Sec. 26-101. Wildlife refuges and closed areas.
Sec. 26-101. Wildlife refuges and closed areas. The commissioner may establish
wildlife refuges, closed areas or safety zones on public lands or waters or, providing he
first obtains the necessary written consent, on private lands and waters. The commissioner may close any such area, or portion of any such area, to hunting, trapping, fishing,
other public use, or trespassing, when he determines such closure to be necessary for
the management of any wildlife or plant species or for public safety. The commissioner
shall cause notice of such closure, including the length of any such closure, to be posted
near the boundary lines or near any area, or portion of any area, closed pursuant to this
section. Any person who uses any area in violation of any such notice of closure shall
be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than sixty days
or both.
(1955, S. 2482d, 2507d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 287; P.A. 97-250, S. 2.)
History: 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to board of fisheries
and game; P.A. 97-250 made technical and grammatical changes, added criteria for closure of areas under this section,
required posting of notice of such closure and provided that the penalty under this section applies in the case of a use of
an area in violation of such notice.