25 CFR § 247.3 - Who is eligible to use the sites?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s247.3"
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title: "25 CFR § 247.3 - Who is eligible to use the sites?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "247.3"
section_name: "Who is eligible to use the sites?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "FISH AND WILDLIFE"
part_number: "247"
part_name: "USE OF COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY FISHING ACCESS SITES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; Pub. L. 100-581, Title IV."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 50868, Sept. 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "247"
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# 247.3 Who is eligible to use the sites?

(a) You may use the sites for access to usual and accustomed fishing areas and ancillary fishing facilities if you are a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation (Yakima), the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (Warm Springs), the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Umatilla), and the Nez Perce Tribe (Nez Perce).

(b) The general public or people fishing who do not belong to the tribes listed above cannot use these sites.

(c) Families of such Indians may camp on the sites.

(d) You may not deny access to these sites to any eligible user.