Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 23 - LANDS AND WATERS ACQUIRED OR ADMINISTERED BY THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION › Section 23-5 - Regulation of Uses

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) General
				statewide rules. This section governs use of all lands and waters acquired or
				administered by the Commission, including lands and waters enrolled in the
				Department's Access Yes Program. Department publications or signs shall
				designate any exceptions to this regulation.
(i) Public hunting, fishing and trapping
				shall be allowed on areas as designated by Commission regulation, Department
				publication or sign.
(ii) The
				Department may exclude, withhold or revoke access to Department managed lands
				granted by permission slip or permit.
(iii) No person shall drive a motor vehicle
				on lands acquired or administered by the Commission, except on designated or
				established roads and as designated by Commission regulation, Department
				publication or sign.
(iv) Camping
				shall only be allowed in areas designated by Department publication or sign. No
				person shall camp in excess of the posted camping limit, and in no case more
				than fourteen (14) consecutive days, or leave a camp unattended for more than
				forty-eight (48) hours unless approved in advance in writing by the Department.
				Once a person has camped for the camping limit, such person shall not camp on
				the same lands acquired or administered by the Commission without vacating such
				lands for at least seventy-two (72) hours. Camping equipment left unattended
				for more than forty-eight (48) hours without approval shall be deemed abandoned
				property and may be removed and disposed of.
(v) Recreational livestock shall not be
				allowed to consume existing natural forage. While not in use, recreational
				livestock shall be high-lined or contained in corrals, if such corrals are
				provided by the Department.
(vi) No
				person shall possess hay, straw, grain, seed or mulch that does not have weed
				free certification.
(vii) No person
				shall discharge any fireworks, exploding (tannerite) targets or other
				pyrotechnic devices.
(viii) No
				person shall cut, destroy, deface or remove any living tree, shrub or plant.
				The cutting or gathering of naturally fallen trees or dead shrubs is allowed
				for open fire use on site.
(ix) No
				person shall remove, destroy or deface any geological, historical,
				archaeological or paleontological item.
(x) No person shall vandalize, deface,
				destroy or remove signs, fences, structures or facilities.
(xi) All food and refuse shall be acceptably
				stored or attended when required by Department signage.
(xii) No person shall drain, deposit, or dump
				litter, pollutants or refuse.
(xiii) Limited range weapons shall be
				required to take wildlife or for recreational shooting in areas designated by
				Commission regulation, Department publication or sign.
(xiv) No person shall light, maintain, use or
				attend an open fire or use smoking materials when prohibited or in a manner
				that threatens, causes damage to, or results in the burning of property,
				resources or creates a public safety hazard. No open fires or smoking materials
				shall be left unattended. All open fires and smoking materials shall be
				completely extinguished upon termination of use.
(xv) No person shall engage in any use that
				interferes with public safety or authorized uses including:
(A) Uses authorized by Commission
				regulation(s);
(B) Uses authorized
				by written agreements approved by the Department;
(C) Uses for which the lands or waters were
				acquired or administered; or,
(D)
				Uses allowed by Commission regulation, Department publication or
				sign.
(xvi) No person
				shall engage in a commercial or business use on lands and waters acquired or
				administered by the Commission unless authorized by written agreement with the
				Department.
(xvii) Outfitting for
				hunting, angling or other wildlife related activities is permitted on the
				Commission's Wildlife Habitat Management Areas and Public Access Areas when
				that use does not conflict with public use or the purpose for which the lands
				or waters were acquired, except that there shall be no commercial or business
				use or outfitting of hunters or anglers on the Spence and Moriarity Wildlife
				Management Area or Osage Pond Public Access Area.
(xviii) No person shall place or erect a
				hunting blind, tree stand or similar structure on lands administered by the
				Commission unless otherwise allowed by Commission regulation, Department
				publication or sign. Placing or erecting a hunting blind, tree stand or similar
				structure does not reserve or guarantee exclusive use of that structure or
				location for hunting or any other purpose for the person(s) placing said
				structure. Any hunting blind, tree stand or similar structure permitted shall:
(A) Not be placed or erected more than seven
				(7) days prior to the opening date, and removed no more than seven (7) days
				following the close of the hunting season for the species for which the
				structure was placed;
(B) Be marked
				with the name and address of the person who placed or erected the structure;
				and
(C) Be considered litter if not
				removed in accordance with this section.