La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § III-337

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-337 - Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge

A. Visitor Regulations for Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge

1. Use of the refuge will be permitted from thirty minutes before official sunrise to thirty minutes after official sunset. This includes any land access routes to the refuge. No person or vehicle shall remain on the Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge or any land access routes during the period from 30 minutes after official sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise.

2. No person shall possess any glass bottles, glass drink containers or other glass products on Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge.

3. The secretary of the department may restrict access to the refuge whenever circumstances exist such that restrictions are necessary to protect the refuge or the public from harm. No person shall enter onto or be on the grounds of Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge during a restricted access period; or alternatively shall do so only in accordance with restrictions set forth by the secretary.

4. No person shall discharge or fire any firearms including muzzleloaders, or bows and arrows or crossbows on Elmer's Island.

5. No person shall commercially fish, conduct any guiding service, hunt, pursue, kill, molest or intentionally disturb any type of wildlife on the refuge, except for the legal recreational harvest of living aquatic resources.

6. No person shall be in areas marked as restricted by signs posted by the department.

7. No person shall operate any vehicles in a restricted area. No person shall operate a vehicle in an unsafe or careless manner as to endanger life or property or at any speed in excess of five miles per hour.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § III-337

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 36:1280 (June 2010), Amended LR 481590 (6/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:6, R.S. 56:109, R.S. 56:109.2, R.S. 56:763 and R.S. 56:781 et seq.