treasurejack
To the best of my knowledge federal lands have a uniform policy but you can always contact the district ranger or BLM office who is over the area where you plan to go. If you let me know where you plan to be I can look up the DRs contact info for you.
I had a cordial and helpful response from everyone that I have contact with in respect to the US Forest Service offices.
In most places out in the boonies it's not a big deal but wilderness areas, national monuments are off limits and the rules concerning historic sites apply statewide. Avoid looting "abandoned" structures some folks come here and mistakely assume they are fair game but it can be jail time. A large portion of the state is unpopulated or very sparsely populated so you may not even see anyone else for the duration of your stay depending on where.
I looked up the state code and here is the official language this is kind of broad but includes the entire code verbatim.
65A-3-1.
Trespassing on state lands -- Penalties.
(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and liable for the civil damages prescribed in Subsection (2) if he:
(a) without written authorization from the division:
(i) removes, extracts, uses, consumes, or destroys any mineral resource, gravel, sand, soil, vegetation, or improvement on state lands;
(ii) grazes livestock on state lands;
(iii) uses, occupies, or constructs improvements or structures on state lands;
(iv) uses or occupies state lands for more than 30 days after the cancellation or expiration of written authorization;
(v) knowingly and willfully uses state lands for commercial gain; or
(vi) appropriates, alters, injures, or destroys any historical, prehistorical, archaeological, or paleontological resource on state lands; or
(b) uses or occupies state lands in violation of division rules.
(2) A person who commits any act described in Subsection (1) is liable for damages in the amount of:
(a) three times the value of the mineral or other resource removed, destroyed, or extracted;
(b) three times the amount of damage committed; or
(c) three times the consideration which would have been charged by the division for use of the land during the period of trespass.
(3) In addition to the damages described in Subsection (2), a person found guilty of a misdemeanor under Subsection (1) is subject to the penalties provided in Section 76-3-204.
(4) Money collected under this section shall be deposited in the fund in which like revenues from that land would be deposited.
Amended by Chapter 267, 1995 General Session
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65A-3-2.
Prohibited acts on state lands.
(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who:
(a) throws or places any lighted cigarette, cigar, firecracker, ashes, or other flaming or glowing substance which may cause a fire on a highway or wildland;
(b) obstructs the state forester, or any of his deputies, in the performance of controlling a fire;
(c) refuses, on proper request of the state forester or any of his deputies, to assist in the controlling of a fire, without good and sufficient reason; or
(d) fires any tracer or incendiary ammunition anywhere except within the confines of established military reservations.
(2) Fines assessed under this section are deposited in the General Fund.
Enacted by Chapter 121, 1988 General Session
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City park regs are determined by the government of the city in question. Some are closed already due to damage done by the unthinking MDers leaving holes and grass damage. Any where else permission is the key as far as I am concerned. Where vacant lots are concerned if the lot is in a commercial area most of the time people just go at it without permission it seems.
There are some outstanding places to go fly fishing here. Lots of clear streams and rivers. The waters are mostly from snowmelt and springs so in the spring and early summer can be cold. Whirling disease in trout exists in a few areas so there you wash up your gear before leaving a known infected area just get the mud off. Here's a link to the state wildlife site.
http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/index.php
OB
