[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR7.22]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 7--SPECIAL REGULATIONS, AREAS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 7.22  Grand Teton National Park.

    (a) Aircraft--Designated airstrip. (1) Jackson Airport, located in 
SE\1/4\SE\1/4\ sec. 10, SE\1/4\ and S\1/2\SW\1/4\ sec. 11, S\1/2\ and 
NW\1/4\ sec. 14, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\ NE\1/4\ sec. 15, T. 42 N., R. 
116 W., 6th Principal Meridian.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (b) Fishing. (1) The following waters are closed to fishing: The 
Snake River for a distance of 150 feet below the downstream face of 
Jackson Lake Dam; Swan Lake; Sawmill Ponds; Hedrick's Pond; Christian 
Ponds; and Cottonwood Creek from the outlet of

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Jenny Lake downstream to the Saddle Horse Concession Bridge.
    (2) Fishing from any bridge or boat dock is prohibited.
    (3) Bait: The use or possession of fish eggs or fish for bait is 
prohibited, except it shall be permissible to possess or use the 
following dead, nongame fish for bait on or along the shores of Jackson 
Lake: Redside shiner, speckled dace, longnose dace, piute sculpin, 
mottled sculpin, Utah chub, Utah sucker, bluehead sucker, and mountain 
sucker. Authorized marine bait dealers at Jackson Lake may retain live 
bait fish in containers: Provided, That such fish have been taken from 
Jackson Lake or waters draining into Jackson Lake: And provided further, 
That such bait fish are dead when sold.
    (c) Stock grazing. (1) Privileges for the grazing of domestic 
livestock based on authorized use of certain areas at the time of 
approval of the Act of September 14, 1950 (64 Stat. 849, Pub. L. 787), 
shall continue in effect or shall be renewed from time to time, except 
for failure to comply with such terms and conditions as may be 
prescribed by the Superintendent in these regulations and after 
reasonable notice of default and subject to the following provisions of 
tenure:
    (i) Grazing privileges appurtenant to privately owned lands located 
within the park shall not be withdrawn until title to the lands to which 
such privileges are appurtenant shall have vested in the United States 
except for failure to comply with the regulations applicable thereto 
after reasonable notice of default.
    (ii) Grazing privileges appurtenant to privately owned lands located 
outside the park shall not be withdrawn for a period of twenty-five 
years after September 14, 1950, and thereafter shall continue during the 
lifetime of the original permittee and his heirs if they were members of 
his immediate family as described herein, except for failure to comply 
with the regulations applicable thereto after reasonable notice of 
default.
    (iii) Members of the immediate family are those persons who are 
related to and directly dependent upon a person or persons, living on or 
conducting grazing operations from lands, as of September 14, 1950, 
which the National Park Service recognized as base lands appurtenant to 
grazing privileges in the park. Such interpretation excludes mature 
children who, as of that date, were established in their own households 
and were not directly dependent upon the base lands and appurtenant 
grazing recognized by the National Park Service.
    (iv) If title to base lands lying outside the park is conveyed, or 
such base lands are leased to someone other than a member of the 
immediate family of the permittee as of September 14, 1950, the grazing 
preference shall be recognized only for a period of twenty-five years 
from September 14, 1950.
    (v) If title to a portion or part of the base land either outside or 
inside the park is conveyed or such base lands are leased, the new owner 
or lessee will take with the land so acquired or leased, such proportion 
of the entire grazing privileges as the grazing capacity in animal unit 
months of the tract conveyed or leased bears to the original area to 
which a grazing privilege was appurtenant and recognized. Conveyance or 
lease of all such base lands will automatically convey all grazing 
privileges appurtenant thereto.
    (vi) Grazing privileges which are appurtenant to base lands located 
either inside or outside the park shall not be conveyed separately 
therefrom.
    (2) Where no reasonable ingress or egress is available to permittees 
or nonpermittees who must cross Park lands to reach grazing allotments 
on non-Federal lands within the exterior boundary of the Park or 
adjacent thereto, the Superintendent will grant, upon request a 
temporary nonfee annual permit to herd stock on a designated driveway 
which shall specify the time to be consumed in each single drive. The 
breach of any of the terms or conditions of the permit shall be grounds 
for termination, suspension, or reduction of these privileges.
