---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 261.1"
title: "36"
number: "261.1"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/261.1"
---

# §261.1. Scope.

- (a) **The prohibitions in this part apply, except as otherwise provided, when—**
  - (1) **An act or omission occurs in the National Forest System or on a National Forest System road or trail.**
  - (2) An act or omission affects, threatens, or endangers property of the United States administered by the Forest Service.
  - (3) An act or omission affects, threatens, or endangers a person using, or engaged in the protection, improvement or administration of the National Forest System or a National Forest System road or trail.
  - (4) An act or omission occurs within the designated boundaries of a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
- (b) Nothing in this part shall preclude activities as authorized by the Wilderness Act of 1964 or the U.S. Mining Laws Act of 1872 as amended.
- (c) Unless an offense set out in this part specifies that intent is required, intent is not an element of any offense under this part.
- (d) **None of these prohibitions apply to any person engaged in fire suppression actions.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 35958, July 13, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 32136, July 25, 1978; 46 FR 33519, June 30, 1981; 66 FR 3218, Jan. 12, 2001; 73 FR 30307, May 27, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1011(f); 16 U.S.C. 460l-6d, 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c)-(d)(1), 1246(i).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 35958, July 13, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 32136, July 25, 1978; 46 FR 33519, June 30, 1981; 66 FR 3218, Jan. 12, 2001; 73 FR 30307, May 27, 2008]