ILLEGAL/PROHIBITED

Alaska - Prohibited from taking Arizona - Prohibited to remove from any park facility Colorado - Prohibited on parks and outdoor recreation lands Delaware - Not explicitly implied, assume it’s prohibited Florida - Prohibited with permits granted for scientific research Georgia - Prohibited from being disturbed or removed Hawaii - Prohibited to disturb Illinois - Illegal to remove Indiana - Illegal to collect rocks or fossils Iowa - Illegal to remove Kansas - Prohibited to remove Kentucky - Prohibits collecting for any purpose Louisiana - Prohibited to intentionally remove or disturb Maine - Prohibited to remove Maryland - Prohibited to remove or disturb Massachusetts - Prohibited to remove or disturb Minnesota - Prohibited in state parks and state scientific and natural area Mississippi - Prohibited to remove or gather in any manner Missouri - Prohibited to remove Montana - Prohibited to remove Nebraska - Prohibited to remove or disturb Nevada - Prohibited to remove New Hampshire - Prohibited to remove or disturb New Jersey - Prohibited to dig up or remove New York - Prohibited North Dakota - llegal to remove or disturb with violation a non-criminal offense Oklahoma - Prohibits rock collecting but can collect crystals at the Great Salt Plains State Park Oregon - Prohibited to pick or remove Pennsylvania - Prohibited to remove Rhode Island - Prohibited to remove South Carolina - Illegal to remove, take or gather South Dakota - Illegal to remove Texas - Prohibits collecting Utah - Prohibited and can be charged with a Class B misdemeanor for removing or possessing any natural resource Washington - Prohibited West Virginia - Illegal to take, remove or gather Wisconsin - Illegal on state parks, state trails, state natural areas, state wild rivers, Havenwoods state forest preserve, state recreation areas and Point Beach and Kettle Moraine state forests Wyoming - Prohibits disturbance