---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 261.58"
title: "36"
number: "261.58"
heading: "Occupancy and use."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/261.58"
---

# §261.58. Occupancy and use.


When provided by an order, the following are prohibited:

- (a) **Camping for a period longer than allowed by the order.**
- (b) **Entering or using a recreation site or portion thereof.**
- (c) Entering or remaining in a campground during night periods prescribed in the order except for persons who are occupying such campgrounds.
- (d) **Occupying a recreation site with prohibited camping equipment prescribed by the order.**
- (e) **Camping.**
- (f) Using a campsite or other area described in the order by more than the number of users allowed by the order.
- (g) **Parking or leaving a vehicle in violation of posted instructions.**
- (h) **Parking or leaving a vehicle outside a parking space assigned to one's own camp unit.**
- (i) **Possessing, parking or leaving more than two vehicles, except motorcycles or bicycles per camp unit.**
- (j) **Being publicly nude.**
- (k) **Entering or being in a body of water.**
- (l) **Being in the area after sundown or before sunrise.**
- (m) **Discharging a firearm, air rifle, or gas gun.**
- (n) **Possessing or operating a motorboat.**
- (o) **Water skiing.**
- (p) **Storing or leaving a boat or raft.**
- (q) **Operating any watercraft in excess of a posted speed limit.**
- (r) **Launching a boat except at a designated launching ramp.**
- (s) Possessing, storing, or transporting any bird, fish, or other animal or parts thereof, as specified in the order.
- (t) **Possessing, storing, or transporting any part of a tree or other plant, as specified in the order.**
- (u) Being in the area between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. except a person who is camping or who is visiting a person camping in that area.
- (v) **Hunting or fishing.**
- (w) Possessing or transporting any motor or mechanical device capable of propelling a watercraft through water by any means.
- (x) **Using any wheel, roller, or other mechanical device for the overland transportation of any watercraft.**
- (y) Landing of aircraft, or dropping or picking up any material, supplies, or person by means of an aircraft, including a helicopter.
- (z) Entering or being on lands or waters within the boundaries of a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
- (aa) Riding, hitching, tethering or hobbling a horse or other saddle or pack animal in violation of posted instructions.
- (bb) **Possessing an alcoholic beverage.**
- (cc) **Possessing or storing any food or refuse, as specified in the order.**
- (dd) [Reserved]
- (ee) **Depositing any body waste in caves except into receptacles provided for that purpose.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 2597, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 35959, July 13, 1977; 43 FR 32136, July 25, 1978; 46 FR 33521, June 30, 1981; 52 FR 19347, May 22, 1987; 59 FR 31152, June 17, 1994; 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 2597, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 35959, July 13, 1977; 43 FR 32136, July 25, 1978; 46 FR 33521, June 30, 1981; 52 FR 19347, May 22, 1987; 59 FR 31152, June 17, 1994; 89 FR 92816, Nov. 25, 2024]