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REGISTER

FEDERAL
VOLUME 2

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1934

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NUMBER 82

Washington, Thursday, A p ril 29, 1937
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIO R.
National Park Service.
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Made, published, and approved by the Secretary o f the Interior on the 19th day of April, 1937, and to continue in force and effect until otherwise directed by the said Secretary.
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Pursuant to the authority granted to the Secretary of the Interior by the Act of August 25, 1916 ch. 408, sec. 3, 39 Sfcat.
535, as amended, and pursuant to the authority vested in the President under title n , secs. 202 and 209 of the National Industrial Recovery Act 48 Stat. 200, 202, 206, and by the Emergency R elief Appropriation A ct of 1935 49 Stat. 115, 118, and delegated to the Secretary of the Interior by Execu tive Order No. 7496, November 14, 1936,1 the follow ing regula tions are hereby made and published fo r the proper use, man agement, government, and protection of, and maintenance of good order in, all of the Recreational Demonstration Areas Which are, or hereafter may be, under the administrative ju
risdiction o f the National Park Service o f the Department of the Interior, except those areas acquired or to be acquired for recreational areas in connection w ith the Blue Ridge Parkway.
1. Preservation o f Public Property, Natural Features and Curiosities The destruction, injury, defacement, removal or disturb ance in any way of any public building, sign, equipment, marker, or other structure, or o f any tree, flower, vegetation, rock, mineral form ation, or o f any animal, bird, or other w ild life, or of any ruins or relics, or of any other public property of any kind is prohibited: Provided, that flowers may be gathered in small quantities when, in the judgment of the project manager, their removal w ill not im pair the beauty of the area. Before any flowers are picked, perm it must be se cured from the project manager.
Collections fo r scientific or educational purposes shall be permitted only in accordance with written permits first had and obtained from the project manager.
2. Camping No camping is perm itted outside the specially designated camp sites, except by special permit from the project manager.
Campers shall keep their campgrounds clean. Combusti ble rubbish shall be burned on camp fires and all other gar bage and refuse o f all kinds shall be placed in garbage cans provided fo r the purpose. A t new or unfrequented camps, garbage shall be burned or buried.
1 F. R. 2243.

Campers and others shall not wash clothing or cooking utensils in, or pollute in any other manner, the waters of the recreational demonstration areas.
Only in areas designated by the project manager may campers use any dead or fallen tim ber fo r fuel or other purposes.
The installation of permanent camping facilities by visitors is prohibited in all recreational demonstration areas. The digging or leveling of the ground in any camp site without the project managers permission is prohibited.
Tem porary camps must be completely razed and the sites cleaned before the departure of campers. In dismantling camps, all m aterial, such as poles, bark, planks, platforms, etc., used in construction of temporary camps must be re moved, and, if combustible, must be piled on the public camp woodpiles.
Campers shall not leave their camps unattended for more t-ban 48 hours without special permission of the project manager, obtained in advance. Camping equip ment left unattended in any public camping area fo r 48
hours o f more is subject to removal by order of the project manager, the expense o f such removal to be paid by the person or persons leaving such equipment.
No camp may be established in a recreational demon stration area and used as a base fo r hunting outside such area.
No camp shall be placed within 25 feet of any well-defined water course, water hydrant, or main road.
The project managers may, w ith the approval of the Director of. the National Park Service, establish hours dur ing which quiet must be maintained at any camp, and prohibit the running of motors at or near a camp during such hours.
3. Bathing Bathing in any of the streams or lakes within the rec reational demonstration areas is not perm itted except at designated bathing places.
4. Fishing Persons desiring to fish in the waters of any recreational demonstration area must secure a sporting fishing license, as required by the laws of the state in which such area is situated. A ll fishing in such areas must be done in con form ity with the laws of the state regarding open seasons, size o f fish, and the lim it o f catch, except as otherwise provided in the follow ing paragraphs.
fish in g with nets, seines, traps, or by the use o f drugs or explosives, or fo r merchandise or profit, or in any other way than with hook and line, the rod or line being held in hand, is prohibited.
Fishing in particular waters may be suspended, or re stricted in regard to the use of particular kinds o f bait, when the project manager, w ith the approval of the Director o f the National Park Service, shall determine such suspen893