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Special Order

 

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USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region
Pike, San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron, Comanche National Grasslands

 

Order 08-03

FOREST ORDER
Occupancy and Use Restrictions
Cimarron National Grassland

Pursuant to Title 16, United States Code, Section 551, and Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 261.50(a), the following acts are prohibited within the Cottonwood Picnic Ground, described as those National Forest System lands between the Kansas Highway 27 entrance to the facility and contained within the fenced area located in Section 4, Township 34 South, Range 42 West, 6th PM, Morton County, Kansas, as shown on the attached map, hereby incorporated into this Order as Exhibit A.

PROHIBITIONS:

1. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire, with the exception of charcoal fires in the fire grates provided by the Forest Service and gas fueled or other self-contained chemical stoves. (36 CFR 261.52(a)
2. Being publicly nude. 36 CFR 261.58(j)

EXEMPTIONS:

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 (e), the following persons are exempt from this Order:

1. Persons with a Forest Service permit specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission.
2. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force, in the performance of an official duty.

This Order supercedes Order 93-01, applicable to the Cottonwood Picnic Ground, Cimarron National Grassland, dated April 6, 1993.

This Forest Order shall be in effect from February 1, 2008 until January 31, 2013, or rescinded, whichever event occurs first.

Done at Pueblo, Colorado, this 1st day of February, 2008.


/s/ Robert J. Leaverton
ROBERT J. LEAVERTON
Forest Supervisor
Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands

Violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a Class B Misdemeanor by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for a legal entity other than an individual, or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both (16 USC 551 and 18 USC 3559 and 3571).

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