040-23 Wyo. Code R. §§ 23-3 - Definitions

Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, W. S. § 31-1-101, Commission regulations and the Commission also adopts the following definitions:

(a) "Acceptably stored" means stored in an Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) approved food storage container; stored in a bear-resistant container; stored in a closed vehicle constructed of solid non-pliable materials; suspended at least ten (10) feet clear of the ground and all points; or stored within Department provided containers.

(b) "Antiquities" means prehistoric ruins and artifacts.

(c) "Camp" means to establish temporary occupancy by means of motor vehicles, camp trailers, campers, horse trailers, tents, lean-tos, other man-made structures or sleeping equipment.

(d) "Commercial or business use" means those activities that involve the direct sale of commodities or services on lands and waters acquired or administered by the Commission.

(e) "Conservation easement" means a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and the Commission to conserve wildlife habitat and traditional farm and ranch uses where conserving those uses supports wildlife habitat.

(f) "Department publication" means any document publicly circulated by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in the form of a magazine, pamphlet, poster, brochure, letter or broadcast online by website, E-mail or other electronic media.

(g) "Designated road" means an established road marked with a white arrow sign.

(h) "Established road" means any road or trail that has been graded or constructed to carry motor vehicles or on which repeated legal motor vehicle traffic has created well-defined tracks.

(i) "High-lined" means to tether recreational livestock in such a manner the livestock cannot forage for natural vegetation and the livestock are not tethered to a single tree.

(j) "Human presence" means a person physically occupying, entering upon or traveling upon lands or waters acquired or administered by the Commission.

(k) "Lands and waters acquired or administered" means lands and waters acquired by the Commission by purchase, deed, lease, agreement, gift or devise for the management, restoration, propagation or protection of wildlife or for public hunting, fishing or trapping or for the conservation of wildlife habitat or traditional farm and ranch uses where conserving those uses supports wildlife habitat or traditional farm and ranch uses.

(l) "Lands enrolled in the Department's Access Yes Program" means lands and waters in any of the Department's access programs, including but not limited to Walk-In Areas, Hunter Management Areas, Hunter Management Access Programs or Fish Management Areas. The Commission administers these lands through written agreements of up to five (5) years to provide managed public access for hunting or fishing. Commission owned lands may be included to provide managed public access.

(m) "Limited range weapons" means muzzle-loading firearms, shotguns, archery equipment, handguns or air rifles.

(n) "Motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle as defined in Wyoming Statute Title 31-1-101 (a)(xv) including but not limited to a motor home, motorcycle, passenger car, truck, electric bike, off-road recreational vehicle and multipurpose vehicle.

(o) "Off-road recreational vehicle" means any wheeled or tracked motorized vehicle designed primarily for off-road, recreational or cross country travel on or over land, snow, ice or other natural terrain regardless of ORV permit or registration/license status.

(p) "Open fire" means any outdoor fire including wood stoves and charcoal fires used for warmth, cooking, pleasure or for any other purpose.

(q) "Permission slip" means any document produced by the Department authorizing the use of lands enrolled in the Department Access Yes Program.

(r) "Public use" means any non-commercial use by the public on lands and waters acquired or administered by the Commission. Public use shall be determined by the Department and shall be consistent with the Commission's goal to enhance or manage wildlife, wildlife habitat or access and shall not conflict with the purpose for which lands and waters were acquired or are administered.

(s) "Recreational livestock" means animals used for recreational purposes such as for riding, pulling wagons or sleighs, or packing of gear and harvested animals.

(t) "Recreational shooting" means shooting firearms that does not involve the taking of wildlife.

(u) "Special use" means any activity that is not defined as public use or any use that could conflict with the purpose for which the land or water was acquired or is administered by the Commission.

(v) "Trapping" means the taking of a furbearing animal or a predatory animal by the use of a trap or snare.

(w) "Water control structure" means a structure in an irrigation, drainage or other water management system that conveys water, controls direction or rate of flow or maintains a desired water surface elevation. Water control structures include but are not limited to solar wells, delivery systems, tanks, pumps, headgates, stilling basins, checks, pipelines or other systems used to create or protect fish and wildlife habitat.

(x) "Wood cutting" means the felling or removal of standing trees, shrubs or woody plants on lands and waters acquired or administered by the Commission.

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040-23 Wyo. Code R. §§ 23-3

Amended, Eff. 6/3/2015. Amended, Eff. 10/25/2016. Amended, Eff. 5/15/2024.