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Wheeled Vehicles in Wilderness
This order describes the prohibition of wheeled vehicles in all National Forest Wilderness Areas of the Rocky Mountain Region and any exceptions thereof.
Alert Start Date: March 21, 1996
Alert End Date: N/A
Order Number: R02-1996-01
Contact Information
Contact Name: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region
Contact Number: (303) 275-5350
Associated Documents
Forest Order
Order Number 02-96-01
SPECIAL ORDER
WILDERNESS USE RESTRICTIONS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
Pursuant to 36 CFR, Section 261.50(a) & (b), the following Act is prohibited within all National Forest Wilderness Areas of the Rocky Mountain Region, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture:
Possessing or using a wagon, cart, wheelbarrow, bicycle or other vehicle (including "game carts") (261.57[h]).
Pursuant to 36 CFR, Section 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from the order:
- Persons with a permit which authorizes the above prohibited activity.
- Persons with disabilities using assistive devices or aids, accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (PL 101-336). [An assistive device is a piece of equipment used by a person with a disability on a daily basis to help in the accomplishment of one of life's major functions or activities, such as a wheelchair. A wheelchair is defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act to be "a device designed solely for use by a mobility-impaired person for locomotion, that is suitable for use in an indoor pedestrian area" (Sec. 507(c)(2)). Wheelchair me be motorized or non-motorized].
- Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.
Violation of the above prohibited Act is punishable by a fine of not more than $5000 and/or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months (16 USC 551; PL 98-473).
Done at Lakewood, Colorado, this _____21st__________ day of ______March_____, 1996.
___/s/ Elisabeth Estill_________________
ELIZABETH ESTILL
Regional Forester
Rocky Mountain Region