(2)
Definitions. As
used in 321 CMR 7.01:
(a)
feeding
and nesting environment means the habitat of a species, including
all animal and plant life of the ecological communities of which the habitat is
comprised.
(b)
make use
of means any action affecting or involving a wildlife sanctuary
which the Director determines is necessary or appropriate to carry out the
purposes for which such sanctuaries are established.
(c)
protecting means
the conservation, preservation, replenishment, restocking, rehabilitation,
research, habitat protection, education, and any other means of attempting to
ensure the survival and/or proliferation of a species or ecological
community.
(d)
useful
fish, birds, or mammals means all species of animal life, whether
vertebrate or not, which the Director deems necessary or appropriate to
preservation of the ecological balance and/or genetic diversity of the natural
world.
(e)
wildlife
sanctuary means any lands, waters, shores, and interests therein
administered by the Director for protecting any species of useful fish, birds,
or mammals, and for aiding the propagation thereof, and in which activities are
governed by M.G.L. c. 131, §§ 7-10.
(3)
Sanctuaries.
Wildlife sanctuaries are maintained for the primary purpose of protecting
species of useful fish, birds, or mammals, and for aiding in the propagation
thereof. In order to carry out this purpose, the Director is authorized, among
other powers, to make use of the sanctuaries as he deems best for improving the
feeding and nesting environment of birds or mammals, including the adoption of
management plans for and the prohibition of certain acts in such
sanctuaries.
(4)
Prohibited Acts:
(a)
No person, except as authorized in M.G.L. c. 131, § 4, shall hunt, trap or take
any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or invertebrate within the bounds
of any wildlife sanctuary, nor shall any person enter such sanctuary with a
rifle, shotgun, firearm, bow and arrow, trap, snare, or other device of any
kind or description adapted to killing, taking or injuring of any mammal, bird,
reptile, amphibian, fish, or invertebrate, nor shall any person take, molest,
harass, remove, or destroy any nest, eggs, spawn, larvae, or young of any
mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or invertebrate.
(b) No person, except with the written
permission of the Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his
authorized representative, shall cut, pick, break down, dig up, or otherwise
alter, damage, or destroy any plant or part thereof within the bounds of any
wildlife sanctuary. Further, no person shall remove or dig up any soil, stones,
or minerals from any wildlife sanctuary.
(c) No person, except governmental employees
in the performance of their duties, or with the written permission of the
Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his authorized
representative, shall drive, operate, or possess, within the bounds of any
wildlife sanctuary, any motor vehicle, snow vehicle, or recreational vehicle,
except on roads maintained by a governmental agency and designated for the
express purpose of permitting public vehicular traffic.
(d) No person, except with the written
permission of the Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his
authorized representative, shall deface, damage, molest, remove, or cause to be
removed any sign, fence, gate, building, monument, structure, or equipment upon
or within the bounds of any wildlife management area.
(e) No person shall dump or discard or cause
to be dumped or discarded, any container, papers, garbage, brush, stumps,
leaves, solid or liquid wastes, tires, or other materials within the bounds of
any wildlife sanctuary.
(f) No
person, except with the written permission of the Director of the Division of
Fisheries and Wildlife or his authorized representative, shall camp within the
bounds of any wildlife sanctuary. "Camping" shall mean the utilization of any
piece of equipment for sleeping in or upon, including, but not limited to, a
sleeping bag, hammock, tent, tarp, motor vehicle, recreational vehicle,
trailer, or watercraft, for the purpose of occupying a piece of land or water
for transient and temporary outdoor living.
(g) No person shall build, maintain, or cause
to be built or maintained, any fire within the bounds of any wildlife
sanctuary, except with the written permission of the Director of the Division
of Fisheries and Wildlife or his authorized representative, and the written
permission of the town (city) fire chief or the district fire warden.
(h) No person shall illegally consume, use,
cultivate, or possess any controlled substance of any schedule or class or any
counterfeit substance within the bounds of any wildlife sanctuary. For the
purposes of 321 CMR 7.01, the definition of "controlled substance" and
"counterfeit substance" shall be those definitions contained in M.G.L. c. 94C,
§ 1.
(i) No person shall consume,
use, or possess any alcoholic beverage within the bounds of any wildlife
sanctuary. For the purposes of 321 CMR 7.01, the definition of "alcoholic
beverage" shall be that definition contained in M.G.L. c. 138, § 1.
(j) No person, except a governmental employee
in the performance of his duties, or except by written permission of the
Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his authorized
representative, shall be present within the bounds of any wildlife sanctuary
between 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise.
(k) No person, except with written permission
of the Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his authorized
representative, shall, within the bounds of any wildlife sanctuary, dig,
excavate, remove, disturb, or cause to be dug, excavated, removed, or
disturbed, any archaeological or paleontological artifacts, remains, ruins,
sites, fossils, or other objects of unusual historical or prehistorical
antiquity.
Regulatory Authority: M.G.L. c. 131, § 8.