SECTIONS 10740-10741 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 10740-10741

10740. It is unlawful for any person other than a legally
constituted peace officer or officer or employee of the Forest
Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the
department, or of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or
county fish and game wardens or their duly authorized
representatives, to travel by motor boat, automobile, motorcycle, or
other type of motorized vehicle, or, except for emergencies and for
rescue and aerial search for rescue purposes, to land an airplane,
helicopter, or similar equipment, within the boundaries of a
primitive, wilderness, or wild area closed to the above modes of
travel as established by a duly authorized officer of the Forest
Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and recorded
in the office of the Regional Headquarters of the Pacific-Southwest
Region of the Forest Service of the United States Department of
Agriculture and with the department.

10741. Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting
access over any road or trail in any such area to any land to which
any person is entitled to possession by such person or any person
authorized by him to use such road or trail as a means of access to
the land; provided, that none of the motorized vehicles or aircraft
mentioned in Section 10740 shall be used by any person as a means of
gaining access to the wilderness areas for the purpose of hunting or
fishing. Nor shall anyone having a lawful right to enter a wilderness
area with a motorized vehicle or aircraft fish or hunt while within
the area after having entered the area with a motorized vehicle or
aircraft.