Restricted Use Mokelumne Wilderness Area

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Forest Order

RESTRICTED USE

 MOKELUMNE WILDERNESS AREA

Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.S0(a), and to provide for public safety and protect natural resources, the following acts are prohibited within the Mokelumne Wilderness Area, the Carson Pass Management Area, the Round Top Special Interest Area, and the Salt Springs Reservoir Area. This Order is effective from July 29, 2023, through May 31, 2026.

1. Camping within the Mokelumne Wilderness Area any time of the year without a valid wilderness permit. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).
2. Camping within I00 feet of any stream, lake, or designated trail in the Mokelumne Wilderness Area. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).
3. Disposing of bodily waste and wash water waste within 200 feet of any water source. 36C.F.R. § 261.57(g).
4. Entering or being in the Mokelumne Wilderness as part of a group that includes more than 12 persons per group for day use or eight persons per group for overnight use. 36 C.F.R.§ 26 l .58(f).
5. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a wood fire for any purpose within the Mokelumne Wilderness boundaries at any time of the year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(a).
6. Grazing pack or saddle stock within 200 feet of a lake, stream, trails, or campsite. 36 C.F.R.§ 261.57(e).
7. Hitching or tethering pack or saddle stock to trees, or hitching, tethering, or hobbling pack or saddle stock within 200 feet of a lake, stream, trail, or campsite, except while loading and unloading. 36 C.F.R. § 26 l.58(aa).
8. Grazing a horse or other saddle or pack animal within the Round Top Special Interest Area, as shown on Exhibit A. 36 C.F.R. § 261.57(e).
9. Possessing animals as described below:
   1. Riding or allowing a horse or other saddle or pack animal off National Forest System trails within the Round Top Special Interest Area, as shown on Exhibit A.
   2. Possessing more than 12 horses or other saddle or pack animals per group within the Mokelumne Wilderness Area.

   3. Possessing any dog not on a leash in the Carson Pass Management Area, as shown on Exhibit B. 

      36 C.F.R. § 26 l .58(s).

10. Camping in the areas listed below and shown on Exhibit B:
    1. Outside of a designated camping site in the Carson Pass Management Area from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
    2. Within 300 feet of Emigrant Lake, except when there is snow on the ground.

    3. Within ¼ mile of Frog Lake 

       36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).

11. Camping within a designated camping site at Winnemucca and Round Top Lakes for more than two consecutive nights or within a designated camping site at Fourth of July Lake for more than three consecutive nights. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e).

Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:

1. Persons with a Forest Permit for Use of Roads, Trails, or Areas Restricted by Regulation or Order, Form FS-7700-48, specifically exempting them from this Order.
2. Persons with a valid Campfire Permit are not exempt from the prohibitions listed above. However, persons with a valid Wilderness Permit may use portable stoves or lanterns that use gas, jellied petroleum, solid fuel tablets, or pressurized liquid fuel at any area and at any time within the Mokelumne Wilderness boundaries.
3. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire-fighting force in the performance of an official duty.

These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 CFR Part 261, Subpart A.

A violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or

$10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both. 16 U.S.C. § 551 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559, 3571 and 3581.

Executed in Placerville, CA, this 25 day of July, 2023.

/s/Joseph Stout

Joseph Stout

Forest Supervisor, 

Eldorado National Forest

Executed in Sonora, CA, this 18 day of July 2023.

/s/ Jason Kuiken

Jason Kuiken

Forest Supervisor, 

Stanislaus National Forest

Executed in Sparks, NV, this 24 day of July 2023.
 

/s/WILLIAM DUNKELBERGER

William Dunkelberger

Forest Supervisor,

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

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