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2. Registration for metal detecting use
   You must print a copy of this form and have it with you when you use a metal detector at a state park.
4. First name*
5. Last name*
7. Telephone number*
9. Address*
10. City, State, Zip Code*
12. Park(s) where you will be metal detecting*

    Check all that apply.

    1. Alta Lake
    2. Battle Ground Lake
    3. Bay View
    4. Beacon Rock
    5. Bogachiel
    6. Bridle Trails
    7. Camano Island
    8. Cape Disappointment
    9. Crown Point
    10. Daroga
    11. Dash Point
    12. Deception Pass
    13. Fort Flagler
    14. Grayland Beach
    15. Griffiths-Priday
    16. Illahee
    17. Joemma Beach
    18. Kanaskat-Palmer
    19. Kitsap Memorial
    20. Kopachuck
    21. Lake Chelan
    22. Lake Sammamish
    23. Lake Sylvia
    24. Larrabee
    25. Lewis and Clark Trail
    26. Lincoln Rock
    27. Manchester

    1. Millersylvania
    2. Mount Spokane
    3. Mystery Bay
    4. Nolte
    5. Ocean City
    6. Pacific Beach
    7. Paradise Point
    8. Penrose Point
    9. Rainbow Falls
    10. Rasar
    11. Riverside
    12. Rockport
    13. Saltwater
    14. Scenic Beach
    15. Schafer
    16. Seashore Conservation Area
    17. Sequim
    18. South Whidbey
    19. Squilchuck
    20. Sun Lakes-Dry Falls
    21. Tolmie
    22. Triton Cove
    23. Twanoh
    24. Twenty-Five Mile Creek
    25. Twin Harbors
    26. Westport Light
    27. Yakima Sportsman
14. Rules
    Metal detecting is permitted only within specified portions of approved state parks – parks that permit metal detecting will have maps and registration information posted at the park; if no information is posted, the park does not permit this activity.
    
    Any find that appears to have historical or archaeological significance may not be removed from where it was found. Report all findings immediately to a park employee and do not further disturb the area.
    
    Properly dispose of all found or recovered litter.
    
    Group-detecting events require a special recreation event application.
    
    Metal detecting in camping areas open to metal detecting is permitted only in unoccupied campsites.
    
    Users shall not destroy park facilities, natural features, or historical or archaeological resources. No item appearing to be of historical or archaeological significance, remaining from either early pioneer or military activity or from Native American presence, may be removed from where it was found. You must report any such findings immediately to a park employee, and you must not further disturb the area in which the find occurred.
    
    Metal detecting is allowed between the ocean water’s edge and the mean high tide line along the Washington coast.
16. Governance
    RCW 79A.05.305(3)(5) Declaration of policy – Lands for public park purposes – requires the agency to “protect cultural and historical resources, locations, and artifacts and preserve and maintain habitat which will protect and promote endangered, threatened, and sensitive plants, and endangered, threatened, and sensitive animal species.”
    
    RCW 79A.05.165(a) Penalties – removal or destruction of any natural items (trees, shrubs, timber, plants or natural object in any park) is a misdemeanor under Washington State Law.
    
    WAC 352-32-235 Use of metal detectors in state parks – allows the use and operation of metal detectors as well as the removal of small contemporary materials within selected state parks.
    
    WSPRC Commission Natural Resources Management Policy 65-04-01 – requires that “where existing recreational developments or uses are believed to degrade natural resources of regional or statewide significance...the agency will... alleviate the impacts by limiting, removing, relocating, or mitigating the recreational activity.”
18. I have read and understand the summary of rules for use of metal detectors in state parks.
20. Electronic signature*
21. Date*
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