Recreational gold panning is allowed in Chugach State Park 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 chemicals are used;
- (4) anadromous fish streams are only open to recreational gold panning between May 16 and July 14 annually;
- (5) no person may stake or file a mining claim or leasehold location in a state park; and
- (6) no person may extract or disturb natural material for the purposes of recreational gold panning above the ordinary high water line or where live vegetative matter exists.
(Eff. 5/11/85, Register 94; am 2/3/88, Register 105)
Authority: AS 41.21.020, AS 41.21.040, AS 41.21.121