    (3) Grazing preferences are based on actual use during the period 
March 15, 1938 through September 14, 1950 and no increase in the number 
of animals or animal unit months will be allowed on Federal lands in the 
park.
    (4)(i) A permittee whose grazing privilege is appurtenant to 
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owned lands within the park will be granted total nonuse or reduced 
benefits for one or more years without nullifying his privilege in 
subsequent years.
    (ii) A permittee whose privilege is appurtenant to base lands 
outside the park may be granted total nonuse on a year to year basis not 
to exceed three consecutive years. Total nonuse beyond this time may be 
granted if necessitated for reasons clearly outside the control of the 
permittee. Total unauthorized nonuse beyond three consecutive years will 
result in the termination and loss of all grazing privileges.
    (iii) Whenever partial or total non-use is desired, an application 
must be made in writing to the Superintendent.
    (5) Grazing fees shall be the same as those approved for the Teton 
National Forest and will be adjusted accordingly.
    (6) Permittees or nonpermittees who have stock on Federal lands 
within the park at any time or place, when or where herding or grazing 
is unauthorized may be assessed fifty cents per day per animal as 
damages.
    (7) The Superintendent may accept a written relinquishment or waiver 
of any privileges; however, no such relinquishment or waiver will be 
effective without the written consent of the owner or owners of the base 
lands.
    (8) Permits. Terms and conditions. The issuance and continued 
effectiveness of all permits will be subject, in addition to mandatory 
provisions required by Executive Order or law, to the following terms 
and conditions:
    (i) The permittee and his employees shall use all possible care in 
preventing forest and range fires, and shall assist in the extinguishing 
of forest and range fires on, or within, the vicinity of the land 
described in the permit, as well as in the preservation of good order 
within the boundaries of the park.
    (ii) The Superintendent may require the permittee before driving 
livestock to or from the grazing allotment to gather his livestock at a 
designated time and place for the purpose of counting the same.
    (iii) Stock will be allowed to graze only on the allotment 
designated in the permit.
    (iv) The permittee shall file with the Superintendent a copy of his 
stock brand or other mark.
    (v) The permittee shall, upon notice from the Superintendent that 
the allotment designated in the permit is not ready to be grazed at the 
beginning of the designated grazing season, place no livestock on the 
allotment for such a period as may be determined by the Superintendent 
as necessary to avoid damage to the range. All, or a portion of the 
livestock shall be removed from the area before the expiration of the 
designated grazing season if the Superintendent determines further 
grazing would be detrimental to the range. The number of stock and the 
grazing period may be adjusted by the Superintendent at any time when 
such action is deemed necessary for the protection of the range.
    (vi) No permit shall be issued or renewed until payment of all fees 
and other amounts due the National Park Service has been made. Fees for 
permits are due the National Park Service and must be paid at least 15 
days in advance of the grazing period. No permit shall be effective to 
authorize grazing use thereunder until all fees and other amounts due 
the National Park Service have been paid. A pro rata adjustment of fees 
will be made in the event of reduction of grazing privileges granted in 
the permit, except that not more than 50 percent of the total annual 
grazing fee will be refunded in the event reduced grazing benefits are 
taken at the election of the permittee after his stock are on the range.
    (vii) No building or other structure shall be erected nor shall 
physical improvements of any kind be established under the permit except 
upon plans and specifications approved by the National Park Service. Any 
such facilities, structures, or buildings may be removed or disposed of 
to a successor permittee within three months following the termination 
of the permit; otherwise they shall become the property of the United 
States without compensation therefor.
    (viii) The permittee shall utilize the lands covered by the permit 
in a manner approved and directed by the Superintendent which will 
prevent soil

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erosion thereon and on lands adjoining same.
    (ix) The right is reserved to adjust the fees specified in the 
permit at any time to conform with the fees approved for Teton National 
Forest, and the permittee shall be furnished a notice of any change of 
fees.
    (x) All livestock are considered as mature animals at six months of 
age and are so counted in determining animal unit months and numbers of 
animals.
    (xi) The Superintendent may prescribe additional terms and 
conditions to meet individual cases.
    (9) The breach of any of the terms or conditions of the permit shall 
be grounds for termination, suspension, or reduction of grazing 
privileges.
    (10) Appeals from the decision of the Superintendent to the Regional 
Director and from the Regional Director to the Director shall be made in 
accordance with the National Park Service Order No. 14, as amended (19 
FR 8824) and Regional Director, Order No. 3, as amended (21 FR 1494).
