36 CFR § 261.18 - National Forest Wilderness.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s261.18"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 261.18 - National Forest Wilderness."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "261.18"
section_name: "National Forest Wilderness."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "261"
part_name: "PROHIBITIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1011(f); 16 U.S.C. 460l-6d, 472, 551, 620(f), 1133(c)-(d)(1), 1246(i)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "261"
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# 261.18 National Forest Wilderness.
The following are prohibited in a National Forest Wilderness:
(a) Possessing or using a motor vehicle, motorboat or motorized equipment except as authorized by Federal Law or regulation.
(b) Possessing or using a hang glider or bicycle.
(c) Landing of aircraft, or dropping or picking up of any material, supplies, or person by means of aircraft, including a helicopter.
[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 35959, July 13, 1977; 50 FR 16231, Apr. 25, 1985. Redesignated at 70 FR 68291, Nov. 9, 2005]