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.
(Eff. 5/11/85, Register 94; am 2/3/88, Register 105)
Authority: AS 41.21.020, AS 41.21.040