571—61.2 (461A) Definitions.
“Bank”  or “shoreline”  means the zone of contact of a body of water with the land and an area within 25 feet of the water’s edge.
“Basic unit”  or “basic camping unit”  means the portable shelter used by one to six persons.
“Beach” is as defined in rule 571—64.1(461A).
“Beach house open shelter” means a building located on the beach which is open on two or more sides and which may or may not have a fireplace.
“Cabin” means a small, one-story dwelling of simple construction which is available for rental on a daily or weekly basis.
“Call center” means a phone center where operators process all telephone reservations, reservation changes and reservation cancellations for camping and rental facilities.
“Camping” means the erecting of a tent or shelter of natural or synthetic material or placing a sleeping bag or other bedding material on the ground or parking a motor vehicle, motor home, or trailer for the apparent purpose of overnight occupancy.
“Centralized reservation system” means a system that processes reservations using more than one method to accept reservations. Each method simultaneously communicates to a centralized database at a reservation contractor location to ensure that no campsite or rental facility is booked more than once.
“Chaperoned, organized youth group” means a group of persons 17 years of age and under, which is sponsored by and accompanied by adult representatives of a formal organization including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of America, a church, or Young Men’s or Young Women’s Christian Association. “Chaperoned, organized youth group” does not include families of members of a formal organization.
“Fishing” means taking or attempting to take fish by utilizing hook, line and bait as defined in Iowa Code section 481A.72, or use of permitted devices for taking rough fish as determined by Iowa Code sections 461A.42 and 481A.76.
“Free climbing” means climbing with the use of hands and feet only and without the use of ropes, pins and other devices normally associated with rappelling and rock climbing.
“Group camp” means those camping areas at Dolliver Memorial State Park, Springbrook State Park and Lake Keomah State Park where organized groups (i.e., family groups or youth groups) may camp. Dining hall facilities are available.
“Immediate family” means spouses, parents or legal guardians, domestic partners, dependent children and grandparents.
“Lodge” means a day-use building which is enclosed on all four sides and may have kitchen facilities such as a stove or refrigerator and which is available for rent on a daily basis. “Lodge” does not include buildings that are open on two or more sides and that contain fireplaces only.
“Modern area” means a camping area which has showers and flush toilets.
“Nonmodern area” means a camping area in which no showers are provided and which contains only pit-type latrines or flush-type toilets. Potable water may or may not be available to campers.
“Open shelter” means a building which is open on two or more sides and which may or may not include a fireplace.
“Open shelter with kitchenette” means a building which is open on two or more sides and contains a lockable, enclosed kitchen area.
“Organized youth group campsite” means a designated camping area within or next to the main campground where chaperoned, organized youth groups may camp.
“Persons with disabilities parking permit” means an identification device bearing the international symbol of accessibility that is issued by the Iowa department of transportation or similar devices that are issued by other states. The device can be a hanging device or on a motor vehicle as a plate or sticker as provided in Iowa Code section 321L.2 or 321L.9.
“Person with physical disability” means an individual, commonly termed a paraplegic or quadriplegic, with paralysis or a physical condition of the lower half of the body with the involvement of both legs, usually due to disease or injury to the spinal cord; a person who is a single or double amputee of the legs; or a person with any other physical affliction which makes it impossible to ambulate successfully in park or recreation area natural surroundings without the use of a wheeled conveyance.
“Possession” means exercising dominion or control with or without ownership over property.
“Prohibited activity” means any activity other than fishing as defined in this chapter including, but not limited to, picnicking and camping.
“Property” means personal property such as goods, money, or domestic animals.
“Recreation areas” means the following areas that have been designated by action of the natural resource commission:

Area	County	
Badger Creek Recreation Area	Madison	
Brushy Creek Recreation Area	Webster	
Claire Wilson Park	Dickinson	
Emerson Bay and Lighthouse	Dickinson	
Fairport Recreation Area	Muscatine	
Lower Gar Access	Dickinson	
Marble Beach	Dickinson	
Mines of Spain Recreation Area	Dubuque	
Pioneer Recreation Area	Mitchell	
Pleasant Creek Recreation Area	Linn	
Templar Park	Dickinson	
Volga River Recreation Area	Fayette	
Wilson Island Recreation Area	Pottawattamie	
These areas are managed for multiple uses, including public hunting, and are governed by rules established in this chapter as well as in 571—Chapters 52 and 105.
“Refuse” means trash, garbage, rubbish, waste papers, bottles or cans, debris, litter, oil, solvents, liquid or solid waste or other discarded material.
“Rental facilities” means those facilities that may be rented on a daily or nightly basis and includes open shelters, open shelters with kitchenettes, beach house open shelters, lodges, cabins, yurts and group camps.
“Reservation transaction fees” means fees as given in this chapter to process a reservation, change a reservation or cancel a reservation.
“Reservation window” means a rolling period of time in which a person may reserve a campsite or rental facility.
“Scuba diving” means swimming with the aid of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
“State park” means the following areas managed by the state and designated by action of the natural resource commission:

