Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1789
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Caves or caverns, injuring
Official statutory text
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or
knowingly break, break off, crack, carve upon, write or otherwise
mark upon, or in any manner destroy, mutilate, deface, mar or harm
any natural material found in any cave or cavern located on any
public lands or other lands owned by the United States, the State of
Oklahoma, or any county, municipality, school district or other
instrumentality of government, or on private property without the
prior written consent of the owner; to kill, harm or disturb any
plant or animal life found in any cave or cavern, and, whether
inside or outside a cave, any fish of the genera chologaster,
typhlicthys or amblyopsis (commonly known as cavefish, springfish or
blindfish), any salamander of the genus typhlotriton (commonly known
as the Ozark blind, grotto or spring grotto salamander), or the
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species eurycea lucifuga (commonly known as cave salamander);
provided, nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the
commercial mining of bat guano or the destruction of any predatory
terrestrial mammal or poisonous snake seeking shelter within a cave
if such destruction is not otherwise unlawful.
B. Any person who deliberately places, throws, drops, deposits
or discards any garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, refuse, debris or
other deleterious substance in or near any cave, cavern or natural
subterranean drainage system shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 1 of this act.
knowingly break, break off, crack, carve upon, write or otherwise
mark upon, or in any manner destroy, mutilate, deface, mar or harm
any natural material found in any cave or cavern located on any
public lands or other lands owned by the United States, the State of
Oklahoma, or any county, municipality, school district or other
instrumentality of government, or on private property without the
prior written consent of the owner; to kill, harm or disturb any
plant or animal life found in any cave or cavern, and, whether
inside or outside a cave, any fish of the genera chologaster,
typhlicthys or amblyopsis (commonly known as cavefish, springfish or
blindfish), any salamander of the genus typhlotriton (commonly known
as the Ozark blind, grotto or spring grotto salamander), or the
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species eurycea lucifuga (commonly known as cave salamander);
provided, nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the
commercial mining of bat guano or the destruction of any predatory
terrestrial mammal or poisonous snake seeking shelter within a cave
if such destruction is not otherwise unlawful.
B. Any person who deliberately places, throws, drops, deposits
or discards any garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, refuse, debris or
other deleterious substance in or near any cave, cavern or natural
subterranean drainage system shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 1 of this act.
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