---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 291.12"
title: "36"
number: "291.12"
heading: "National Forest System lands closed to casual collection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/291.12"
---

# §291.12. National Forest System lands closed to casual collection.

- (a) **Casual collecting is not allowed in—**
  - (1) National Monuments within the National Forest System; and
  - (2) Other National Forest System lands closed to casual collecting in accordance with this Part, other statutes, executive orders, regulations, or land use plans.
- (b) Existing closures of certain areas to casual collecting, authorized under separate authority, remain closed under these regulations.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 470aaa through 470aaa-11.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 21630, Apr. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.