11 AAC 20.918. Recreational gold panning in Kenai state parks

Recreational gold panning is allowed in state parks on the Kenai Peninsula with the following stipulations:

(1) no motorized equipment is used;

(2) a person uses no more equipment than a gold pan and a shovel;

(3) no person may use a shovel to recreational gold pan within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge located between river mile 45.5 and 74;

(4) no chemicals are used;

(5) anadromous fish streams are only open to recreational gold panning between May 16 and July 14 annually;

(6) no person may stake or file a mining claim or leasehold location in a state park; and

(7) no person may extract or disturb natural materials for the purpose of recreational gold panning above the ordinary high water line or where vegetative material exists.

History: Eff. 5/11/85, Register 94; am 2/3/88, Register 105

Authority: AS 41.21.020

AS 41.21.040

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