23-1-128. Limits on camping in riparian areas and operation of off-highway vehicles, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 23. PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND GAMBLING

CHAPTER 1. PARKS

Part 1. State Parks

Limits On Camping In Riparian Areas And Operation Of Off-Highway Vehicles

23-1-128. Limits on camping in riparian areas and operation of off-highway vehicles. (1) In order to protect riparian vegetation, provide for stable streambanks, reduce erosion, and provide for nutrient barriers to protect the quality of rivers and streams, camping in a motor vehicle, as defined in 61-1-101, is discouraged within 25 feet of a river or stream in state parks and fishing access sites.

(2) The operation of an off-highway vehicle, as defined in 23-2-801, within state parks and fishing access sites is prohibited except:

(a) for administrative purposes; or

(b) as designated by the department on roads, trails, or specific areas.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 474, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 542, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 191, L. 2011.