312 IAC 9-2-11 - State parks and state historic sites
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-22-6-1
Sec. 11.
(a) An
individual must not take or chase a wild animal, other than a fish, in a state
park or a state historic site except for employees of the department that are
authorized to take a nonendangered:
(1)
nonmigratory bird;
(2) mute
swan;
(3) mammal; or
(4) reptile;
on a state park that is causing damage or threatening to cause damage or creating a public safety or health threat.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the property manager of a state park may authorize an individual to take a
raccoon, Virginia opossum, striped skunk, beaver, or muskrat on that property
that is causing damage or threatening to cause damage or creating a public
safety or health threat:
(1) with written
permission from the property manager; and
(2) with a nuisance wild animal control
permit issued under
312 IAC
9-10-11 or with a valid trapping license if taken
during the season established in 312 IAC 9-3 for that species.
(c) Fishing in a state park or
state historic site is subject to 312 IAC 9-6, 312 IAC 9-7, and 312 IAC
9-8.
(d) An individual qualified
under this subsection may trap any European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) from
the Falls of the Ohio State Park and the adjacent federal Falls of the Ohio
Wildlife Conservation Area in Clarksville, Indiana. In order to qualify under
this subsection, an individual must do each of the following:
(1) Possess a written authorization from the
division of state parks.
(2) Comply
with any terms in the written authorization. These terms shall include a
requirement that a European wall lizard can be taken only with approved
methods.
(3) For the federal Falls
of the Ohio Wildlife Conservation Area, comply with any other terms in the
written authorization that are required by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
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