---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 251.35"
title: "36"
number: "251.35"
heading: "Petersburg watershed."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/251.35"
---

# §251.35. Petersburg watershed.

- (a) Except as authorized in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c), access to lands within the Petersburg watershed, Tongass National Forest, as described in the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1197), is prohibited.
- (b) Access to lands within the Petersburg watershed is hereby authorized, without further written approval, for the following routine purposes:
  - (1) The discharge of official duties related to management of the Tongass National Forest by Federal employees, holders of Forest Service contracts, or Forest Service agents;
  - (2) The operation, maintenance, and improvement of the municipal water system by Federal and State officials and employees of the city of Petersburg; and
  - (3) Public recreational use of the Raven's Roost Trail for access to and from the Raven's Roost public recreation cabin and the Alpine Recreation Area.
- (c) Any person who wishes to enter upon the lands within the watershed for purposes other than those listed in [paragraph (b)](#b) must obtain a permit that has been signed by the appropriate city official and countersigned by the District Ranger.
- (d) Unauthorized entrance upon lands within the watershed is subject to punishment as provided in [36 CFR 261.1b](/cfr/36/261.1b.md).
- (e) The Forest Supervisor of the Stikine Area of the Tongass National Forest may authorize the removal of timber from the watershed under the regulations governing disposal of National Forest timber ([36 CFR part 223](/cfr/36/part223.md)). In any removal of timber from the watershed, the Forest Supervisor shall provide adequate safeguards for the protection of the Petersburg municipal water supply.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 26595, July 14, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1011; 16 U.S.C. 518, 551, 678a; Pub. L. 76-867, 54 Stat. 1197.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 472, 479b, 551, 1134, 3210, 6201-13; 30 U.S.C. 1740, 1761-1771.

### Amendments

[53 FR 26595, July 14, 1988]