Area	County	
A. A. Call	Kossuth	
Backbone	Delaware	
Banner Lakes at Summerset	Warren	
Beed’s Lake	Franklin	
Bellevue	Jackson	
Big Creek	Polk	
Black Hawk	Sac	
Cedar Rock	Buchanan	
Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo	
Dolliver Memorial	Webster	
Elinor Bedell	Dickinson	
Elk Rock	Marion	
Fort Atkinson	Winneshiek	
Fort Defiance	Emmet	
Geode	Henry and Des Moines	
George Wyth	Black Hawk	
Green Valley	Union	
Gull Point	Dickinson	
Honey Creek	Appanoose	
Lacey-Keosauqua	Van Buren	
Lake Ahquabi	Warren	
Lake Anita	Cass	
Lake Darling	Washington	
Lake Keomah	Mahaska	
Lake Macbride	Johnson	
Lake Manawa	Pottawattamie	
Lake of Three Fires	Taylor	
Lake Wapello	Davis	
Ledges	Boone	
Lewis and Clark	Monona	
Maquoketa Caves	Jackson	
McIntosh Woods	Cerro Gordo	
Mini-Wakan	Dickinson	
Nine Eagles	Decatur	
Okamanpedan	Emmet	
Palisades-Kepler	Linn	
Pikes Peak	Clayton	
Pikes Point	Dickinson	
Pilot Knob	Winnebago	
Pine Lake	Hardin	
Prairie Rose	Shelby	
Preparation Canyon	Monona	
Red Haw	Lucas	
Rice Lake	Winnebago	
Rock Creek	Jasper	
Shimek Forest Campground	Lee	
Springbrook	Guthrie	
Stephens Forest Campground	Lucas	
Stone	Plymouth and Woodbury	
Trapper’s Bay	Dickinson	
Twin Lakes	Calhoun	
Union Grove	Tama	
Viking Lake	Montgomery	
Walnut Woods	Polk	
Wanata	Clay	
Wapsipinicon	Jones	
Waubonsie	Fremont	
Wildcat Den	Muscatine	
Yellow River Forest Campground	Allamakee	
Use and management of these areas are governed by Iowa Code chapter 461A and by other restrictions prescribed on area signs pursuant to Iowa Code section 461A.44.
“State park managed by a management company” means the following area established by Iowa Code chapter 463C:

Area	County	
Honey Creek Resort State Park	Appanoose	
Use and management of this area are governed by rules established in this chapter, as well as by the indenture of trust entered into by and among the department, the treasurer of state, the Honey Creek Premiere Destination Park bond authority as established by Iowa Code chapter 463C, and Banker’s Trust Corporation, dated October 1, 2006.
“State park managed by another governmental entity” means the following areas designated by action of the natural resource commission:

Area	County	
Bobwhite	Wayne	
Browns Lake-Bigelow Park	Woodbury	
Cold Springs	Cass	
Crystal Lake	Hancock	
Eagle Lake	Hancock	
Echo Valley	Fayette	
Frank A. Gotch	Humboldt	
Galland School	Lee	
Heery Woods	Butler	
Kearny	Palo Alto	
Lake Cornelia	Wright	
Lake Odessa Campground	Louisa	
Margo Frankel Woods	Polk	
Mill Creek	O’Brien	
Oak Grove	Sioux	
Oakland Mills	Henry	
Pammel	Madison	
Pioneer	Mitchell	
Sharon Bluffs	Appanoose	
Silver Lake	Delaware	
Spring Lake	Greene	
Swan Lake	Carroll	
Use and management of these areas are governed by Iowa Code chapter 461A, by this chapter, and by rules adopted by the managing entity.
“State preserve” means the following areas or portion of the areas dedicated by actions pursuant to Iowa Code section 465C.10:

