Mo. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 10-11.130
Current through Register Vol. 49, No.12, June 17, 2024
Section 3 CSR 10-11.130 - Vehicles, Bicycles, Horses, and Horseback RidingPURPOSE: This proposed amendment allows bicycle use yearround on five (5) additional conservation areas. This amendment would also clarify that bicycle and horseback riding are allowed outside of shooting hours during spring turkey season on thirty-one (31) areas. These thirty-one (31) areas currently allow bicycle and/or horseback riding except during all portions of the firearms deer season and spring turkey hunting seasons; this amendment will allow bicycle and horseback riding after 1 p.m. during spring turkey season.
(1) Vehicle use is restricted to graveled and paved roads and established parking areas, unless otherwise posted.(2) Bicycles are permitted only on designated multi-use trails and on roads open to vehicular traffic, unless otherwise posted. Groups of more than ten (10) people using bicycles on department areas must obtain a special use permit. Bicycles are also permitted on locations designated as service roads in the online conservation atlas, unless otherwise posted, and except as follows: (A) Bicycles are not allowed on service roads on department lands associated with nature and education centers, fish hatcheries, staffed ranges, offices, designated natural areas, and on the following department areas: 1. Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area;2. Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area;3. Henning (Ruth and Paul) Conservation Area;4. Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area;5. McCormack (Jamerson C.) Conservation Area;6. Platte Falls Conservation Area;7. Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area;8. Rocky Barrens Conservation Area;9. Star School Hill Prairie Conservation Area; and10. Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Conservation Area; and(B) Locations designated as service roads in the online conservation atlas are closed to bicycling on the conservation areas listed in section (5) of this rule during all portions of the firearms deer hunting season and the spring turkey hunting seasons.(3) Equestrian use is permitted only on designated multi-use trails and on roads open to vehicular traffic, except as provided in sections (6) and (7) of this rule. Groups of more than ten (10) people must obtain a special use permit.(4) Designated multi-use trails are open for use year-round as specified on the following department areas: (A) Areas with multi-use trails open to bicycling- 1. Big Creek Conservation Area;2. Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area;3. Columbia Bottom Conservation Area;4. Davis (The Lester R.) Memorial Forest;5. General Watkins Conservation Area;6. Hart Creek Conservation Area;7. Hinkson Woods Conservation Area;8. Howell Island Conservation Area;9. Klamberg (Roger) Woods Conservation Area;10. Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area;11. Little Prairie Conservation Area;12. Logan (William R.) Conservation Area;13. Perry County Community Lake;14. Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery;15. Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center;16. Steyermark (Julian) Woods Conservation Area;17. Sunbridge Hills Conservation Area;18. Walnut Woods Conservation Area;19. Weldon Spring Conservation Area; and20. Youngdahl (Mark) Urban Conservation Area.(B) Areas with multi-use trails open to equestrian use- 1. Forest 44 Conservation Area; and(C) Areas with multi-use trails open to bicycling and equestrian use- 1. Bicentennial Conservation Area;2. Big Buffalo Creek Conservation Area;3. Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area;4. Flag Spring Conservation Area;5. Huckleberry Ridge Conservation Area;6. Prairie Home Conservation Area;7. Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area;9. Stockton Lake Management Lands;10. Three Creeks Conservation Area;11. Wappapello Lake Management Lands; and12. Wire Road Conservation Area.(5) Designated multi-use trails are open for use as specified except during all portions of the firearms deer hunting season and the spring turkey hunting seasons during legal shooting hours for turkey on the following department areas:(A) Areas with multi-use trails open to bicycling- 1. Poosey Conservation Area (Green Hills Trail)(B) Areas with multi-use trails open to equestrian use- 1. Angeline Conservation Area; and(C) Areas with multi-use trails open to bicycling and equestrian use- 1. Apple Creek Conservation Area;2. Bennitt (Rudolf) Conservation Area;3. Bonanza Conservation Area;4. Bunch Hollow Conservation Area;5. Bushwhacker Lake Conservation Area;6. Canaan Conservation Area;7. Caney Mountain Conservation Area;8. Castor River Conservation Area;9. Compton Hollow Conservation Area;10. Daniel Boone Conservation Area;11. Deer Ridge Conservation Area;12. Fort Crowder Conservation Area;13. Gist Ranch Conservation Area;14. Heath (Charlie) Memorial Conservation Area;15. Holly Ridge Conservation Area;16. Honey Creek Conservation Area;17. Lead Mine Conservation Area;18. Little Indian Creek Conservation Area;19. Little Lost Creek Conservation Area;20. Long Ridge Conservation Area;21. Meramec Conservation Area;22. Pleasant Hope Conservation Area;23. Poosey Conservation Area (other than Green Hills Trail);24. Riverbreaks Conservation Area;25. Scrivner Road Conservation Area;26. Sever (Henry) Lake Conservation Area;27. Sugar Creek Conservation Area;28. Talbot (Robert E.) Conservation Area; and29. University Forest Conservation Area.(6) Equestrian use may be authorized by special use permit on the following department areas: (A) Atlanta Conservation Area(B) Current River Conservation Area(C) Fuson (John Alva, MD) Conservation Area(D) Indian Hills Conservation Area(E) Logan Creek Conservation Area(F) Marion Bottoms Conservation Area(G) Pony Express Lake Conservation Area(H) Ranacker Conservation Area(I) Shannon Ranch Conservation Area(J) Union Ridge Conservation Area (excluding Spring Creek Ranch Natural Area)(K) Whetstone Creek Conservation Area(7) Equestrian use is not permitted on roads open to vehicular traffic on the following department areas:(A) Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area(B) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area(C) Cuivre Island Conservation Area(D) Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area(E) Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center(F) Rockwoods Reservation(G) Saint Stanislaus Conservation Area(H) Springfield Conservation Nature Center(I) Weldon Spring Conservation Area AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. I V, Mo. Const. and section 252.240, RSMo 2000.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 104.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. Amended: Filed Sept. 25, 2009, effective March 1, 2010. Amended: Filed July 19, 2010 , effective Dec. 30, 2010. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2011 , effective March 1, 2012. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2013, effective March 1, 2014. Amended by Missouri Register January 15, 2016/Volume 41, Number 02, effective 3/1/2016'Amended by Missouri Register July 3, 2017/Volume 42, Number 13, effective 8/31/2017Amended by Missouri Register January 15, 2019/Volume 44, Number 2, effective 3/1/2019Amended by Missouri Register January 18, 2021/Volume 47, Number 2, effective 2/28/2022Amended by Missouri Register January 16, 2024/volume 49, Number 02, effective 2/29/2024.*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended 1984.