Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 301 - TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES › Chapter 3 - Hunting and Fishing › Section 301 KAR 3:130 - Public use of conservation camp properties

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				150.025,
				150.0241,
				150.170, 28 C.F.R. 35, 36, 43
				C.F.R. 17
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				150.025(1) authorizes the
				department to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the
				purposes of KRS Chapter 150.
				KRS
				150.179(2) authorizes the
				department to approve certain special events that provide education or
				appreciation of the recreational activity.
				KRS
				150.0241 authorizes the department to impose
				and enforce special administrative regulations on lands managed for public
				hunting, fishing, and related recreational uses. This administrative regulation
				establishes procedures to allow individuals meeting defined criteria for
				mentored events to boat, fish, hunt, shoot, or trap as part of a
				department-approved activity or program. This administrative regulation
				establishes prohibitions for certain actions inconsistent with the intended
				purpose of conservation camp properties and establishes requirements for other
				uses of these areas.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Adult" means a person who is
			 at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) "Bait":
(a) Means a substance composed of grains,
			 minerals, salt, fruits, vegetables, hay, or any other food materials, whether
			 natural or manufactured, that could lure, entice, or attract wildlife;
			 and
(b) Does not mean the
			 establishment and maintenance of plantings for wildlife, foods found scattered
			 solely as the result of normal agricultural planting or harvesting practices,
			 foods available to wildlife through normal agricultural practices of livestock
			 feeding if the areas are occupied by livestock actively consuming the feed on a
			 daily basis, or standing farm crops under normal agricultural
			 practices.
(3)
			 "Conservation camp" means a tract of land:
(a)
			 Controlled by the department through ownership, lease, license, or cooperative
			 agreement; and
(b) That is utilized
			 to host conservation camps.
(4) "Event" means a boating, fishing,
			 hunting, shooting, or trapping activity, conducted by the department.
(5) "Mentee" means an individual who is
			 participating or going to participate in a mentored event to receive guidance
			 and instruction from a mentor to learn the lawfully compliant methods and
			 techniques for engaging in the activity being performed in the mentored
			 event.
(6) "Mentor" means an adult
			 who:
(a) Has previously participated in a
			 particular activity;
(b) Is well
			 versed in the techniques, equipment, and safety concerns related to the
			 activity that is to occur at an event; and
(c) Passes a background check prior to
			 accompanying a mentee during a mentored event.
(7) "Mentored event" means an event during a
			 statewide season in which mentors accompany mentees.
(8) "Mobility-impaired" means an individual
			 who meets the requirements of
			 301 KAR 3:026, Section
			 2(1).
(9) "Novice" means a person
			 who has not:
(a) Held the applicable license
			 for an event activity for more than two (2) license years in total;
(b) Held the applicable license for an event
			 activity within the past three (3) years;
(c) Successfully harvested the targeted
			 species for an event within the past three (3) years; or
(d) For shooting and boating activities,
			 participated in the activity more than five (5) times within the past three (3)
			 years.
(10) "Participant"
			 means an individual who engages in boating, fishing, hunting, shooting, or
			 trapping, as part of an event.