TITLE 38

FORESTRY, FOREST PRODUCTS AND STUMPAGE DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 1

IDAHO FORESTRY ACT

38-116.  Campfires — Acts prohibited — Penalty. (1) No person shall during the closed season:

a.  Set or cause to be set a campfire upon forest or range lands without clearing the ground immediately around such fire free from material which will carry fire.

b.  Set or cause to be set a campfire against a stump, log, living or dead trees, or snag or dangerously near to any material which will carry fire.

c.  Set or cause to be set a campfire when the wind is blowing to such an extent as to cause danger of the campfire spreading.

d.  Set or cause to be set a campfire at a camping place incompatible with public safety and not in compliance with all the provisions of this chapter.

e.  Leave a campfire burning or unattended.

f.  Permit a campfire to spread.

(2)  Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed a petty misdemeanor.

History:

[38-116, added 1972, ch. 401, sec. 2, p. 1164.]