Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 024 - State Parks and Cultural Resources Department
Sub-Agency 0002 - State Parks and Historic Sites
Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations
Section 1-15 - Preservation of Public Property

(a) The destruction, injury, defacement, removal or disturbance in any manner of any building, sign, equipment, monument, statue, marker or other structure, or of any animal or plant matter and direct or indirect products thereof, including but not limited to petrified wood, flower, cane, or fruit, egg, nest, or nesting site, or of any soil, rock or mineral formation, artifact, relic, historic or prehistoric feature, or of any other public property of any kind on park lands is prohibited without prior permission of the superintendent.

(b) The gathering or possession for personal consumption or use of only such fruits and berries as the superintendent may designate is permitted. All such fruits and berries shall be picked only by hand. The gathering or collecting of such objects for the purpose of sale is prohibited.

(c) The use of any mineral or metal detecting device at a state historic or archeological site is prohibited, except for official use. The use of any mineral or metal detecting device at a state park or recreation area is prohibited without written permission of the superintendent.

(d) The destroying, digging, cutting, removing, or possession of any tree, shrub or plant is prohibited. The collection and possession of dead wood found on the ground for use as fuel in campgrounds or picnic areas is permitted except as posted by appropriate signs.

(e) Dead timber which has been identified by department personnel for removal from park land may be cut and removed from the area by the public for personal consumption at home with the written permission of the superintendent. The removal for the purpose of sale is prohibited.

(f) Entering, climbing upon, or tampering with state owned motor vehicles and motorized or power equipment is prohibited.