Cartwheel Bay Heritage Preserve

Regulations

Visitation and use of this Heritage Preserve are governed by regulations to promote public enjoyment of the land while preserving the features that make it special. Written below is an abbreviated version of the regulations. Additional regulations apply: (http://www.scstatehouse.net/regs/2685.doc). Please contact South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) at 803-734-3886 for more information on the regulations for use of this preserve. Please report violations to 1-800-922-5431.

1. Heritage preserves are open for public use from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset unless otherwise posted or publicized. Exceptions may occur for a special hunting season or field trip, in designated camping areas, or for approved research or other projects.
2. Parking is allowed only for preserve visitors and only in designated areas (which may be parking lots and/or roadsides, depending on the preserve). Any other parking is prohibited. No vehicle shall block any road, regardless of whether the road is gated.
3. Collection, removal, or possession of, or damaging or destroying any nongame animal, plant, rock, fossil, artifact or ecofact, or the possession of a metal detector on a Heritage Preserve are all prohibited without written permission from the SCDNR.
4. No person shall abuse, damage, deface or destroy land, structures, signs or improvements on this preserve.
5. There shall be no placement of trash, debris, rubbish, waste, or chemicals on the preserve.
6. The consumption or display of any alcoholic beverage while operating or riding as a passenger in any vehicle and public drunkenness is not allowed. Alcoholic beverages may only be consumed by a person of lawful age only while camping at a designated campsite.
7. Camping and fires are not permitted unless areas have been designated or special written permission from SCDNR has been granted.
8. All terrain vehicles (ATVs) are prohibited on all Heritage Preserves.
9. Motorized vehicles are allowed only on designated roadways. Bicycles, horses and other conveyances are allowed only on designated trails of specified preserves.
10. Hunting is allowed only on designated preserves and only in accordance with Wildlife Management Area regulations.
11. Firearms are not allowed, except on heritage preserves designated as Wildlife Management Areas and then only in accordance with Wildlife Management Area regulations, or as otherwise provided by state law. Target and other practice shooting are prohibited.
12. No plants, animals or other organisms may be introduced on the property.
13. All or part of a Heritage Preserve may be closed to the public to protect a species of concern, or natural, cultural, historical, or archaeological features.
14. Violators will be prosecuted.

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