    (11) Nothing in these regulations shall be construed as to prevent 
the enforcement of the provisions of the general rules and regulations 
and the special rules and regulations of the National Park Service or of 
any other provisions of said rules and regulations applicable to stock 
grazing.
    (d) Camping. (1) No person, party, or organization shall be 
permitted to camp more than 30 days in a calendar year in designated 
sites within the Park.
    (2) Except in group campsites and backcountry sites, camping is 
limited to six persons to a site.
    (3) Registration is required for camping at the Jenny Lake 
Campground; camping in this campground shall not exceed 10 days in any 
calendar year.
    (e) Vessels. (1) Motorboats are prohibited except on Jackson, Jenny, 
and Phelps Lakes. On Jenny Lake, motorboats are restricted to motors not 
in excess of 7\1/2\ horsepower. Additionally, on Jenny Lake, an 
authorized boating concessioner may operate motorboats under conditions 
specified by the Superintendent.
    (2) Hand-propelled vessels may be used on Jackson, Jenny, Phelps, 
Emma Matilda, Two Ocean, Taggart, Bradley, Bearpaw, Leigh, and String 
Lakes and on the Snake River, except within 1,000 feet of the downstream 
face of Jackson Lake Dam. All other waters are closed to boating.
    (3) Sailboats may be used only on Jackson Lake.
    (4) No person except an authorized concessioner shall moor or beach 
a vessel on the shore of a designated harbor area, except in an 
emergency.
    (f) Management of elk. The laws and regulations of the State of 
Wyoming shall govern elk management as associated with formal reduction 
programs. Such Wyoming laws and regulations which are now or will 
hereafter be in effect are hereby incorporated by reference as a part of 
the regulations in this part.
    (g)(1) May I operate a snowmobile in Grand Teton National Park? 
During the winter use seasons of 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, you may 
operate a snowmobile on the routes and areas designated in paragraphs 
(g)(4) and (g)(6) of this section in compliance with public use limits 
and operating standards established by the Superintendent. Effective the 
winter use season of 2004-2005, snowmobile use will be restricted to the 
routes and purposes in paragraphs (g)(10), (11), (12), and (13) of this 
section. All other snowmobile use is prohibited, except for essential 
administrative use and in emergency situations as determined by the 
Superintendent.
    (2)-(3) [Reserved]
    (4) Effective until the end of the winter use season 2002-2003, the 
following water surface is designated for snowmobile use: The frozen 
surface of Jackson Lake.
    (5) What is a winter use season? A winter use season is that portion 
of the winter months that begins each year in approximately late 
November, through the following year ending in approximately the middle 
of March. Specific dates are dependent on weather conditions and the 
availability of park facilities and resources and may be adjusted at the 
discretion of the Superintendent. Appropriate notice will be given to 
the public of determined start and ending dates each season.

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    (6) What routes and limits are designated for snowmobile use in the 
park during the winter use seasons of 2002-2003 and 2003-2004? For the 
winter use seasons of 2002-2003 and 2003-2004, the Continental Divide 
Snowmobile Trail along U.S. 26/287 from Moran to the eastern park 
boundary and along U.S. 89/287 from Moran to the north park boundary is 
designated for snowmobile use. The Superintendent may open or close this 
route after taking into consideration the location of wintering 
wildlife, appropriate snow cover, and other factors that may relate to 
public safety. During the winter use season of 2003-2004 a maximum of 25 
snowmobiles are allowed to use this route each day.
    (7) What other conditions are placed on snowmobile operations? 
Snowmobiles may be operated in the park under the following conditions:
    (i) Snowmobiles that stop on designated routes must pull over to the 
far right next to the snow berm. Stopping the vehicle in a hazardous 
location, or where the view of the vehicle might be obscured, such as on 
a curve, is prohibited. Pullouts must be utilized when available and 
accessible.
    (ii) Snowmobiles must be properly registered and display a valid 
state registration sticker.
    (iii) Snowmobile operators must possess a valid state motor vehicle 
operator's license or learner's permit. The license or permit must be 
carried on the operator's person at all times. Snowmobile operators are 
not required to possess a valid drivers license while operating on the 
public access routes designated in paragraph (g)(10) of this section and 
the private property access routes designated in paragraph (g)(12) of 
this section.
