36 CFR §261.9
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The following are prohibited:
- (a)Damaging any natural feature or other property of the United States.
- (b)Removing any natural feature or other property of the United States.
- (c)Damaging any plant that is classified as a threatened, endangered, sensitive, rare, or unique species.
- (d)Removing any plant that is classified as a threatened, endangered, sensitive, rare, or unique species.
- (e)Entering any building, structure, or enclosed area owned or controlled by the United States when such building, structure, or enclosed area is not open to the public.
- (f)Using any pesticide except for personal use as an insect repellent or as provided by special-use authorization for other minor uses.
- (g)Digging in, excavating, disturbing, injuring, destroying, or in any way damaging any prehistoric, historic, or archaeological resource, structure, site, artifact, or property.
- (h)Removing any prehistoric, historic, or archaeological resource, structure, site, artifact, property.
- (i)Excavating, damaging, or removing any cave resource from a cave without a special use authorization, or removing any cave resource for commercial purposes.
- (j)Damaging or removing without authorization any personal property that belongs to another person.