36 CFR § 261.8 - Fish and wildlife.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s261.8"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 261.8 - Fish and wildlife."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "261.8"
section_name: "Fish and wildlife."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "261"
part_name: "PROHIBITIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 261.8 Fish and wildlife.

The following are prohibited to the extent Federal or State law is violated:

(a) Hunting, trapping, fishing, catching, molesting, killing or having in possession any kind of wild animal, bird, or fish, or taking the eggs of any such bird.

(b) Possessing a firearm or other implement designed to discharge a missile capable of destroying animal life.

(c) Possessing equipment which could be used for hunting, fishing, or trapping.

(d) Possessing a dog not on a leash or otherwise confined.

(e) Curtail the free movement of any animal or plant life into or out of a cave, except as authorized to protect a cave resource.

[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 46 FR 33520, June 30, 1981; 59 FR 31152, June 17, 1994]