Section 0080-07-01-.04 - CAMPING(1) The district forester can restrict camping in any state forest, including the locations and the times camping is allowed. The district forester shall impose emergency restrictions whenever in the opinion of the district forester, conditions in an area normally open to the public are such as to endanger natural resources or the public.(2) Camping and the use of trailers or other camper units are allowed only at designated locations. The district forester will issue written permits to persons to camp in backcountry or other isolated sections of a forest area. The district forester can designate portions of a forest area in which such permits will not be required by posting appropriate signs or marking on a map, which shall be available for public inspection in the District Office.(3) Quiet will be maintained in all campgrounds between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.(4) Unless it is prohibited by the district forester by the posting of appropriate signs, the gathering of wood for use as fuel in campgrounds or picnic areas is limited to dead material on the ground.(5) Campers must remove all camping equipment, clean camping sites and return them to their natural condition before leaving.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0080-07-01-.04
Original rule filed December 6, 2000; effective April 30, 2001. Repeal and new rule filed August 17, 2007; effective December 28, 2007.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-201 et seq.,11-1-101 et seq., 11-4-101 et seq., and Executive Order No. 41 (February 4, 1991).