[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR13.30]

[Page 197]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 13_NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS IN ALASKA--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_General Provisions
 
Sec.  13.30  Weapons, traps and nets.

    (a) Irritant chemical devices, including bear spray, may be carried, 
possessed, and used in accordance with applicable Federal and non-
conflicting State laws, except when prohibited or restricted under Sec.  
13.50.
    (b) Paragraphs (d) through (g) of this section apply to all park 
areas in Alaska except Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, 
Sitka National Historical Park and the former Mt. McKinley National 
Park, Glacier Bay National Monument and Katmai National Monument.
    (c) Except as provided in this section and Sec.  2.4 of this 
chapter, the following are prohibited--
    (1) Possessing a weapon, trap, or net;
    (2) Carrying a weapon, trap, or net;
    (3) Using a weapon, trap, or net.
    (d) Firearms may be carried, possessed, and used within park areas 
in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws, except where such 
carrying, possession, or use is prohibited or otherwise restricted under 
Sec.  13.50.
    (e) Traps, bows and other implements (other than firearms) 
authorized by applicable State and Federal law for the taking of fish 
and wildlife may be carried, possessed, and used within park areas only 
during those times when the taking of fish and wildlife is authorized by 
applicable law or regulation.
    (f) In addition to the authorities provided in paragraphs (d) and 
(e) of this section, weapons (other than firearms), traps, and nets may 
be possessed within park areas provided such weapons, traps, or nets are 
within or upon a device or animal used for transportation and are 
unloaded and cased or otherwise packed in such a manner as to prevent 
their ready use while in a park area.
    (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, local rural 
residents who are authorized to engage in subsistence uses, including 
the taking of wildlife under Sec.  13.480, may use, possess, or carry 
traps, nets and other weapons in accordance with applicable State and 
Federal laws.