Visitor Policies

The Sanctuary is one of MSU’s Campus Natural Areas. We encourage you to visit and ask that you help us protect this special place by following these guidelines:

  • Bicycles, motorized vehicles, and unleashed pets or service animals are prohibited. Please keep pets on leashes; unleashed pets can injure and kill wildlife including ground-nesting birds. Owners should bring along their own bags to clean up after their pets and service animals.

  • Removing, damaging, or defacing infrastructure such as signs and fences is prohibited.

  • Fishing, hunting, camping, campfires and establishment of any structures are prohibited.

  • Visitors and users of Campus Natural Areas should leave nothing behind. All litter must be removed.

  • Harvesting, collecting, poaching, damaging or killing biota within Campus Natural Areas without an appropriate permit is prohibited.

  • Moving, removing or otherwise disturbing down woody material such as fallen trees, logs and branches is prohibited.

  • Aquatic features, including lakes, ponds, wetlands, or vernal pools, are vulnerable to damage. Do not swim, wade or walk into lakes, ponds, pools or wetlands without an appropriate permit.

For more information about MSU’s Campus Natural Areas, please see Campus Natural Areas.

 

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