3 CSR 10-11.130: Vehicles, Bicycles, Horses, and Horseback Riding

(2) Bicycles are permitted only on designated multi-use trails and on roads open to vehicular traffic, unless otherwise posted. Groups of more than ten (10) people using bicycles on department areas must obtain a special use permit. Bicycles are also permitted on locations designated as service roads in the online conservation atlas, unless otherwise posted, and except as follows:

(A) Bicycles are not allowed on service roads on department lands associated with nature and education centers, fish hatcheries, staffed ranges, offices, designated natural areas, and on the following department areas:

1. Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area;

2. Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area;

3. Henning (Ruth and Paul) Conservation Area;

4. Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area;

5. McCormack (Jamerson C.) Conservation Area;

6. Platte Falls Conservation Area;

7. Prairie Fork Conservation Area;

[7.]8. Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area;

[8.]9. Rocky Barrens Conservation Area;

[9.]10. Star School Hill Prairie Conservation Area and

[10.]11. Twenty-Five Mile Prairie Conservation Area.

(7) Equestrian use is not permitted on roads open to vehicular traffic on the following department areas:

(A) Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area;

(B) Busch (August A.) Memorial Conservation Area;

(C) Cuivre Island Conservation Area;

(D) Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area;

(E) Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center;

(F) Prairie Fork Conservation Area;

[(F)](G) Rockwoods Reservation;

[(G)](H) Saint Stanislaus Conservation Area;

[(H)](I) Springfield Conservation Nature Center; and

[(I)](J) Weldon Spring Conservation Area.

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const., and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10-4.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed February 7, 2025.

PUBLIC COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.