OAR 141-088-0250: Periodic Closure for State-Owned Property on Crump Lake in Lake County

(1) All state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Department of State Lands that are located within and around Crump Lake, beginning at the southern boundary of Township 38 South, terminating at Stone Bridge located at 42.354731 degrees North, 119.838867 degrees West, are closed to: (a) All access by motorized vehicles or pedestrian traffic. Excepted from this restriction are government personnel on official business, vehicles and persons involved in rescue or emergency activities, adjacent landowners inspecting or maintaining fences, and hunters on foot in possession of valid controlled hunt tags for Beatys Butte Wildlife Management Unit, actively engaged in scouting or hunting deer or antelope, or unless otherwise authorized by the department in writing through the Real Property Program. (b) The collection, removal, defacement, or destruction of any archaeological site, objects, or artifacts, including arrowheads, as defined by ORS 358.905(1)(a), unless otherwise authorized by the Department in writing and consistent with permit issued by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) under ORS 390.235. (2) The Department will determine closure based on when the water is no longer touching the foundational rocks located along the parallel `line of Tern Island, located at 42.284049 degrees North. The Department has sole discretion to determine when the water level meets the criteria for closure. The closure will be posted on all designated public access routes. Upon posting, the official closure through this rule becomes effective. (3) The Department will determine when to lift the closure based on when the water level refills and is again touching the foundational rocks described above. The Department has sole discretion to determine when the water level meets the criteria to lift the closure. The Department will provide notice that the closure is lifted by replacing the closure signs with signs confirming access is open. In the absence of signs, the public will assume the closure is in place unless confirmed in writing by the Department.