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PicnickinQ Picnicking in the Park is allowed subject to the following:
<br /> (a) No person ar group shall assume exclusive use of a picnic site or shelter.
<br /> (b) No person or group shall set up temporary shelters,tents, tarps, canopies and other such devices without
<br /> authorization by permit.
<br /> Permits A Permit shall be obtained from the City of Orono for holding any special event, activity or use in
<br /> Big Island Nature Park. A list of such events, activities and uses is on file in the office of the Ciry Clerk. A
<br /> permit is required for any use that could potentially have a detrimental effect on Park property or other Park
<br /> users. Contact the City Offices at 952-249-4600 for more information.
<br /> Reservations It is the policy of the City of Orono that no facilities within Big Island Nature Park shall be
<br /> reserved nor designated for exclusive use by any individual, group or organization.
<br /> Alcol:ol/Dru�s The sale, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in the Park is prohibited. State
<br /> laws apply to possession and use of drugs.
<br /> Firearms, etc. Firearms, explosives, slingshots, bows and arrows, paintball guns and other weapons are
<br /> prohibited in the Parh at all times. Dischar�e of firecrackers or fireworks or detonation of explosive devices
<br /> of any kind in the Park is prohibited.
<br /> Conduct Park visitors shall not use offensive language, make unreasonable noise, discharbe weapons or
<br /> fireworks, or engage in offensive gestures or conduct constituting disorderly conduct under state law. No
<br /> person shall engage in nudity or seaual conduct, or audibly express obscenities, in the Park. No person
<br /> shall mark, paint, write or post bills upon, deface or in any other way damage, destroy, alter, injure or
<br /> remove any structure, equipment, sign or placard, natural ar cultivated plantings, or other thing that is
<br /> situated in the Park.
<br /> Noise/flrrenlification The operation or use of loudspeakers, sound amplifiers, or other devices for the
<br /> production or reproduction of sound is prohibited in the Park. The operation or use of any radio,
<br /> phonograph, television or other machine ar device for the production or reproduction of sound in such a
<br /> manner as to be disturbing or a nuisance to reasonable persons of normal sensitivity within the area of
<br /> audibility is prohibited in the Park. Live bands are prohibited in the Park.
<br /> Animals & Pets Dogs and cats brought into the Park shall be under the owner's physical control and
<br /> effectively restrained by means of a leash or chain no more than six (6) feet in length, and shall be kept
<br /> from disturbing persons, wild animals and wildfowl. Pets are prohibited in the swimming beach area. The
<br /> owner of a pet shall have in his possession at all times equipment for the removal of any feces deposited by
<br /> such pet; and, upon such deposit being made, shall use such equipment for the immediate removal and
<br /> sanitary disposition of such feces.
<br /> Natural Resources All plant and animal life within the boundaries of Big Island Nature Park is protected.
<br /> Patrons shall not intentionally alter, destroy, or remove any live or dead vegetation, except upon approval
<br /> by the City of Orono and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. No person may kill, harm, harass,
<br /> pursue, hunt, trap, remove, feed or in any manner disturb any species of wildlife, except fishing is allowed
<br /> in designated areas pursuant to the State game laws, except upon written approval of the City of Orono and
<br /> the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. No person shall intentionally remove, alter, injure, or destroy
<br /> habitat used by any species, including but not limited to nests, dams or burrows.
<br /> Cultural Resources All sites, objects, buildings, ar�ifacts, implements, and locations of historical,
<br /> archaeological, geologic, scientific or educational interest of every character located in, on, or under the
<br /> surface of Big Island Nature Park are protected. No person may remove, excavate, take, dig into, or destroy
<br /> any site, object, building, artifact, implement or location of archaeological, geological, scientific or
<br /> historical interest without having first obtained written permission from the City of Orono.
<br /> Further information: City of Orono,27�0 Kelley Parkway, Orono,MN 55356
<br /> Phone: 952-249-4600 Fax: 9�2-249-4616 Website: ��.ci.orono.mn.us
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