[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 36, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 36CFR13.1] [Page 177-178] 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 A--Public Use and Recreation Sec. 13.1 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to all regulations contained in this part: (a) The term adequate and feasible access means a reasonable method and route of pedestrian or vehicular transportation which is economically practicable for achieving the use or development desired by the applicant on his/her non-Federal land or occupancy interest, but does not necessarily mean the least costly alternative. (b) The term aircraft means a machine or device that is used or intended to be used to carry persons or objects in flight through the air, including, but not limited to airplanes, helicopters and gliders. (c) The term ANILCA means the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 Stat. 2371; Pub. L. 96-487 (December 2, 1980)). (d) The term carry means to wear, bear or carry on or about the person and additionally, in the case of firearms, within or upon a device or animal used for transportation. (e) The term downed aircraft means an aircraft that as a result of mechanical failure or accident cannot take off. (f) The term firearm means any loaded or unloaded pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other weapon which will or is designated to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of expanded gases, except that it does not include a pistol or rifle powered by compressed gas. The term ``firearm'' also includes irritant gas devices. (g) The term fish and wildlife means any member of the animal kingdom, including without limitation any mammal, fish, bird (including any migratory, nonmigratory or endangered bird for which protection is also afforded by treaty or other international agreement), amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, or other invertebrate, and includes any part, produce, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or part thereof. (h) The term fossil means any remains, impression, or trace of any animal or plant of past geological ages that has been preserved, by natural processes, in the earth's crust. (i) The term gemstone means a silica or igneous mineral including, but not limited to (1) geodes, (2) petrified wood, and (3) jade, agate, opal, garnet, or other mineral that when cut and polished is customarily used as jewelry or other ornament. (j) The term motorboat refers to a motorized vessel other than a personal watercraft. (k) The term National Preserve shall include the following areas of the National Park System: Alagnak National Wild and Scenic River, Aniakchak National Preserve, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Denali National Preserve, Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, Glacier Bay National Preserve, Katmai National Preserve, Lake Clark National Preserve, Noatak National Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, and Yukon-Charley National Preserve. (l) The term net means a seine, weir, net wire, fish trap, or other implement designed to entrap fish, except a landing net. (m) The term off-road vehicle means any motor vehicle designed for or capable of crosscountry travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, wetland or other natural terrain, except snowmachines or snowmobiles as defined in this chapter. (n) The term park areas means lands and waters administered by the National Park Service within the State of Alaska. (o) The term person means any individual, firm, corporation, society, association, partnership, or any private or public body. (p) The term possession means exercising dominion or control, with or without ownership, over weapons, traps, nets or other property. (q) The term public lands means lands situated in Alaska which are federally owned lands, except-- (1) Land selections of the State of Alaska which have been tentatively approved or validly selected under the Alaska Statehood Act (72 Stat. 339) and [[Page 178]] lands which have been confirmed to, validly selected by, or granted to the Territory of Alaska or the State under any other provision of Federal law; (2) Land selections of a Native Corporation made under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) which have not been conveyed to a Native Corporation, unless any such selection is determined to be invalid or is relinquished; and (3) Lands referred to in section 19(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. (r) The term snowmachine or snowmobile means a self-propelled vehicle intended for off-road travel primarily on snow having a curb weight of not more than 1,000 pounds (450 kg), driven by a track or tracks in contact with the snow and steered by a ski or skis on contact with the snow. (s) The term take or taking as used with respect to fish and wildlife, means to pursue, hunt, shoot, trap, net, capture, collect, kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any such conduct. (t) The term temporary means a continuous period of time not to exceed 12 months, except as specifically provided otherwise. (u) The term trap means a snare, trap, mesh, or other implement designed to entrap animals other than fish. (v) The term unload means there is no unexpended shell or cartridge in the chamber or magazine of a firearm; bows, crossbows and spearguns are stored in such a manner as to prevent their ready use; muzzle- loading weapons do not contain a powder charge; and any other implement capable of discharging a missile into the air or under the water does not contain a missile or similar device within the loading or discharging mechanism. (w) The term weapon means a firearm, compressed gas or spring powered pistol or rifle, bow and arrow, crossbow, blow gun, speargun, hand thrown spear, slingshot, explosive device, or any other implement designed to discharge missiles into the air or under the water. [46 FR 31854, June 17, 1981, as amended at 62 FR 30234, June 3, 1997; 65 FR 15090, Mar. 21, 2000]