Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-4 - STATE LANDS DIVISION › Section 220-4-.15 - Regulation of Certain Conduct on Lands Under State Lands Division Jurisdiction

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Except as otherwise authorized in writing by the Director of the State Lands
			 Division, it shall be unlawful on any state-owned lands under the jurisdiction
			 of the State Lands Division:
(a) To hunt,
			 trap, use dogs, possess firearms, traps, or bow and arrow, without a proper
			 license. See (1)(r) for limited exception for certain lawfully authorized
			 handguns possessed for personal protection.
(b) For any person to carry in or on a
			 vehicle, any of the following: any firearms [including pistols/handguns, except
			 as described in (1)(r)] with ammunition in the magazine, breech or clip
			 attached to firearms, or black powder weapons with primer, cap or flash powder
			 in place, or cocked crossbows. See (1)(r) for limited exception for certain
			 lawfully authorized handguns possessed for personal protection.
(c) To camp except in designated areas.
			 Campers using generators must camp in an area designated for generator use.
			 Individuals or groups may camp for a period not to exceed nine (9) days in any
			 thirty (30) day period. Campfires must be extinguished before departing. No
			 warming fires shall be permitted away from camping area.
(d) To kill, collect or willfully molest any
			 species of wildlife except those designated for hunting.
(e) To discharge fireworks at any
			 time.
(f) To discharge firearms or
			 archery equipment for target practice
(g) To hunt or discharge firearms or shoot a
			 bow and arrow or crossbow within 150 yards of any designated camping area,
			 dwelling, dam or timber operation, 100 yards of any paved public road or
			 highway, or within a posted safety zone or on Sunday within one/half mile of
			 any church.
(h) For any person
			 except authorized personnel to operate any motor driven vehicle behind, under
			 or around any locked gate, barricaded road or sign which prohibits vehicular
			 traffic.
(i) For any unauthorized
			 person at any time to operate a motor scooter, ATV, motorcycle, motorized trail
			 bike, or any motor driven vehicle except on regularly used roads open for
			 public use by four wheel vehicle traffic; or for any unauthorized person to
			 ride or possess horses except:
(1) on roads
			 open to four-wheel motorized vehicles; and
(2) in areas, roads, and trails, designated
			 as open to horses.
(j)
			 For any person except authorized personnel to block or otherwise stop traffic
			 on any road or at any gate by any means including by parking a vehicle in such
			 a way that passage around the vehicle is impossible.
(k) For any person to deposit, distribute or
			 scatter grain, salt, litter, or any other materials.
(l) To damage or remove any trees, embedded
			 submerged logs, crops, plants or other vegetation, minerals, precious metals,
			 dirt, gravel, stones, artifacts, fossils, firewood, mulch, leaf litter, sod or
			 pine straw.
(m) To erect or use a
			 permanent tree stand or scaffold.
(n) To cast a light of any kind, either hand
			 held, affixed to a vehicle, or otherwise, between the hours of sunset and
			 sunrise except in areas where the state law is more restrictive. This paragraph
			 does not apply to the headlights of vehicles traveling in a normal manner on an
			 open established road.
(o) To hunt
			 from an elevated stand or platform without attaching themselves to the tree or
			 platform with a full-body safety harness, capable of supporting their
			 weight.
(p) To violate any posted
			 restrictions on entry, hunting, fishing, or other conduct.
(q) To release any animal, bird, fish, other
			 wildlife, or introduce any plant or other vegetative material.
(r) Nothing in this regulation prohibits the
			 possession of handguns by lawfully authorized persons for personal protection,
			 provided the handguns are not used to hunt or take or to attempt to take
			 wildlife in violation of law.
(s)
			 To possess any open alcoholic beverages outside a designated camping area, a
			 lodging accommodation, a dining facility, or other special event areas as may
			 be designated by the Commissioner or his designee.
(t) For any unauthorized person, at any time,
			 to operate a motor scooter, ATV, UTV, motorcycle, motorized trail bike, or any
			 motor driven vehicle (NOT to include vessels) on state-owned submerged
			 lands.