Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14 § 730

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 44, November 1, 2024

Section 730 - Camping Near or Occupying Wildlife Watering Places

(a) Camping/Occupying Defined. For purposes of this Section, camping/occupying is defined as establishing or inhabiting a camp; resting; picnicking; sleeping; parking or inhabiting any motor vehicle or trailer; hunting; or engaging in any other recreational activity for a period of more than thirty (30) minutes at a given location.

(b) Wildlife Watering Places Defined. For purposes of this Section, wildlife watering places are defined as waterholes, springs, seeps and man-made watering devices for wildlife such as guzzlers (self-filling, in-the-ground water storage tanks), horizontal wells and small impoundments of less than one surface acre in size.

(c) Prohibitions.

(1) Camping/Occupying is prohibited within 200 yards of the following:

(A) Any guzzler or horizontal well for wildlife on public land within the State of California.

(B) Any of the wildlife watering places on public land within the boundary of the California Desert Conservation Area as depicted on the Bureau of Land Management maps of "Calif. Federal Public Lands Responsibility," "Calif. Desert Conservation Area" and the new "Desert District, B.L.M."

(2) Camping/Occupying is prohibited within one-quarter mile of the following wildlife watering places:

(A) Butte Well--T31N, R14E, Section 28, NE1/4, M.D.B.M., Lassen County.

(B) Schaffer Well--T31N R14E, Section 25, Center, M.D.B.M., Lassen County.

(C) Tableland Well--T31N, R14E, Section 17, SE1/4, M.D.B.M., Lassen County.

(D) Table Mountain Well--T31N, R14E, Section 32, SE1/4, M.D.B.M., Lassen County.

(E) Timber Mountain Well--T44N, R6E, Section 33, M.D.B.M., Modoc National Forest, Modoc County.

(F) Belfast Well--T31N, R14E, Section 31, NE1/4, M.D.B.M., Lassen County.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 730

1. New section filed 8-3-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 32).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 1-28-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 5).
3. Amendment of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(5) filed 6-13-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 24).
4. Amendment of subsection (b)(4) filed 11-9-79; effective upon filing (Register 79, No. 45).
5. Repealer and new section filed 7-16-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 29).
6. New subsection (a)(6) filed 1-26-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 4).
7. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 7-13-94; operative 7-13-94 pursuant to sections 202 and 215, Fish and Game Code (Register 94, No. 28).
8. Amendment of section heading and repealer and new section filed 8-31-98; operative 8-31-98 pursuant to sections 202 and 215, Fish and Game Code (Register 98, No. 36).

Note: Authority cited: Section 308.5, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Section 308.5, Fish and Game Code.

1. New section filed 8-3-71; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 71, No. 32).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 1-28-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 5).
3. Amendment of subsections (b)(1) and (b)(5) filed 6-13-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 24).
4. Amendment of subsection (b)(4) filed 11-9-79; effective upon filing (Register 79, No. 45).
5. Repealer and new section filed 7-16-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 29).
6. New subsection (a)(6) filed 1-26-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 4).
7. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 7-13-94; operative 7-13-94 pursuant to sections 202 and 215, Fish and Game Code (Register 94, No. 28).
8. Amendment of section heading and repealer and new section filed 8-31-98; operative 8-31-98 pursuant to sections 202 and 215, Fish and Game Code (Register 98, No. 36).