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Daniel Boone
National Forest
1700 Bypass Road
Winchester, KY 40391
Phone: 859-745-3100
FAX: 859-744-1568
Safety: Alcohol Use
Alcohol use has contributed to serious accidents and injuries, inappropriate behavior, litter and concerns for public and Forest Service personnel safety. Kentucky law prohibits consumption or possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages in public areas. This law also applies on National Forest lands within Kentucky.
The term alcoholic beverages means beer, distilled spirits and wine containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume. The term public possession means the possession of any alcoholic beverage for any reason, including consumption on any street or highway or any public place open to the public.
SUPERVISOR'S ORDER NO. DB-06-10
The following acts and omissions are prohibited within the Daniel Boone National Forest.
1. Possessing, storing or transporting cannabis plant or plants or any substance derived from the manufacturing of cannabis plant or plants. 261.58(t)
2. Possessing or consuming an alcoholic beverage in violation of any Commonwealth of Kentucky law is prohibited. 261.58(bb) (See KRS 222.202 below)
Kentucky law prohibits the consumption of alcohol in public places and open containers of alcohol.
Kentucky Revised Statute 222.202: Offenses of alcohol intoxication or drinking alcoholic beverages in a public place.
(1) A person is guilty of alcohol intoxication when he appears in a public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol to the degree that he may endanger himself or other persons or property, or unreasonably annoy persons in his vicinity.
(2) A person is guilty of drinking alcoholic beverages in a public place when he drinks an alcoholic beverage in a public place, or in or upon any passenger coach, or other vehicle commonly used for the transportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform, or waiting room.
Kentucky's definition of a public place:
"Public place" means a place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access and includes but is not limited to highways, transportation facilities, places of amusement, playgrounds, parks, adult entertainment businesses, shopping centers, malls, and public sections of residential rental facilities such as apartment complexes, boarding houses, studio homes, hotels, and motels. An act is deemed to occur in a public place if it produces its offensive or proscribed consequences in a public place.
Title: Alcohol Use
Last Updated:
May 5, 2010
