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Wilderness Use Wagons & Carts (Bridger, Gros Ventre, & Teton Wilderness)
Alert Start Date: January 31st, 1996
Alert End Date: N/A
Order Number: 04-00-055
Associated Documents
Forest Order
SPECIAL ORDER
WILDERNESS USE RESTRICTION
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(a) & (b), the following Act is prohibited within all National Forest Wilderness Areas of the Intermountain Region, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture:
Possessing or using a wagon, cart, or other vehicle (including "game carts") (261.57[h]).
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this order:
Persons with a permit which authorizes the above prohibited activity.
Persons with disabilities using assistive devices or aids, in accordance with the American 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 may be motorized or non-motorized].
- Any Federal, state, or local officer, or member of an organized resource or firefighting force, in the performance of an official duty.
This Special Order applies to all areas of Congressionally designated Wilderness administered by the Intermountain Region, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
/s/ Clair C. Beasley (for)
DALE N. BOSWORTH
Regional Forester
Date: January 31, 1996
Violation of the above prohibited Act is punishable by a fine of not more than $5000 and/or imprisonment for not more than 6 months (16 USC 551; PL 98-473).
This Special Order hereby rescinds Regional Forester Special Order Number 04-00-026, dated August 9, 1991.