Area	County	
A. F. Miller	Bremer	
Ames High Prairie	Story	
Anderson Prairie	Emmet	
Behrens Ponds and Woodland	Linn	
Berry Woods	Warren	
Bird Hill	Cerro Gordo	
Bixby	Clayton	
Bluffton Fir Stand	Winneshiek	
Brush Creek Canyon	Fayette	
Brushy Creek	Webster	
Cameron Woods	Scott	
Casey’s Paha	Tama	
Catfish Creek	Dubuque	
Cayler Prairie	Dickinson	
Cedar Bluffs Natural Area	Mahaska	
Cedar Hills Sand Prairie	Black Hawk	
Cheever Lake	Emmet	
Clay Prairie	Butler	
Claybanks Forest	Cerro Gordo	
Coldwater Cave	Winneshiek	
Crossman Prairie	Howard	
Decorah Ice Cave	Winneshiek	
Derald Dinesen Prairie	Shelby	
Doolittle Prairie	Story	
Eureka Woods	Greene	
Fallen Rock	Hardin	
Fish Farm Mounds	Allamakee	
Five Ridge Prairie	Plymouth	
Fleming Woods	Poweshiek	
Fort Atkinson	Winneshiek	
Fossil and Prairie Park	Floyd	
Freda Haffner Kettlehole	Dickinson	
Gitchie Manitou	Lyon	
Hanging Bog	Linn	
Hardin City Woodland	Hardin	
Hartley Fort	Allamakee	
Hartman Bluff	Black Hawk	
Hayden Prairie	Howard	
Hoffman Prairie	Cerro Gordo	
Indian Bluffs Primitive Area	Jones	
Indian Fish Trap	Iowa	
Kalsow Prairie	Pocahontas	
Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie	Jasper	
Lamson Woods	Jefferson	
Liska-Stanek Prairie	Webster	
Little Maquoketa River Mounds	Dubuque	
Malanaphy Springs	Winneshiek	
Malchow Mounds	Des Moines	
Manikowski Prairie	Clinton	
Mann Wilderness Area	Hardin	
Marietta Sand Prairie	Marshall	
Mericle Woods	Tama	
Merrill A. Stainbrook	Johnson	
Merritt Forest	Clayton	
Montauk	Fayette	
Mossy Glen	Clayton	
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	Union	
Mount Talbot	Woodbury and Plymouth	
Nestor Stiles Prairie	Cherokee	
Ocheyedan Mound	Osceola	
Old State Quarry	Johnson	
Palisades-Dows	Linn	
Pecan Grove	Muscatine	
Pellett Memorial Woods	Cass	
Pilot Grove	Iowa	
Pilot Knob	Hancock	
Retz Memorial Woods	Clayton	
Roberts Creek	Clayton	
Rock Creek Island	Cedar	
Rock Island Botanical	Linn	
Roggman Boreal Slopes	Clayton	
Rolling Thunder Prairie	Warren	

Area	County	
Savage Woods	Henry	
Searryl’s Cave	Jones	
Sheeder Prairie	Guthrie	
Silver Lake Fen	Dickinson	
Silvers-Smith Woods	Dallas	
Slinde Mounds	Allamakee	
St. James Lutheran Church	Winneshiek	
Starr’s Cave	Des Moines	
Steele Prairie	Cherokee	
Stinson Prairie	Kossuth	
Strasser Woods	Polk	
Sylvan Runkel	Monona	
Toolesboro Mounds	Louisa	
Turin Loess Hills	Monona	
Turkey River Mounds	Clayton	
White Pine Hollow	Dubuque	
Williams Prairie	Johnson	
Wittrock Indian Village	O’Brien	
Woodland Mounds	Warren	
Woodman Hollow	Webster	
Woodthrush Woods	Jefferson	
Use and management of these areas are governed by rules established in this chapter as well as by management plans adopted by the preserves advisory board.
“Swim”  or “swimming”  means to propel oneself in water by natural means, such as movement of limbs, and includes but is not limited to wading and the use of inner tubes or beach toy-type swimming aids.
“Walk-in camper” means a person arriving at a campground without a reservation and wishing to occupy a first-come, first-served campsite or unrented, reservable campsite.
“Yurt” means a one-room circular fabric structure built on a platform which is available for rental on a daily or weekly basis.
[ARC 8821B, IAB 6/2/10, effective 7/7/10; ARC 9541B, IAB 6/1/11, effective 7/6/11]