Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6

Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-22-6-1

Sec. 11. (a) An individual must not take or chase a wild animal, other than a fish, in a state park or a state historic site except for employees of the department that are authorized to take a nonendangered:

1. (1) nonmigratory bird;
2. (2) mute swan;
3. (3) mammal; or
4. (4) reptile;

on a state park that is causing damage or threatening to cause damage or creating a public safety or health threat.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the property manager of a state park may authorize an individual to take a raccoon, Virginia opossum, striped skunk, beaver, or muskrat on that property that is causing damage or threatening to cause damage or creating a public safety or health threat:

1. (1) with written permission from the property manager; and
2. (2) with a nuisance wild animal control permit issued under 312 IAC 9-10-11 or with a valid trapping license if taken during the season established in 312 IAC 9-3 for that species.

(c) Fishing in a state park or state historic site is subject to 312 IAC 9-6, 312 IAC 9-7, and 312 IAC 9-8.

(d) An individual qualified under this subsection may trap any European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) from the Falls of the Ohio State Park and the adjacent federal Falls of the Ohio Wildlife Conservation Area in Clarksville, Indiana. In order to qualify under this subsection, an individual must do each of the following:

1. (1) Possess a written authorization from the division of state parks.
2. (2) Comply with any terms in the written authorization. These terms shall include a requirement that a European wall lizard can be taken only with approved methods.
3. (3) For the federal Falls of the Ohio Wildlife Conservation Area, comply with any other terms in the written authorization that are required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

(Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 9-2-11; filed May 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2701; readopted filed Jul 28, 2003, 12:00 p.m.: 27 IR 286; filed Sep 19, 2003, 8:14 a.m.: 27 IR 459; filed Apr 1, 2008, 10:28 a.m.: 20080430-IR-312070735FRA; readopted filed Nov 24, 2008, 11:08 a.m.: 20081210-IR-312080672RFA; filed Mar 12, 2010, 1:28 p.m.: 20100407-IR-312090479FRA; readopted filed May 20, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20140618-IR-312140017RFA; filed Jun 21, 2018, 1:45 p.m.: 20180718-IR-312170436FRA; readopted filed Sep 18, 2019, 1:16 p.m.: 20191016-IR-312190325RFA; readopted filed Mar 25, 2025, 9:50 a.m.: 20250423-IR-312240574RFA)