3 CSR 10-11.130 - Vehicles, Bicycles, Horses, and Horseback Riding
(1) Vehicle use is restricted to graveled and
paved roads and established parking areas, unless otherwise posted.
(2) Bicycles are permitted only on designated
multi-use trails and on roads open to vehicular traffic, unless otherwise
posted. Groups of more than ten (10) people using bicycles on department areas
must obtain a special use permit. Bicycles are also permitted on locations
designated as service roads in the online conservation atlas, unless otherwise
posted, and except as follows:
(A) Bicycles
are not allowed on service roads on department lands associated with nature and
education centers, fish hatcheries, staffed ranges, offices, designated natural
areas, and on the following department areas:
1. Burr Oak Woods Conservation
Area;
2. Busch (August A.) Memorial
Conservation Area;
3. Henning (Ruth
and Paul) Conservation Area;
4.
Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area;
5. McCormack (Jamerson C.) Conservation
Area;
6. Platte Falls Conservation
Area;
7. Reed (James A.) Memorial
Wildlife Area;
8. Rocky Barrens
Conservation Area;
9. Star School
Hill Prairie Conservation Area; and
10. Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Conservation
Area; and
(B) Locations
designated as service roads in the online conservation atlas are closed to
bicycling on the conservation areas listed in section (5) of this rule during
all portions of the firearms deer hunting season and the spring turkey hunting
seasons.
(3) Equestrian
use is permitted only on designated multi-use trails and on roads open to
vehicular traffic, except as provided in sections (6) and (7) of this rule.
Groups of more than ten (10) people must obtain a special use permit.
(4) Designated multi-use trails are open for
use year-round as specified on the following department areas:
(A) Areas with multi-use trails open to
bicycling-
1. Big Creek Conservation
Area;
2. Busch (August A.) Memorial
Conservation Area;
3. Columbia
Bottom Conservation Area;
4. Davis
(The Lester R.) Memorial Forest;
5.
General Watkins Conservation Area;
6. Hart Creek Conservation Area;
7. Hinkson Woods Conservation Area;
8. Howell Island Conservation Area;
9. Klamberg (Roger) Woods Conservation
Area;
10. Little Dixie Lake
Conservation Area;
11. Little
Prairie Conservation Area;
12.
Logan (William R.) Conservation Area;
13. Perry County Community Lake;
14. Shepherd of the Hills Fish
Hatchery;
15. Shoal Creek
Conservation Education Center;
16.
Steyermark (Julian) Woods Conservation Area;
17. Sunbridge Hills Conservation
Area;
18. Walnut Woods Conservation
Area;
19. Weldon Spring
Conservation Area; and
20.
Youngdahl (Mark) Urban Conservation Area;
(B) Areas with multi-use trails open to
equestrian use-
1. Forest 44 Conservation
Area; and
(C) Areas with
multi-use trails open to bicycling and equestrian use-
1. Bicentennial Conservation Area;
2. Big Buffalo Creek Conservation
Area;
3. Busiek State Forest and
Wildlife Area;
4. Flag Spring
Conservation Area;
5. Huckleberry
Ridge Conservation Area;
6. Prairie
Home Conservation Area;
7. Reed
(James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area;
8. Rockwoods Range;
9. Stockton Lake Management Lands;
10. Three Creeks Conservation Area;
11. Wappapello Lake Management Lands;
and
12. Wire Road Conservation
Area.
(5)
Designated multi-use trails are open for use as specified except during all
portions of the firearms deer hunting season and the spring turkey hunting
seasons during legal shooting hours for turkey on the following department
areas:
(A) Areas with multi-use trails open to
bicycling-
1. Poosey Conservation Area (Green
Hills Trail);
(B) Areas
with multi-use trails open to equestrian use-
1. Angeline Conservation Area; and
(C) Areas with multi-use trails
open to bicycling and equestrian use-
1. Apple
Creek Conservation Area;
2. Bennitt
(Rudolf) Conservation Area;
3.
Bonanza Conservation Area;
4. Bunch
Hollow Conservation Area;
5.
Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area;
6. Canaan Conservation Area;
7. Caney Mountain Conservation
Area;
8. Castor River Conservation
Area;
9. Compton Hollow
Conservation Area;
10. Daniel Boone
Conservation Area;
11. Deer Ridge
Conservation Area;
12. Fort Crowder
Conservation Area;
13. Gist Ranch
Conservation Area;
14. Heath
(Charlie) Memorial Conservation Area;
15. Holly Ridge Conservation Area;
16. Honey Creek Conservation Area;
17. Lead Mine Conservation Area;
18. Little Indian Creek Conservation
Area;
19. Little Lost Creek
Conservation Area;
20. Long Ridge
Conservation Area;
21. Meramec
Conservation Area;
22. Pleasant
Hope Conservation Area;
23. Poosey
Conservation Area (other than Green Hills Trail);
24. Riverbreaks Conservation Area;
25. Scrivner Road Conservation
Area;
26. Sever (Henry) Lake
Conservation Area;
27. Sugar Creek
Conservation Area;
28. Talbot
(Robert E.) Conservation Area; and
29. University Forest Conservation
Area.
(6)
Equestrian use may be authorized by special use permit on the following
department areas:
(A) Atlanta Conservation
Area;
(B) Current River
Conservation Area;
(C) Fuson (John
Alva, MD) Conservation Area;
(D)
Indian Hills Conservation Area;
(E)
Logan Creek Conservation Area;
(F)
Marion Bottoms Conservation Area;
(G) Pony Express Lake Conservation
Area;
(H) Ranacker Conservation
Area;
(I) Shannon Ranch
Conservation Area;
(J) Union Ridge
Conservation Area (excluding Spring Creek Ranch Natural Area); and
(K) Whetstone Creek Conservation
Area.
(7) Equestrian use
is not permitted on roads open to vehicular traffic on the following department
areas:
(A) Burr Oak Woods Conservation
Area;
(B) Busch (August A.)
Memorial Conservation Area;
(C)
Cuivre Island Conservation Area;
(D) Marais Temps Clair Conservation
Area;
(E) Powder Valley
Conservation Nature Center;
(F)
Rockwoods Reservation;
(G) Saint
Stanislaus Conservation Area;
(H)
Springfield Conservation Nature Center; and
(I) Weldon Spring Conservation
Area.
(8) Unmanned
motor-driven air conveyances may be used for the recovery of wounded black
bear, deer, elk, and turkey as specifically authorized by
3 CSR
10-7.410, but only with prior authorization from a
conservation agent. Authorization to use unmanned motor-driven air conveyances
on department areas for recovery of wounded animals is at the discretion of the
conservation agent, and the locations and times where use is authorized may be
restricted to minimize conflicts with resource management activities or public
use. Any person using unmanned motor-driven air conveyances in accordance with
this section for pay is exempt from the permit requirements of
3 CSR
10-11.111 for commercial use on department
areas.
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