---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 261.53"
title: "36"
number: "261.53"
heading: "Special closures or restrictions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/261.53"
---

# §261.53. Special closures or restrictions.


When provided by an order, it is prohibited to go into or be in any area which is closed or restricted for the protection of:

- (a) **Threatened, endangered, rare, unique, or vanishing species of plants, animals, birds or fish.**
- (b) **Special biological communities.**
- (c) **Objects or areas of historical, archeological, geological, or paleontological interest.**
- (d) **Scientific experiments or investigations.**
- (e) **Public health or safety.**
- (f) **Property.**
- (g) **The privacy of tribal activities for traditional and cultural purposes.** Closure to protect the privacy of tribal activities for traditional and cultural purposes must be requested by an Indian tribe; is subject to approval by the Forest Service; shall be temporary; and shall affect the smallest practicable area for the minimum period necessary for activities of the requesting Indian tribe.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 76 FR 3017, Jan. 19, 2011; 89 FR 92816, Nov. 25, 2024]

### 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 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 76 FR 3017, Jan. 19, 2011; 89 FR 92816, Nov. 25, 2024]