    (iv) Persons operating a snowmobile while possessing a learner's 
permit must be accompanied and supervised within line of sight, but no 
farther than 100 yards, by a responsible person 21 years of age or older 
possessing a valid state motor vehicles operator's license.
    (v) Allowing or permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a 
snowmobile is prohibited.
    (vi) Snowcoaches, and during the winter use seasons of 2002-2003 and 
2003-2004 snowmobiles, may not be operated in the park between the hours 
of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.
    (8) May I operate a snowplane in the park? If you had a permit to 
operate a snowplane on Jackson Lake during the winter use season 2000-
2001, you may obtain a permit to operate a snowplane on Jackson Lake 
during the winter use season of 2001-2002. Effective at the end of the 
winter use season 2001-2002, snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park 
is prohibited.
    (9) What is a snowplane? A snowplane is a self-propelled vehicle 
intended for over-the-snow travel and driven by a pusher-propeller.
    (10) May I continue to access public lands via snowmobile through 
the park? Reasonable and direct access via snowmobile to adjacent public 
lands will continue to be permitted on designated routes through the 
park. The following routes are designated for access via snowmobile to 
public lands:
    (i) From the parking area at Shadow Mountain directly along the 
unplowed portion of the road to the east park boundary.
    (ii) Along the unplowed portion of the Ditch Creek Road directly to 
the east park boundary.
    (iii) From the Cunningham Cabin pullout on U.S. 26/89 near Triangle 
X to the east park boundary.
    (11) For what purpose may I use the routes designated in paragraph 
(g)(10) of this section? You may use those routes designated in 
paragraph (g)(10) of this section to gain direct access to public lands 
adjacent to the park boundary.
    (12) May I continue to access private property within or adjacent to 
the park via snowmobile? Reasonable and direct access via snowmobile to 
private property will continue to be permitted via designated routes in 
the park. The following routes are designated for access to private 
property within or adjacent to the park:
    (i) The unplowed portion of Antelope Flats Road off U.S. 26/89 to 
private lands in the Craighead Subdivision.
    (ii) The unplowed portion of the Teton Park Road to that piece of 
land commonly referred to as the ``Clark Property''.
    (iii) From the Moose-Wilson Road to the land commonly referred to as 
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``Barker Property'' until the Department of the Interior takes full 
possession of that land.
    (iv) From the Moose-Wilson Road to the land commonly referred to as 
the ``Wittimer Property'' until the Department of the Interior takes 
full possession of that land.
    (v) From the Moose-Wilson Road to those two pieces of land commonly 
referred to as the ``Halpin Properties''.
    (vi) From either end of the plowed sections of the Moose-Wilson Road 
to that piece of land commonly referred to as the ``JY Ranch''.
    (vii) From Highway 26/89/187 to those lands commonly referred to as 
the ``Meadows'', the ``Circle EW Ranch'', the ``Moulton Property, the 
``Levinson Property'' and the ``West Property''.
    (viii) From Cunningham Cabin pullout on U.S. 26/89 near Triangle X 
the piece of land commonly referred to as the ``Lost Creek Ranch''.
    (ix) Maps detailing designated routes will be available from Park 
Headquarters.
    (13) For what purpose may I use the routes designated in paragraph 
(g)(12) of this section? Those routes designated in paragraph (g)(12) of 
this section are to access private property within or directly adjacent 
to the park boundary. Use of these roads via snowmobile is authorized 
only for the landowners and their representatives or guests. 
Recreational use of these roads by anyone is prohibited.
    (14) Are there any other forms of over-snow transportation allowed 
in the park? No other forms of motorized over-snow transportation are 
permitted for use in the park unless specifically approved by the 
Superintendent and are consistent with the requirements of the 
applicable Executive Orders and the park's management plans.

[24 FR 11043, Dec. 30, 1959, as amended at 27 FR 9515, Sept. 26, 1962; 
32 FR 7772, May 27, 1967; 36 FR 16065, Aug. 19, 1971; 48 FR 19171, Apr. 
28, 1983; 48 FR 30294, June 30, 1983; 60 FR 13630, Mar. 14, 1995; 60 FR 
55791, Nov. 3, 1995; 66 FR 7267, Jan. 22, 2001; 67 FR 69477, Nov. 18, 
2002]