Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62D - Division of Recreation and Parks › Chapter 62D-2 - OPERATION OF DIVISION RECREATION AREAS AND FACILITIES › Section 62D-2.013 - Park Property and Resources

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Objective. All state parks have been established for the protection and
				preservation of their natural features or historic significance and for public
				use and enjoyment of the areas and facilities. The objective of these rules is
				to provide maximum public use consistent with the preservation of the natural
				features and historic value. State parks include all real property in the State
				of Florida under the jurisdiction of the Florida Department of Environmental
				Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, or which may come under its
				jurisdiction regardless of the property's designation. Among the designations
				included in the state park system are state park, state recreation area, state
				archaeological site, state historic site, state geological site, state
				botanical site, state preserve, state garden, state museum, state reserve,
				state cultural site, state wildlife park, state folk culture center, and state
				trail. For purposes of this chapter, Department shall mean the Department of
				Environmental Protection, and Division shall mean the Division of Recreation
				and Parks of the Department.
(2)
				Removal or Destruction of Park Property and Resources. No person shall destroy,
				injure, deface, mar, move, dig, harmfully disturb or remove from any park area,
				or the waters thereof, any buildings, structures, facilities, historic ruins,
				equipment, park property, soil, sand, gravel, rocks, stones, minerals, marine
				plants or animals, artifacts, or other materials. No person shall cut, carve,
				injure, mutilate, move, displace, or break off any water bottom formation or
				growth. Nor shall any person possess, break off, or in any way damage any
				stalactites, stalagmites or other cave formations. No rope, wire, or other
				contrivance whether permanent or temporary, shall be attached to any natural
				feature or property within a park.
(3) Fires. No person shall ignite or attempt
				to ignite any fire against or on any vegetation or park structures, except in
				designated fireplaces or grills. No person shall dispose of burning matches,
				smoking materials or other inflammable items within any park except in
				designated receptacles. Prescription burning shall be conducted by the Division
				where appropriate for the restoration, maintenance and preservation of certain
				plant communities.
(4) Plant Life.
(a) All plant life, terrestrial, aquatic, and
				aerial, is the property of the State of Florida. No person shall cut, carve, or
				damage the bark, or break off limbs or branches or mutilate in any way, or pick
				the flowers or seeds of any plant or tree. Nor shall any person dig in or
				otherwise disturb grass areas or in any other way impair the natural condition
				of any area; nor shall any person place debris or materials of any kind on or
				about any tree or plant.
(b) No
				person shall transplant or remove any plant life from any park, except as
				provided herein. The Division shall control invasive exotic plants where
				appropriate for the restoration, maintenance, and preservation of native plant
				communities.