Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › Division 8 - LANDS: DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE LANDS › Section 635-008-0050 - Fish and Wildlife Commission to Post and Enforce Rules

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
In compliance with authority contained in ORS
				496.146(9), and
				penalties prescribed in 496.992, the following rules are adopted to protect
				wildlife, fish, lands, and appurtenances or management activities and
				objectives on lands where title to, or control of, rests in the State of
				Oregon, acting by and through its Department of Fish and Wildlife ("department
				owned, managed, or controlled areas"). In addition to the requirements and
				restrictions contained in chapter 635, divisions 011, 021, 045, 046, 050, 051,
				052, 053, 054, 060 and 065; the following rules shall apply to all Department
				owned, managed, or controlled areas referenced in chapter 635, division 008
				except as modified by the rules for individual wildlife areas.
(1) In order to further the purposes of ORS
			 496.012 or to protect public
			 safety, portions of Department owned, managed, or controlled areas may be
			 posted and closed to all entry. Entering an area posted "closed to entry" is
			 prohibited.
(2) Leaving garbage and
			 litter on the area is prohibited.
(3) Leaving personal or commercial property
			 overnight on Department owned, managed or controlled areas is prohibited except
			 at camping sites during authorized camping periods.
(4) Posted Refuges and Safety Zones are
			 closed to hunting, trapping and shooting.
(5) Motor vehicles are prohibited except on
			 parking areas, open roads, areas posted as open to motor vehicles, or as
			 provided for in the following rules. No cross-country travel or off road motor
			 vehicle use is allowed, except for administrative use.
(6) A permit is required to remove firewood,
			 cut trees, dig or remove minerals, sand, gravel, rock, or any other article,
			 product or material found on the area except for fish and wildlife taken as
			 permitted by law and edible fruiting bodies of plants for personal
			 consumption.
(7) An agreement is
			 required to graze livestock except riding and pack animals in actual use for
			 recreational purposes. Trespass livestock may be removed and/or impounded at
			 the owner's expense in compliance with ORS Chapter 607.
(8) No person shall display behavior which
			 unreasonably deters, distracts or hinders others in the peaceable enjoyment of
			 the area.
(9) The Department may
			 evict any person from an area for any violation of any Department rule or
			 regulation, or when continued presence of that person could cause a threat to
			 the rights and safety of others or property.
(10) No person, commercial vendor or company
			 shall dispense or sell material, goods or items on the area.
(11) Drones/UAV's may not be flown within the
			 boundary of any ODFW owned, managed, or controlled area except for
			 administrative use.
(12) The
			 Department may manage, control or humanely remove any non-native or invasive
			 species from Department owned, managed, or controlled areas for the purpose of
			 protecting native wildlife and their habitats.
(13) All dogs must be kept on a leash,
			 except:
(a) While accompanied by a licensed
			 hunter when being used to hunt game birds, including while going to or coming
			 from hunting locations;
(b) In a
			 posted dog training area;
(c) While
			 the dog is under direct control in a posted parking area, designated campground
			 or on a road currently open to public motor vehicle traffic; or
(d) As otherwise specified in
			 635-008-0112, 0147, 0190,
			 0211.