserve or nature preserve buffer without a
			 written permit from the owner, the Department of Natural Resources and the
			 Illinois Nature Preserves Commission.
g) For any person to possess a firearm,
			 airgun, slingshot, bow and arrow, or any other weapon within the boundaries of
			 any dedicated nature preserve or nature preserve buffer, except:
1) authorized peace officers;
2) as authorized for management and control
			 measures for wildlife population control in accordance with a plan approved by
			 the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission and the landowner; or
3) a person properly licensed under the
			 Illinois Firearm Concealed Carry Act [430 ILCS 66 ]
			 who is possessing or carrying a concealed firearm in accordance with said Act
			 while on open lands, trails, or any area which the landowner has not prohibited
			 the carrying of concealed firearms as designated by a sign posted in accordance
			 with the Act indicating that firearms are prohibited within that
			 area.