Nevada § 472.510 - Activities which may be prohibited or restricted; public announcement and posting of prohibited or restricted activities; cooperation and collaboration with relevant federal, state and local agencies; applicability; penalty

§ 472.510. Activities which may be prohibited or restricted; public announcement and posting of prohibited or restricted activities; cooperation and collaboration with relevant federal, state and local agencies; applicability; penalty

1. The State Forester Firewarden may prohibit or restrict the following activities

on any lands within the jurisdiction of the State Forester Firewarden when a danger

to public safety or natural resources exists because of conditions which create a

high risk of fire: (a) The operation in an area of timber, brush or grass of a motor vehicle or other

item of equipment powered by a motor: (1) If the motor does not have a spark arrestor as required by law; or (2) If the operator does not have in his or her possession an ax, shovel and at least

1 gallon of water; (b) The operation in an area of timber, brush or grass of a motor vehicle off an existing

paved, gravel or dirt road; (c) The smoking of tobacco or other substances in any place other than a motor vehicle

or an area cleared of flammable vegetation; (d) Setting an open fire in any place other than in a fireplace located in an established

picnic area or campground; or (e) Other activities, if specified in regulations adopted by the State Forester Firewarden

and the prohibition or restriction is related to reducing a high risk of fire, but these prohibitions and restrictions do not apply in established campgrounds or

picnic areas, beaches or places of habitation or to travel on state or federal highways. 2. The State Forester Firewarden shall make a public announcement and post signs in

any area where the State Forester Firewarden has prohibited or restricted any activities. 3. The State Forester Firewarden shall, upon finding that a danger to public safety

or to natural resources no longer exists, make known to the public the end of any

prohibition or restriction in that area. 4. The State Forester Firewarden shall cooperate and collaborate with the relevant

federal, state and local agencies in prohibiting or restricting activities pursuant

to this section. 5. The provisions of this section apply only to specified prohibitions or restrictions

and do not confer upon the State Forester Firewarden the power to prohibit access

to land. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.